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Space Jobs for IT Professionals

, SpaceJobs.Now lists 273 open roles for IT professionals on , including Muon Space, Anduril and Amazon Leo; typical pay across them is $103k to $218k a year (median $130k), topped by $286k a year advertised at Sierra Space.

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$103k–$218k/yrtypical paylive median $130k/yrup to $286k/yr at Sierra Space

Measured from 141 distinct posted rates, across 46 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 117 of the 273 listings open here post no pay at all.

Space companies hire IT professionals to keep their engineers, factories and launch sites running, often on systems that hold export-controlled or classified data. Each listing here is re-verified on the employer's own job board once an hour.

Live roles for IT professionals

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 13:02 UTC

Enterprise systems (SAP, ERP, PLM)

23 open

Run the business and engineering systems a space company is built on: ERP, SAP, PLM and the tools around them.

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IT support and help desk

52 open

Keep engineers, factories and launch sites working: devices, accounts and the help desk.

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Systems administration and infrastructure

149 open

Servers, networks, identity and cloud, often on classified or export-controlled systems.

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IT professionals

49 open

IT roles across space companies.

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Before you apply

Space hardware is built, tested and flown in person, so many roles name a factory, a test site, a launch site or a control room, and each listing states its location. US roles that touch export-controlled technology (ITAR or EAR) can ask that you be a U.S. person, and some ask for a security clearance. A real employer never charges you to apply, never interviews you only by chat app and never asks you to buy equipment.

Pay by specialty

Every specialty gets its typical band from its own open roles, computed by the same method as the rest of the site (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top). A specialty is listed once three or more distinct rates have been posted.

SpecialtyOpen rolesTypical payHighest rate
Enterprise systems (SAP, ERP, PLM)23$124k–$248k/yr$286k/yr
IT support and help desk52$66.9k–$109k/yr$146k/yr
Systems administration and infrastructure149$116k–$216k/yr$266k/yr
IT professionals49$113k–$215k/yr$250k/yr

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 149 out of 273 open roles for IT professionals, the same lines each role's pop-up quotes from its posting. Each role is counted once, at the lowest degree it will accept.

0

Ask for a PhD

1

Ask for a master's

80

Ask for at least a bachelor's

68

Name no degree

  • Name years of experience116
  • Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)25
  • Name a security clearance23
  • Ask for a certification17
  • Name an IT certification (Security+, CompTIA, ITIL, Microsoft)11
  • Set a residency or work-authorization condition9
  • Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)4
  • Ask for a professional license3

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 5 years.

Who hires IT professionals in the space industry

EmployerOpen rolesPay stated
Muon Space logoMuon Space2$83.2k–$190k/yr
Anduril logoAnduril1$147k–$196k/yr
Amazon Leo logoAmazon Leo10$60.7k–$229k/yr
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly2$80k–$195k/yr
Stoke Space logoStoke Space2$89k–$240k/yr
Inversion Space logoInversion Space1$97k–$154k/yr
K2 Space logoK2 Space1$125k–$155k/yr
General Galactic logoGeneral Galactic1$100k–$180k/yr
Apex logoApex3$104k–$250k/yr
Xona Space Systems logoXona Space Systems1$70k–$90k/yr
Quindar logoQuindar1$130k–$165k/yr
Loft Orbital logoLoft Orbital3$110k–$140k/yr
Viasat logoViasat1$121k–$191k/yr
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin3$62.2k–$157k/yr
Impulse Space logoImpulse Space4$125k–$185k/yr
KBR logoKBR3$80k–$207k/yr
Quantum Space logoQuantum Space1$110k–$130k/yr
HawkEye 360 logoHawkEye 3601$155k–$200k/yr
Millennium Space Systems logoMillennium Space Systems1$103k–$174k/yr
Reflect Orbital logoReflect Orbital1$56.2k–$64.5k/yr
CesiumAstro logoCesiumAstro2$52k–$66.6k/yr
Spire Global logoSpire Global2$130k–$150k/yr
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies3$90k–$150k/yr
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space2$79k–$87.4k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton logoBooz Allen Hamilton1$86.8k–$198k/yr
Parsons logoParsons2$74.8k–$196k/yr
Sierra Space logoSierra Space9$80.4k–$286k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space2$55.7k–$97.3k/yr
Vast logoVast5$51k–$267k/yr
OHB logoOHB16Not stated
The Aerospace Corporation logoThe Aerospace Corporation5Not stated
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace4Not stated
Thales Alenia Space logoThales Alenia Space4Not stated
Airbus Defence and Space logoAirbus Defence and Space3Not stated
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space3Not stated
Astroscale logoAstroscale2Not stated
Constellr logoConstellr2Not stated
ICEYE logoICEYE2Not stated
Kepler Communications logoKepler Communications2Not stated
Open Cosmos logoOpen Cosmos2Not stated
ArianeGroup logoArianeGroup1Not stated
European Space Agency (ESA) logoEuropean Space Agency (ESA)1Not stated
Eutelsat logoEutelsat1Not stated
Star Catcher logoStar Catcher1Not stated
Synspective logoSynspective1Not stated
Telesat logoTelesat1Not stated
Venus Aerospace logoVenus Aerospace1Not stated
Starfish Space logoStarfish Space1$80k–$120k/yr
Katalyst Space Technologies logoKatalyst Space Technologies1$75k–$150k/yr
SpaceX logoSpaceX59$47.8k–$240k/yr
ispace logoispace1$58.2k/yr
Redwire logoRedwire1Not stated
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile6Not stated
Lockheed Martin logoLockheed Martin23$70.5k–$219k/yr
Vantor logoVantor2$102k–$145k/yr
Terran Orbital logoTerran Orbital1$110k–$130k/yr
AeroVironment (AV) logoAeroVironment (AV)1$123k–$187k/yr
United Launch Alliance logoUnited Launch Alliance2$132k–$264k/yr
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman9$83.4k–$266k/yr
Virgin Galactic logoVirgin Galactic2$135k–$202k/yr
Iridium logoIridium8$60k–$150k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab17$48k–$233k/yr
CACI logoCACI2$71.5k–$218k/yr
Amentum logoAmentum6$80k–$100k/yr
Ursa Major logoUrsa Major2$62.4k/yr
Lunar Outpost logoLunar Outpost1Not stated
Teledyne logoTeledyne3Not stated
Astranis logoAstranis2$91k–$205k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

IT Professional salary by employer

What each employer's own postings pay IT professionals, by level and by site, with every role and its posted pay.

How each employer checks you

For every employer currently hiring IT professionals: its process as its own hiring guide describes it, each line with its source. The complete steps sit on that employer's page. Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

Amazon Leo logoAmazon Leo10 open
Assessment
Amazon's interview loop. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin3 open
Assessment
No general test published. How to apply
Interview
None published
Booz Allen Hamilton logoBooz Allen Hamilton1 open
Assessment
Booz Allen's technical assessment and interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Thales Alenia Space logoThales Alenia Space4 open
Assessment
Thales interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Airbus Defence and Space logoAirbus Defence and Space3 open
Assessment
Airbus interviews and role tests. How to apply
Interview
Interview
European Space Agency (ESA) logoEuropean Space Agency (ESA)1 open
Assessment
ESA's pre-screening and panel interview. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Credentials
You complete a basic medical screening for the ESA Medical Officer and a basic background screening run by an external party; in a second stage ESA contacts your referees and verifies your diploma. Source
Lockheed Martin logoLockheed Martin23 open
Assessment
Lockheed Martin's interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman9 open
Assessment
The recruiter screening and team interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview

Where these roles are posted

The US states with the most open roles for IT professionals, and the roles posted for a single country. A place name leads to its own page, and a country's count lists the matching roles.

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Frequently asked questions

How much do IT professionals earn in the space industry?

Going by the 141 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for IT professionals (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $103k–$218k/yr and the median is $130k/yr. The top posted figure is $286k/yr, at Sierra Space. 117 of the 273 open roles for IT professionals state no pay, so check each listing.

What do space IT roles ask for?

Usually years of IT support or administration and, for roles on government programs, a certification such as Security+ to meet DoD rules, and sometimes a security clearance. Every posting spells out its exact requirements and work site, so read each one. Of the 149 open roles for IT professionals whose requirements we read, 1 a master's, 80 at least a bachelor's and 68 name no degree.

What does an IT professional do at a space company?

An IT professional at a space company supports the people and systems the work runs on: devices and the help desk, servers, networks and identity, and the enterprise systems (ERP, SAP, PLM) that track every part. Roles on government programs run IT inside classified or ITAR-controlled environments.

How do space companies hire IT professionals?

Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status. Of the employers hiring IT professionals now, European Space Agency (ESA) says it checks credentials such as degrees. The section on how each employer checks you quotes each guide with its source.

Are these jobs real?

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Anduril, Amazon Leo and True Anomaly among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.

Which space companies pay IT professionals the most?

Of the 3 employers whose postings for IT professionals state enough pay for a figure, the highest medians are Amazon Leo ($178k/yr), Lockheed Martin ($137k/yr) and SpaceX ($125k/yr). A median is of what each employer's open roles post today, by the same formula for every employer.

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