DO-160 Contract Job Trends in Somerset

RTCA DO-160/EUROCAE ED-14
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring DO-160 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-160 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.22% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Somerset

DO-160 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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 86 32 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 19.11% 19.51% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 19 14
10th Percentile £400 £160 £402
25th Percentile £411 £225 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year +49.64% -36.36% +37.50%
75th Percentile £690 £610 £600
90th Percentile £746 £640 £677
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £524
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.72% -4.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 12
10th Percentile - £57.75 £11.72
25th Percentile - £58.13 -
Median hourly rate £14.00 £62.50 £12.24
Median % change year-on-year -77.60% +410.62% -75.52%
75th Percentile £33.50 £69.38 £12.81
90th Percentile £63.06 £71.25 -
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £64.63
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -0.58%

DO-160
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DO-160 within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Yeovil - 1 - -
DO-160
South West

DO-160
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Avionics
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) EMC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC