DO-178B Contracts in the South West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 173 -
Rank change year-on-year +27 - -
Contract jobs citing DO-178B 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.12% 0.054% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.72% 0.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £41.00 -
25th Percentile £67.13 £42.50 -
Median hourly rate £67.25 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +49.44% - -
75th Percentile £67.38 £47.50 -
90th Percentile - £49.00 -
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 West

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 West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 559 413 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.42% 11.20% 11.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 298 300
10th Percentile £263 £200 £207
25th Percentile £425 £383 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £519 £476
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +8.98% -4.80%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £586
90th Percentile £700 £700 £657
England median daily rate £525 £525 £521
% change year-on-year - +0.68% +9.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 45 20
10th Percentile £12.40 £17.70 £48.80
25th Percentile £14.00 £48.99 £58.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £64.15 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year -29.85% -7.10% +38.10%
75th Percentile £68.38 £79.75 £72.06
90th Percentile £74.44 £83.40 £81.54
England median hourly rate £20.55 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -51.64% +54.55% +30.95%

DO-178B
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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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 DO-178B within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Bristol - 3 - - 7
Gloucestershire - 1 £550 - 1
DO-178B
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) UML
2 3 (75.00%) Device Driver Development
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) SysML
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Perl
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (75.00%) MISRA
2 1 (25.00%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM