DO-254 Contract Job Trends in Scotland

RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring DO-254 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 118 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Contract jobs citing DO-254 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.31% 0.060% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.53% 0.34% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - -
UK median daily rate £65 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
UK median hourly rate £81.50 £88.00 -
% change year-on-year -7.39% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 326 293 410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.31% 17.66% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 203 259
10th Percentile £207 £190 £206
25th Percentile £343 £333 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £567 £517 £531
90th Percentile £664 £617 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 15
10th Percentile £13.64 £21.88 £15.23
25th Percentile £17.23 £25.52 £15.71
Median hourly rate £50.00 £27.35 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +82.82% +26.39% -4.61%
75th Percentile £64.00 £59.60 £60.75
90th Percentile £71.40 £76.60 £61.20
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year -10.11% +27.04% -23.08%

DO-254
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DO-254 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

DO-254 job vacancy trend in Scotland

DO-254
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing DO-254.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing DO-254

DO-254
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing DO-254.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing DO-254

DO-254
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DO-254 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 March 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
Edinburgh +7 5 £65 - 3
DO-254
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
1 5 (100.00%) PCIe
1 5 (100.00%) VHDL
2 2 (40.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 5 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 5 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Altera
1 5 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 4 (80.00%) Microsemi
3 2 (40.00%) Actel
3 2 (40.00%) Intel
4 1 (20.00%) Siemens