SpaceWire Job Trends in the Thames Valley

SpaceWire
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 - 177
Rank change year-on-year - - +81
Permanent jobs citing SpaceWire 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.058% - 0.060%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.63% - 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £49,000 - -
25th Percentile £49,375 - £73,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £76,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.67%
75th Percentile £71,875 - £79,000
90th Percentile £73,000 - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 - £76,000
% change year-on-year - - +26.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

SpaceWire falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 317 541 555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.11% 12.55% 16.75%
Number of salaries quoted 240 255 423
10th Percentile £27,475 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £32,750 £38,750 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £77,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +1.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SpaceWire relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

SpaceWire job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SpaceWire.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SpaceWire

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SpaceWire within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. 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
Oxfordshire - 2 £60,000 - 8
SpaceWire
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Validation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Verification Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Validation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ECSS