Def Stans Contract Job Trends in Bolton

UK Defence Standards (Def Stans)
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bolton requiring Def Stans skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Def Stans 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bolton 3.03% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
Manchester median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bolton

Def Stans falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Bolton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 12.12% - 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £423
25th Percentile £375 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £475
75th Percentile £425 - £513
90th Percentile - - £528
Manchester median daily rate £490 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -2.00% +1.01% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £32.15 - -
25th Percentile £37.63 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £56.13 - -
90th Percentile £61.45 - -
Manchester median hourly rate £60.50 £62.50 £14.27
% change year-on-year -3.20% +338.14% -52.45%

Def Stans
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) RISC-V
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) DO-178B
1 1 (100.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware