Rational DOORS Contract Job Trends in the East of England

IBM Rational DOORS
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Rational DOORS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 90 71
Rank change year-on-year +2 -19 +38
Contract jobs citing Rational DOORS 11 6 41
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.82% 0.40% 2.20%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.64% 3.92% 19.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 37
10th Percentile £70.90 £56.75 £65.00
25th Percentile £71.50 £57.50 £73.09
Median hourly rate £75.00 £60.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £76.25 £62.50 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £63.25 -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £67.02 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.18% +3.11% +8.62%

All Development Application Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 144 153 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 10.76% 10.21% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 48 98
10th Percentile £248 £289 £279
25th Percentile £405 £312 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.24% -10.53% -9.44%
75th Percentile £552 £554 £575
90th Percentile £602 £638 £658
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 39 60
10th Percentile £61.50 £49.25 £65.00
25th Percentile - £55.95 £69.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £67.00 - £90.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

Rational DOORS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Rational DOORS job vacancy trend in the East of England

Rational DOORS
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Rational DOORS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Rational DOORS

Rational DOORS
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Rational DOORS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Rational DOORS

Rational DOORS
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 Rational DOORS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 4 October 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +6 8 - - 4
Bedfordshire -6 1 - - 3
Essex - 1 - - 1
Norfolk - 1 £475 - 2
Rational DOORS
England

Rational DOORS
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:

Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Simulink
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (36.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) SAP PLM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DWDM
1 1 (9.09%) SDH
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
1 4 (36.36%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (9.09%) Polyspace
General
1 4 (36.36%) Law
2 2 (18.18%) Avionics
2 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) RF Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Acoustics
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (36.36%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 4 (36.36%) PLM
1 4 (36.36%) Scenario Testing
1 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
1 4 (36.36%) Validation
2 3 (27.27%) Requirements Management
3 2 (18.18%) OO
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (9.09%) Boundary Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Change Control
4 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) MATLAB
2 1 (9.09%) C
2 1 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (9.09%) ISO 26262
1 1 (9.09%) MISRA
1 1 (9.09%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 3 (27.27%) IBM
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) F5
3 1 (9.09%) Juniper
3 1 (9.09%) Nokia
3 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) QNX