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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
Rank 384 400 419
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +19
Permanent jobs citing DO-178B 52 43 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.236% 0.181% 0.009%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.349% 1.802% 0.112%
Number of salaries quoted 32 34 0
Average salary £35,000 £38,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.89% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-7.89% +1.33%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2214 2386 1786
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 10.06% 10.04% 7.854%
Number of salaries quoted 1799 2056 1520
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
DO-178B
England

DO-178B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East DO-178B Salary Trend

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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Surrey +29 32 £35,000 -21.34%
West Sussex +10 18 - -
Berkshire -5 4 £35,000 -6.66%
Hampshire +2 2 £46,000 -
DO-178B
England

DO-178B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 56 (84.85%) C
2 55 (83.33%) Ada
3 47 (71.21%) C++
4 44 (66.67%) Windows
4 44 (66.67%) Linux
4 44 (66.67%) OO
5 42 (63.64%) Waterfall
6 41 (62.12%) VxWorks
7 40 (60.61%) ClearCase
7 40 (60.61%) UML
8 36 (54.55%) Security Cleared
9 33 (50.00%) Electronics
9 33 (50.00%) Aerospace
9 33 (50.00%) Degree
10 29 (43.94%) SC Cleared
11 27 (40.91%) Military
12 26 (39.39%) Rational DOORS
12 26 (39.39%) Requirements Management
13 25 (37.88%) Avionics
13 25 (37.88%) Chip and PIN
13 25 (37.88%) Middleware
13 25 (37.88%) Configuration Management
14 24 (36.36%) ClearQuest
14 24 (36.36%) Telecoms
14 24 (36.36%) Management Information System
14 24 (36.36%) Software Testing
14 24 (36.36%) Information Management
14 24 (36.36%) Communications Security
14 24 (36.36%) Embedded Software Development
15 22 (33.33%) JSF

DO-178B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 (37.88%) Middleware
2 22 (33.33%) JSF
3 18 (27.27%) CGI
4 16 (24.24%) Spring
5 2 (3.030%) ICEfaces
Applications
1 22 (33.33%) MS Office
2 16 (24.24%) MS Excel
3 13 (19.70%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.515%) GIS
Development Applications
1 40 (60.61%) ClearCase
2 26 (39.39%) Rational DOORS
3 24 (36.36%) ClearQuest
4 22 (33.33%) Eclipse
5 20 (30.30%) Ant
5 20 (30.30%) Maven
6 17 (25.76%) Subversion
7 16 (24.24%) Bugzilla
7 16 (24.24%) Git (software)
8 1 (1.515%) JIRA
General
1 33 (50.00%) Electronics
1 33 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 27 (40.91%) Military
3 25 (37.88%) Avionics
4 24 (36.36%) Telecoms
5 6 (9.091%) Legal
6 4 (6.061%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (33.33%) Developer
2 21 (31.82%) Software Engineer
3 19 (28.79%) Software Developer
4 11 (16.67%) Ada Developer
5 9 (13.64%) Architect
5 9 (13.64%) Technical Architect
6 8 (12.12%) Senior Software Engineer
7 7 (10.61%) Software Architect
8 3 (4.545%) Java Developer
8 3 (4.545%) C++ Software Engineer
9 2 (3.030%) Team Leader
9 2 (3.030%) Software Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 25 (37.88%) Chip and PIN
2 24 (36.36%) Management Information System
3 22 (33.33%) Device Driver
4 20 (30.30%) Embedded Systems
5 14 (21.21%) Computer Science
5 14 (21.21%) Mathematics
5 14 (21.21%) Physics
6 1 (1.515%) Human Factors
Operating Systems
1 44 (66.67%) Windows
1 44 (66.67%) Linux
2 41 (62.12%) VxWorks
3 22 (33.33%) UNIX
4 16 (24.24%) LynxOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (66.67%) OO
2 42 (63.64%) Waterfall
3 40 (60.61%) UML
4 26 (39.39%) Requirements Management
5 25 (37.88%) Configuration Management
6 24 (36.36%) Information Management
6 24 (36.36%) Software Testing
6 24 (36.36%) Communications Security
6 24 (36.36%) Embedded Software Development
7 21 (31.82%) Software Engineering
8 20 (30.30%) Agile Software Development
9 19 (28.79%) Continuous Integration
10 18 (27.27%) RUP
10 18 (27.27%) MODAF
11 15 (22.73%) Validation
12 13 (19.70%) Yourdon
12 13 (19.70%) SSADM
12 13 (19.70%) Unit Testing
12 13 (19.70%) Digital Signal Processing
12 13 (19.70%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 56 (84.85%) C
2 55 (83.33%) Ada
3 47 (71.21%) C++
4 22 (33.33%) Java
4 22 (33.33%) Perl
4 22 (33.33%) Python
4 22 (33.33%) C#
5 12 (18.18%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.515%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 36 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 33 (50.00%) Degree
3 29 (43.94%) SC Cleared
4 13 (19.70%) PhD
5 3 (4.545%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.15%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.515%) DO-254
2 1 (1.515%) ARP4761
2 1 (1.515%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.515%) QA
Systems Management
1 16 (24.24%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (24.24%) HP
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