DO-178B Contract Job Trends in the North West

RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring DO-178B skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-178B 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.028% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £575
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 - £67.25
% change year-on-year - - +39.87%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

DO-178B 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 534 293 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.16% 14.64% 15.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 213 233
10th Percentile £341 £318 £325
25th Percentile £393 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £591 £580 £593
90th Percentile £676 £690 £675
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.90% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 12 67
10th Percentile £19.46 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £29.96 £20.61 £10.95
Median hourly rate £60.50 £47.25 £12.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.04% +293.75% -68.00%
75th Percentile £75.50 £73.47 £23.56
90th Percentile £83.75 £85.07 £43.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year +10.77% +35.42% -39.26%

DO-178B
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DO-178B relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

DO-178B job vacancy trend in the North West

DO-178B
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing DO-178B.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing DO-178B

DO-178B
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 25 June 2026. 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
Manchester - 1 - - 1
DO-178B
England

DO-178B
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) RISC-V
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware