RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
England > North of England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 211 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing DO-254 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England | - | - | 0.018% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| England median daily rate | - | - | £450 |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England
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 the North of England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 480 | 705 | 760 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England | 14.44% | 15.18% | 13.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 335 | 398 | 470 |
| 10th Percentile | £237 | £320 | £299 |
| 25th Percentile | £365 | £413 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +2.56% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £595 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £673 | £679 | £638 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.38% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 85 | 41 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.78 | - | £17.72 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.14 | £10.95 | £29.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.67 | £12.84 | £39.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +92.15% | -67.58% | +73.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £50.06 | £26.66 | £48.98 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.07 | £48.75 | £67.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £35.00 | £22.50 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +55.56% | -40.00% | +27.12% |
DO-254
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England
Job postings citing DO-254 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
