DO-178B Contract Job Trends in the East of England

RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring DO-178B skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-178B 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.090% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £563
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £75.40 - -
25th Percentile £76.00 - -
Median hourly rate £77.00 - -
75th Percentile £78.00 - -
90th Percentile £78.60 - -
England median hourly rate £66.50 - £67.25
% change year-on-year - - +42.80%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

DO-178B 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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 346 164 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.49% 17.32% 8.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 84 87
10th Percentile £389 £246 £240
25th Percentile £464 £400 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £410
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +34.15% -8.89%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £538
90th Percentile £675 £675 £600
England median daily rate £501 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.86% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 26 31
10th Percentile £13.87 £17.71 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.78 £28.03 £14.68
Median hourly rate £19.91 £47.50 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +200.82% -9.77%
75th Percentile £32.79 £75.00 £25.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £88.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £33.12 £34.50 £22.75
% change year-on-year -4.00% +51.65% -42.29%

DO-178B
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DO-178B relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

DO-178B job vacancy trend in the East of England

DO-178B
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DO-178B.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DO-178B

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DO-178B.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DO-178B

DO-178B
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DO-178B within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 May 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
Bedfordshire - 2 - - 2
DO-178B
England

DO-178B
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (100.00%) Rational Rhapsody
1 2 (100.00%) VectorCAST
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Ada Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Ada Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Ada
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware