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We produce benchmarking data and analysis for fast-moving, high-trust industries, sourced directly from the people working in them. Our current focus is unmanned aerial systems and the emerging space talent market.

UAV operations in the field

Unmanned systems and space are no longer adjacent to aerospace. They are its frontier. Rocberg exists to give that frontier the same intelligence infrastructure that mature industries take for granted.

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It is a set of practices.”

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Coverage — Now

Unmanned Aerial Systems

Compensation, talent flow, and team architecture across UAV software, flight operations, ISR, HAPS, BVLOS programmes, and defence-adjacent platforms.

Coverage — Expanding

Space, Orbital & Satellite Operations

Launch, in-orbit servicing, satellite operations, and ground segment talent markets. Research expanding as proprietary data deepens.

PILOT OPS BVLOS / DATA PROGRAMME LEAD MARKET VALUE FIG. 1 — UAS TALENT VALUE CHAIN 2026 · ROCBERG

Inaugural Publication

UAV Compensation & Market Intelligence Report, 2026

The first independent compensation benchmark for the unmanned aerial systems industry. Ten jurisdictions, covering salary, equity, bonus structures, retention signals, and team-building patterns across software, flight operations, and programme leadership.

Data collected in partnership with UAV Talent and operational advisory partners. Analysis and publication by Rocberg.

Primary data from operators, engineers, and programme leaders… read by people who have done the work themselves. Where we are not confident in a market, we hold the briefing back. That is the whole point of the firm.

PUBLISHED 2026  ·  10 REGIONAL EDITIONS  ·  INDEPENDENTLY ANALYSED

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Rocberg · 2026

UAV Compensation & Market Intelligence Report

United Kingdom Edition

Demographics & geography

Who responded, from where, and across which industry verticals.

Experience & qualifications

Seniority profile and the certifications actually held across the sector.

Pay & mobility

Compensation benchmarks and how willing the market is to move.

88%
of UAV engineers actively considering a move within 12 months
1 in 4
US drone professionals earning above $200,000
10
Jurisdictions covered in this inaugural edition
2026
First of an annual series building longitudinal data

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Select your jurisdiction. Each edition contains full compensation data, role-by-role benchmarks, retention analysis, and market outlook – at no cost.

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What Rocberg Is Building

A long-term institution for frontier aerospace intelligence

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Annual compensation survey series across unmanned aerial systems, expanding to space and orbital operations talent.
02
Searchable salary and role benchmark databases, built from proprietary multi-year data.
03
Sector forecasting and market outlook reporting for operators, investors, and primes.
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An independent analytical column on frontier aerospace and unmanned systems.
05
Bespoke research engagements and data licensing for industry and government bodies.
06
An annual invite-only briefing convening the research and operator community.

Research informed by operators, not observers – drawing on decades of front-line UAV, ISR, and HAPS programme delivery.

Operational field context

From the Rocberg Insights Desk

Briefing notes from inside the sector

Research and operator context

Research Community

Join researchers, investors, operators, and engineers working at the frontier of autonomous systems. First sight of every Rocberg publication before public release.

Join researchers, investors, operators, and engineers working at the frontier of aerospace and autonomous systems.

Independent research. No commercial agenda. Published by Rocberg, Zurich.