Skills

The Skills Working Group is one of Space Scotland’s five Working Groups and represents the collective voice of the Scottish space sector on skills, talent, and workforce development. It brings together industry, academia, government, and the skills ecosystem to ensure Scotland has the people and capabilities needed to grow a globally competitive, sustainable, and inclusive space economy.

Our mission is to support government ambition by building a robust and inclusive talent pipeline that reflects the diversity of Scottish society and clearly demonstrates that the space sector is open to all.

The Skills Working Group provides strategic leadership and practical coordination across the space skills system. Our role is to: influence skills policy, curricula, and investment for the space sector; act as a catalyst for coordinated, evidence‑based skills planning; translate sector intelligence into targeted workforce action; anticipate future skills demand and emerging roles; align skills activity with the Scottish Space Strategy; work across engineering, digital, and data sectors where skills overlap.

A strong skills system underpins launch, manufacturing, data, sustainability, and innovation across the space economy. The Skills Working Group ensures Scotland’s ambitions are matched by the talent, capability, and inclusion required to deliver them.