MIL-STD-1553 Contract Job Trends in the South West

MIL-STD-1553 (Military-Standard-1553)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring MIL-STD-1553 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MIL-STD-1553 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South 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 £450 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

MIL-STD-1553 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 527 316 540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 14.80% 18.10% 16.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 183 306
10th Percentile £355 £235 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £587 £638 £600
90th Percentile £675 £695 £700
England median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 35 85
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.49 £12.24
25th Percentile £20.99 £31.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +44.44% -30.77%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.22 -
England median hourly rate £36.07 £32.66 £23.80
% change year-on-year +10.46% +37.21% -44.00%

MIL-STD-1553
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MIL-STD-1553 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

MIL-STD-1553 job vacancy trend in the South West

MIL-STD-1553
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing MIL-STD-1553.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing MIL-STD-1553

MIL-STD-1553
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MIL-STD-1553 within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Bristol - 1 - - 1
MIL-STD-1553
England

MIL-STD-1553
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) RS-232
1 1 (100.00%) RS-422
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Avionics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Ada Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Ada Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) Ada 95
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) PTC Integrity
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Green Hills
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PTC