The first table below looks at the demand for DO-178B skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DO-178B over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Cheltenham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
Rank - 29 9
Contract jobs citing DO-178B 0 18 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham - 7.500% 14.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 54.55% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £200 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £200 -
% change year-on-year
+53.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 9
Average hourly rate - £37.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +5.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.00 £35.25
% change year-on-year
-12.16% +4.96%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1 33 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 1.250% 13.75% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 8
Average daily rate - £425 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +26.86%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 12
Average hourly rate £11.00 £37.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.27% +2.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
DO-178B
Gloucestershire

DO-178B
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DO-178B across the Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Cheltenham DO-178B Jobs Demand Trend

DO-178B
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DO-178B across the Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham DO-178B Daily Rate Trend

DO-178B
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DO-178B across the Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham DO-178B Hourly Rate Trend

DO-178B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing DO-178B also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DO-178B.

1 12 (85.71%) Aerospace
2 7 (50.00%) C
3 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 6 (42.86%) Avionics
4 5 (35.71%) LINQ
4 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
4 5 (35.71%) C#
4 5 (35.71%) SQL
4 5 (35.71%) Embedded C
5 4 (28.57%) Assembly Language
5 4 (28.57%) Configuration Management
5 4 (28.57%) XAML
5 4 (28.57%) .NET
5 4 (28.57%) UML
5 4 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (28.57%) NUnit
5 4 (28.57%) WPF
6 3 (21.43%) Embedded Software Development
6 3 (21.43%) C++
7 2 (14.29%) OO
7 2 (14.29%) Ada
7 2 (14.29%) DO-254
7 2 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (14.29%) Degree
8 1 (7.143%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
8 1 (7.143%) Validation
8 1 (7.143%) MS Project
8 1 (7.143%) MS Office

DO-178B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing DO-178B also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DO-178B. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (35.71%) LINQ
2 4 (28.57%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) WPF
3 1 (7.143%) XML
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Project
1 1 (7.143%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) NUnit
2 2 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (85.71%) Aerospace
2 6 (42.86%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) C# Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Real Time Software Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Real Time Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 4 (28.57%) UML
2 4 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (21.43%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (14.29%) OO
5 1 (7.143%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (7.143%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) C
2 5 (35.71%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) Embedded C
3 4 (28.57%) Assembly Language
3 4 (28.57%) XAML
4 3 (21.43%) C++
5 2 (14.29%) Ada
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) DO-254