DO-160 Contract Job Trends in the South East

RTCA DO-160/EUROCAE ED-14
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring DO-160 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 - 187
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-160 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.015% - 0.098%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.085% - 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate - - £70.00

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,176 648 681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.69% 18.72% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 723 404 333
10th Percentile £340 £200 £255
25th Percentile £425 £374 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £583
90th Percentile £725 £650 £688
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 49 65
10th Percentile £17.50 £15.12 £10.82
25th Percentile £26.63 £15.29 £18.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -8.55% -42.11%
75th Percentile £82.25 £67.50 £62.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.93 £70.00
England median hourly rate £38.86 £31.50 £26.68
% change year-on-year +23.37% +18.07% -36.13%

DO-160
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DO-160 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

DO-160 job vacancy trend in the South East

DO-160
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DO-160.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DO-160

DO-160
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 31 July 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
Berkshire - 1 £575 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 £575 - 2
DO-160
England

DO-160
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Kinematics
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ARP4761