ECSS Contracts

European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ESA ECSS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ECSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ECSS over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 625 834
Rank change year-on-year - +209 -
Contract jobs citing ECSS 0 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.004% 0.002%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.030% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.43
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £74.87
Median % change year-on-year - -6.50% -
75th Percentile - - £77.30
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 £74.87
% change year-on-year - -6.50% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,847 6,700 10,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.25% 14.21% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,841 4,501 7,086
10th Percentile £275 £313 £300
25th Percentile £390 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £731 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £474 £500 £480
% change year-on-year -5.25% +4.28% +7.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 260 242
10th Percentile £13.26 £14.51 £12.66
25th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.75 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.17% +44.12% +27.50%
75th Percentile £62.24 £65.00 £55.96
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.31 £73.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.59 £37.50 £22.69
% change year-on-year -29.09% +65.31% +29.63%

ECSS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ECSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ECSS in the UK

ECSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ECSS.

Daily rate trend for ECSS in the UK

ECSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ECSS.

Hourly rate trend for ECSS in the UK