ECSS Job Trends in England

European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ESA ECSS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring ECSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 674 663
Rank change year-on-year +79 -11 +312
Permanent jobs citing ECSS 5 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.010% 0.004% 0.007%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.072% 0.025% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £49,250 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £34,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% +26.32%
75th Percentile £70,000 £40,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,250 - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £37,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% +26.32%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

ECSS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,897 8,094 6,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.26% 16.32% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,035 3,673 5,179
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

ECSS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ECSS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

ECSS job vacancy trend in England

ECSS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing ECSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing ECSS

ECSS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ECSS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +29 4 £60,000 +60.00% 2
East of England - 1 £60,000 -
ECSS
UK

ECSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) GitLab
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Redmine
3 1 (20.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Automotive
1 1 (20.00%) Aviation
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Validation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Verification Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Validation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA
1 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (40.00%) OO
2 2 (40.00%) OOP
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (20.00%) FPGA Design
3 1 (20.00%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes