The first table below looks at the demand for DO-178B skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
Rank 38 46 37
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -9
Permanent jobs citing DO-178B 5 12 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 2.336% 2.970% 0.405%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.81% 25.53% 4.000%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 0
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-7.89% +1.33%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
21 47 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 9.813% 11.63% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 20 40 22
Average salary £50,000 £37,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £55,000 £52,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
DO-178B
Gloucestershire

DO-178B
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT 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
Salary Trend

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

Cheltenham DO-178B Salary Trend

DO-178B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DO-178B.

1 10 (100.00%) C
2 9 (90.00%) Aerospace
3 8 (80.00%) C++
3 8 (80.00%) Degree
3 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
5 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
5 5 (50.00%) Assembly Language
5 5 (50.00%) Ada
6 4 (40.00%) C#
6 4 (40.00%) .NET
7 3 (30.00%) Embedded C
7 3 (30.00%) XML
7 3 (30.00%) Windows
7 3 (30.00%) UML
7 3 (30.00%) Electronics
8 2 (20.00%) TDD
8 2 (20.00%) TickIT
8 2 (20.00%) SysML
8 2 (20.00%) IEC 61508
8 2 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (20.00%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (20.00%) Avionics
8 2 (20.00%) Requirements Engineering
8 2 (20.00%) Linux
8 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
8 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
8 2 (20.00%) Six Sigma
8 2 (20.00%) MATLAB
8 2 (20.00%) Simulink

DO-178B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DO-178B. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 3 (30.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) WPF
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Simulink
1 2 (20.00%) Stateflow
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (10.00%) PVCS
2 1 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (10.00%) Hudson
2 1 (10.00%) Subversion
General
1 9 (90.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (30.00%) Electronics
3 2 (20.00%) Mandarin Language
3 2 (20.00%) Avionics
4 1 (10.00%) Automotive
4 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (60.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Software Team Leader
3 3 (30.00%) Team Leader
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Real Time Software Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Real Time Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Software Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior C# Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) Open Source
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (10.00%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) UML
3 2 (20.00%) TDD
3 2 (20.00%) SysML
3 2 (20.00%) Requirements Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Six Sigma
4 1 (10.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C
2 8 (80.00%) C++
3 5 (50.00%) Assembly Language
3 5 (50.00%) Ada
4 4 (40.00%) C#
5 3 (30.00%) Embedded C
6 2 (20.00%) MATLAB
7 1 (10.00%) SQL
7 1 (10.00%) VB
7 1 (10.00%) VBA
7 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Degree
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) TickIT
1 2 (20.00%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Motorola
1 1 (10.00%) Borland
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Intel