Rational DOORS Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

IBM Rational DOORS
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Rational DOORS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 37 26
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 -
Contract jobs citing Rational DOORS 13 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 4.08% 0.44% 2.06%
As % of the Development Applications category 52.00% 6.25% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £77 - -
East of England median daily rate £77 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 2
10th Percentile - - £56.75
25th Percentile £61.00 £70.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £75.50 £71.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.34% +18.33% -
75th Percentile £79.00 £71.50 £62.50
90th Percentile - - £63.25
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% -33.33%

All Development Application Skills
Bedfordshire

Rational DOORS falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 25 16 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.84% 7.08% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £205 £442 £543
25th Percentile £398 £456 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +8.50% -11.11% +15.38%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £583
90th Percentile - - £586
East of England median daily rate £498 £481 £475
% change year-on-year +3.38% +1.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 6
10th Percentile £52.29 £60.15 £52.35
25th Percentile £54.50 £61.88 £54.94
Median hourly rate £63.00 £65.00 £58.45
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +11.21% -
75th Percentile £77.50 £68.38 £64.01
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.25 £66.05
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.33%

Rational DOORS
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Rational DOORS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Rational DOORS job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Rational DOORS
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Rational DOORS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Rational DOORS

Rational DOORS
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Rational DOORS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Rational DOORS

Rational DOORS
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Rational DOORS in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Rational DOORS in Bedfordshire

Rational DOORS
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational DOORS within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton +14 9 £77 - 6
Rational DOORS
East of England

Rational DOORS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
1 7 (53.85%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Visual Studio
2 2 (15.38%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (15.38%) VectorCAST
General
1 4 (30.77%) Aerospace
1 4 (30.77%) Electronics
1 4 (30.77%) Military
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Software Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Principal Software Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Electrical Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Lead
4 2 (15.38%) .NET Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) .NET Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Ada Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Ada Software Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (7.69%) C# Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) .NET
1 7 (53.85%) WinForms
1 7 (53.85%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Analogue Electronics
1 4 (30.77%) FPGA
1 4 (30.77%) Onboarding
1 4 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Integration Testing
1 9 (69.23%) OO
2 8 (61.54%) Software Engineering
3 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 7 (53.85%) CI/CD
3 7 (53.85%) DevOps
3 7 (53.85%) Kanban
3 7 (53.85%) Microservices
3 7 (53.85%) OOD
3 7 (53.85%) Scrum
3 7 (53.85%) Test Automation
3 7 (53.85%) Validation
3 7 (53.85%) Verification and Validation
4 6 (46.15%) Continuous Delivery
4 6 (46.15%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Engineering
6 4 (30.77%) FMEA
6 4 (30.77%) Schematic Capture
6 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) C#
2 6 (46.15%) C++
3 2 (15.38%) Ada
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 4 (30.77%) HNC
3 4 (30.77%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) IEC 61508
2 2 (15.38%) DO-178B
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) EMC