DO-178B Contracts in the South East

RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for DO-178B skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DO-178B over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 199 223 260
Rank change year-on-year +24 +37 -53
Contract jobs citing DO-178B 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.053% 0.034% 0.025%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.34% 0.22% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £45.67 £43.95
25th Percentile - £47.22 £44.83
Median hourly rate - £51.52 £47.61
Median % change year-on-year - +8.20% +19.03%
75th Percentile - £54.09 £50.33
90th Percentile - £54.61 £51.18
England median hourly rate £67.25 £48.08 £47.61
% change year-on-year +39.87% +0.98% -4.78%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

DO-178B is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 886 897 1,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.76% 15.13% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 559 809
10th Percentile £251 £200 £215
25th Percentile £363 £348 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £571 £575
90th Percentile £640 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 47 46
10th Percentile £10.82 £18.25 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.82 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +42.37% -14.61%
75th Percentile £46.25 £51.94 £43.65
90th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £51.26
England median hourly rate £20.50 £40.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -49.38% +47.27% +30.95%

DO-178B
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing DO-178B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DO-178B in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DO-178B in the South East.

Daily rate trend for DO-178B in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DO-178B in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for DO-178B in the South East

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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-178B within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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
Hampshire - 2 £575 -
DO-178B
England

DO-178B
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Aviation
1 2 (66.67%) Military
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Safety Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Safety Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Assurance Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Safety Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) HOOD
1 3 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Software Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Ada
2 2 (66.67%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Def Stans
1 2 (66.67%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
1 2 (66.67%) QinetiQ