DO-178B Contracts in England

RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DO-178B skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DO-178B over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 648 781
Rank change year-on-year +113 +133 -171
Contract jobs citing DO-178B 7 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.010% 0.003%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.13% 0.074% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £528 - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile - £42.72 £43.95
25th Percentile £67.13 £42.81 £44.83
Median hourly rate £67.25 £48.08 £47.61
Median % change year-on-year +39.87% +0.98% -4.78%
75th Percentile £67.38 £51.52 £50.33
90th Percentile - £51.89 £51.18
UK median hourly rate £67.25 £48.08 £47.61
% change year-on-year +39.87% +0.98% -4.78%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

DO-178B is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,295 6,738 9,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.24% 13.35% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,378 4,585 6,396
10th Percentile £300 £276 £288
25th Percentile £408 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 206 260
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.94 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.09 £19.50 £16.44
Median hourly rate £22.34 £41.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.17% +50.91% +30.95%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £79.88 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £37.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% +33.93% +33.02%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DO-178B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DO-178B in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DO-178B in England.

Daily rate trend for DO-178B in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DO-178B in England.

Hourly rate trend for DO-178B in England

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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-178B within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
South West +13 4 £550 - 6
South East +17 3 £575 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Aviation
1 3 (42.86%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Military
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Developer
1 1 (14.29%) Safety Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Safety Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Software Assurance Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Software Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
1 1 (14.29%) Software Safety Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) UML
2 3 (42.86%) Device Driver Development
2 3 (42.86%) HOOD
2 3 (42.86%) Safety Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Software Assurance
3 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (28.57%) Software Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) SysML
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C
2 3 (42.86%) Ada
3 1 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) Perl
3 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Def Stans
2 3 (42.86%) IEC 61508
2 3 (42.86%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) QinetiQ