DO-160 Contract Job Trends in England

RTCA DO-160/EUROCAE ED-14
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring DO-160 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 503 -
Rank change year-on-year -42 - -
Contract jobs citing DO-160 1 13 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% 0.042% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.019% 0.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £650 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £700 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

DO-160 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,325 4,077 5,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.62% 13.08% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,439 2,374 3,783
10th Percentile £310 £288 £320
25th Percentile £403 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 173 237
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.26 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.06 £20.51
Median hourly rate £25.63 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.57% -16.67% +48.45%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.17
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.43 £35.63
% change year-on-year -8.30% -23.03% +45.43%

DO-160
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DO-160 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

DO-160 job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DO-160.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DO-160

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DO-160.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DO-160

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DO-160 within the England region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
London - 1 £700 - 1
DO-160
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) RF Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Keysight