We help employers, policy makers, and training providers to tackle the space skills gap by offering data, tools, and advice covering:
Strategy
- 5 Solutions to the Space Skills Gap, an action plan for expanding the space sector’s talent pool
Skills
- The Space Sector Skills Survey 2023, a major national survey to understand space skills gaps and recruitment challenges
- Skills demand for early career space jobs, the first quantitative assessment of skills demand in the UK space sector
- SpaceCRAFT, a competencies framework specifically designed for the UK space sector
Recruitment & retention
- The Space Skills Problem Map, exploring why space companies struggle to hire and what evidence we have
- The Space Recruitment Toolkit, a series of articles with advice on recruitment best practice, tailored for the space sector
- Assessing the quality of space job adverts, an analysis of 50 space job adverts against 10 best practices
Training
- The Space Training Catalogue, a directory of more than 500 space training opportunities in the UK and Europe
- ASTRAIOS, an EU Horizon project analysing space training and research across Europe
Demographics & diversity
- The 2020 Space Census, the first national survey of the UK space workforce
- The 2024 Space Census, the second national survey of the UK space workforce
- How and why people join the UK space sector, a report on the pathways people follow for a career in space
- Women in the UK space sector, a deep dive report on the experiences of women in space
- Pay in the UK space sector, the first statistics on pay in the space workforce
- Demographics of the UK space sector, a breakdown of the sector by gender, sexuality, ethnicity, age, and more
Landscape & literature
- The UK Space Skills Landscape Map, a one-page diagram with more than 150 UK space skills organisations and initiatives
- The Space Skills Literature Library, a collection of more than 60 publications about space skills needs, training, and strategy
- What is the UK government doing about space skills?, a summary of government initiatives
The Space Skills Alliance’s analysis and reports have been hugely informative and impactful, and continue to be cited in influential government publications. Working with them was a pleasure.
Dr Craig Brown
Director of Investment, UK Space Agency
Since its formation in 2019, the Space Skills Alliance has been instrumental in helping the UK’s space employers identify and understand the challenges faced in recruiting the skills they need to grow
Prof. Nigel Bannister
Director of Skills, Space Park Leicester
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