The first table below looks at the demand for DO-178B skills in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
Rank 768 792 835
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +43
Permanent jobs citing DO-178B 73 74 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.072% 0.065% 0.013%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.725% 0.722% 0.157%
Number of salaries quoted 49 61 12
Average salary £35,000 £38,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.89% -15.55%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-7.89% +1.33%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10073 10245 9555
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 9.960% 9.037% 8.111%
Number of salaries quoted 8220 8505 7927
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
DO-178B
UK

DO-178B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England DO-178B Salary Trend

DO-178B
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DO-178B across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England DO-178B Salary Histogram

DO-178B
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DO-178B within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +12 51 £35,000 -7.89%
South West -14 15 £40,000 -
North West -13 4 £35,000 +20.68%
East of England +4 3 £52,500 +16.66%
DO-178B
UK

DO-178B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 91 (79.82%) C
2 72 (63.16%) C++
3 68 (59.65%) Aerospace
4 63 (55.26%) Ada
5 61 (53.51%) Degree
6 60 (52.63%) Windows
7 59 (51.75%) UML
7 59 (51.75%) Security Cleared
8 56 (49.12%) Linux
9 51 (44.74%) Electronics
9 51 (44.74%) OO
10 50 (43.86%) VxWorks
11 44 (38.60%) Waterfall
12 41 (35.96%) ClearCase
13 38 (33.33%) C#
13 38 (33.33%) Software Engineering
13 38 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
14 36 (31.58%) Rational DOORS
15 35 (30.70%) Military
16 34 (29.82%) SC Cleared
17 31 (27.19%) Embedded Software Development
18 30 (26.32%) Computer Science
18 30 (26.32%) Requirements Management
19 29 (25.44%) Configuration Management
20 27 (23.68%) Chip and PIN
20 27 (23.68%) Software Testing
20 27 (23.68%) Avionics
21 26 (22.81%) Telecoms
21 26 (22.81%) Management Information System
22 25 (21.93%) Middleware

