DO-178B Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring DO-178B skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-178B 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.15% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £63.00 - -
25th Percentile £63.75 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £69.50 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Stevenage

DO-178B 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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 64 19 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 18.39% 13.57% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 5 9
10th Percentile £425 £340 £258
25th Percentile £462 £400 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £345
Median % change year-on-year +6.72% +30.43% +25.45%
75th Percentile £502 £530 £525
90th Percentile £650 £655 £540
Hertfordshire median daily rate £510 £550 £365
% change year-on-year -7.27% +50.68% -33.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 4 3
10th Percentile £25.94 - -
25th Percentile £28.37 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £31.64 £14.41
Median % change year-on-year +26.42% +119.57% -82.51%
75th Percentile £68.75 £41.86 £19.21
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.24 £22.08
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £20.35 £27.53 £15.34
% change year-on-year -26.08% +79.47% -76.85%

DO-178B
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DO-178B relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

DO-178B job vacancy trend in Stevenage

DO-178B
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) RISC-V
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Ada
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 4 (100.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware