ECSS Job Trends in Oxfordshire

European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ESA ECSS)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring ECSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 77 64
Rank change year-on-year +25 -13 +53
Permanent jobs citing ECSS 4 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.56% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.40% 2.15% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £49,000 - -
25th Percentile £49,375 £34,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% +40.27%
75th Percentile £71,875 £40,250 -
90th Percentile £73,000 - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £37,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% +40.27%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 91 93 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 12.82% 10.63% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 61 60 65
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,854 £49,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £75,415
South East median annual salary £54,635 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.66% - +1.85%

ECSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

ECSS job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

ECSS
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing ECSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing ECSS

ECSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
2 2 (50.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Aviation
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Validation Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Verification Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Validation Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (50.00%) Data Management
3 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (50.00%) OO
3 2 (50.00%) OOP
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
3 2 (50.00%) UML
4 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
4 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) C
3 2 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes