DO-160 Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

RTCA DO-160/EUROCAE ED-14
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 162 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-160 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.031% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 617 360 339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.82% 21.65% 14.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 196 150
10th Percentile £357 £301 £248
25th Percentile £431 £400 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.41% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £562
90th Percentile £725 £650 £653
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 30 25
10th Percentile £18.32 £15.12 £18.20
25th Percentile £33.70 £15.13 £22.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £46.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% +54.33% -33.33%
75th Percentile £82.44 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £94.50 £89.63 £69.11
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £27.50
% change year-on-year +108.75% -8.55% -42.11%

DO-160
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

DO-160 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

DO-160
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DO-160.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DO-160

DO-160
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
DO-160
South East

DO-160
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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