RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring DO-254 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 19 | 23 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +4 | - |
| Contract jobs citing DO-254 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Essex | - | 0.80% | 7.30% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 5.88% | 40.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £60 | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £70.50 | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £84.00 | £70.50 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +19.15% | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Essex
DO-254 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 Essex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 20 | 17 | 42 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 17.86% | 13.60% | 18.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £153 | £268 | £233 |
| 25th Percentile | £366 | £317 | £299 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £454 | £398 | £388 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.15% | +2.58% | +103.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £543 | £552 | £605 |
| 90th Percentile | £550 | £596 | £649 |
| East of England median daily rate | £500 | £433 | £505 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.61% | -14.36% | +12.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.78 | £73.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £17.99 | £74.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £20.00 | £77.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +250.00% | -74.19% | +93.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £46.63 | £79.38 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £62.60 | £79.75 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £19.91 | £27.61 | £44.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.88% | -37.97% | +154.29% |
DO-254
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DO-254 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.
