The first table below looks at the demand for DO-254 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DO-254 over the 3 months to 17 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 Kent 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-254 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent - - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £44.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +25.71%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
23 16 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 7.516% 6.038% 7.210%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 11
Average daily rate £293 £325 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -38.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £263 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £384 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
DO-254
South East

DO-254
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DO-254 across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Kent DO-254 Jobs Demand Trend

DO-254
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DO-254 across the Kent region.

Kent DO-254 Hourly Rate Trend