DO-254 Contracts in Kent

RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring DO-254 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DO-254 over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-254 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent - - 0.48%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £66.74
South East median hourly rate - - £50.00

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 14 14 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 12.28% 6.73% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 8
10th Percentile £278 £425 £125
25th Percentile £452 £475 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £500 £344
Median % change year-on-year +13.70% +45.24% -19.94%
75th Percentile £623 £623 £597
90th Percentile £760 £666 £625
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - - £46.85
25th Percentile - - £50.17
Median hourly rate - £10.82 £57.41
Median % change year-on-year - -81.15% +72.38%
75th Percentile - £37.20 £62.94
90th Percentile - £62.96 £65.22
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year +68.36% -5.17% +38.10%

DO-254
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing DO-254 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for DO-254 in Kent

DO-254
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DO-254 in Kent.

Hourly rate trend for DO-254 in Kent