DO-178B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 25 (21.93%) Middleware
2 22 (19.30%) JSF
3 18 (15.79%) CGI
4 17 (14.91%) Spring
5 12 (10.53%) .NET
6 10 (8.772%) XML
7 3 (2.632%) Qt
8 2 (1.754%) ICEfaces
9 1 (0.877%) WPF
9 1 (0.877%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.754%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (19.30%) MS Office
2 17 (14.91%) MS Excel
3 13 (11.40%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.754%) Simulink
4 2 (1.754%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.40%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.754%) X.509
2 2 (1.754%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.877%) GIS
Development Applications
1 41 (35.96%) ClearCase
2 36 (31.58%) Rational DOORS
3 24 (21.05%) ClearQuest
3 24 (21.05%) Eclipse
4 22 (19.30%) Ant
4 22 (19.30%) Maven
5 21 (18.42%) Subversion
6 17 (14.91%) Bugzilla
6 17 (14.91%) Git (software)
7 10 (8.772%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (6.140%) Visual Studio
9 6 (5.263%) PVCS
10 3 (2.632%) Hudson
11 1 (0.877%) JIRA
General
1 68 (59.65%) Aerospace
2 51 (44.74%) Electronics
3 35 (30.70%) Military
4 27 (23.68%) Avionics
5 26 (22.81%) Telecoms
6 7 (6.140%) Marketing
7 6 (5.263%) Legal
8 4 (3.509%) Finance
9 2 (1.754%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.877%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.877%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 56 (49.12%) Software Engineer
2 27 (23.68%) Developer
3 23 (20.18%) Software Developer
4 18 (15.79%) Senior Software Engineer
5 13 (11.40%) Ada Developer
6 11 (9.649%) Architect
6 11 (9.649%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 9 (7.895%) Technical Architect
8 7 (6.140%) Software Architect
9 6 (5.263%) Design Engineer
9 6 (5.263%) C++ Software Engineer
9 6 (5.263%) Software Design Engineer
10 5 (4.386%) Team Leader
10 5 (4.386%) Software Team Leader
11 3 (2.632%) Quality Engineer
11 3 (2.632%) C Software Engineer
11 3 (2.632%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 3 (2.632%) Java Developer
12 2 (1.754%) Senior Software Developer
12 2 (1.754%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 38 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 30 (26.32%) Computer Science
3 27 (23.68%) Chip and PIN
4 26 (22.81%) Management Information System
5 22 (19.30%) Device Driver
6 16 (14.04%) Physics
7 15 (13.16%) Mathematics
8 7 (6.140%) CAN bus
9 5 (4.386%) VHDL
10 3 (2.632%) Human Factors
10 3 (2.632%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
10 3 (2.632%) Open Source
11 2 (1.754%) PKI
11 2 (1.754%) EMV
12 1 (0.877%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 60 (52.63%) Windows
2 56 (49.12%) Linux
3 50 (43.86%) VxWorks
4 24 (21.05%) UNIX
5 17 (14.91%) LynxOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (51.75%) UML
2 51 (44.74%) OO
3 44 (38.60%) Waterfall
4 38 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 31 (27.19%) Embedded Software Development
6 30 (26.32%) Requirements Management
7 29 (25.44%) Configuration Management
8 27 (23.68%) Software Testing
9 24 (21.05%) Communications Security
9 24 (21.05%) Information Management
10 22 (19.30%) Agile Software Development
11 20 (17.54%) MODAF
12 19 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
12 19 (16.67%) RUP
13 18 (15.79%) TDD
13 18 (15.79%) Validation
14 14 (12.28%) Unit Testing
15 13 (11.40%) SSADM
15 13 (11.40%) Yourdon
15 13 (11.40%) Digital Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 91 (79.82%) C
2 72 (63.16%) C++
3 63 (55.26%) Ada
4 38 (33.33%) C#
5 24 (21.05%) Java
5 24 (21.05%) Perl
5 24 (21.05%) Python
6 16 (14.04%) Embedded C
7 14 (12.28%) MATLAB
8 11 (9.649%) Assembly Language
9 2 (1.754%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.877%) SQL
10 1 (0.877%) VB
10 1 (0.877%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (53.51%) Degree
2 59 (51.75%) Security Cleared
3 34 (29.82%) SC Cleared
4 13 (11.40%) PhD
5 3 (2.632%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.754%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.754%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (19.30%) IEC 61508
2 13 (11.40%) TickIT
3 4 (3.509%) QA
4 2 (1.754%) DO-254
4 2 (1.754%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.877%) ARP4761
Systems Management
1 17 (14.91%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.877%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (14.91%) HP
2 3 (2.632%) Borland
2 3 (2.632%) Intel
3 2 (1.754%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.877%) Motorola
Gloucestershire, South West
Essential:4-5 years experienceExperience of C on embedded platformsReal-Time embeddedExperience with 8/16-bit microprocessorsAbility to program to standards, e.g. DO-178B, MISRAAbility to document...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Software architecture modelling (e.g., UML), requirements capture, and source control. Software standards and processes for safety-critical applications (e.g., MISRA-C, DO-178B) Programming in C++,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
To be considered for the role of Senior Software Engineer you will be expected to have a proven track record of developing software covering the full development lifecycle...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a global engineering company specialising in the avionics industry. This is a permanent position based along the south coast in Hampshire.
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Embedded Systems, Electronics etc. Required Experience: *C/C++ *Embedded Systems/Firmware *Full Development *Regulatory Standards (IEC61508, IEC62304, DO178B, ISO) This is a fantastic opportunity for an Embedded Systems...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Midlands
working with test rigs) and software/hardware integration testing... Python) for test automation or AdaTest for software integration tests or low-level module test experience... - DO-178B knowledge.
Experis Engineering
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
Currently seeking Software Quality Assurance Engineers to join a prestigious expanding aerospace organisation based in the Midlands. The successful candidate will have experience working with DO-178B, DO-...
Experis Engineering
Salary: £28000 - £38000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013