DO-254 Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring DO-254 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-254 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.032% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.18% - -
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-254 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 560 323 273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.12% 19.58% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 184 119
10th Percentile £363 £265 £256
25th Percentile £425 £404 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.45% - -1.48%
75th Percentile £625 £591 £568
90th Percentile £736 £660 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £490
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 22 12
10th Percentile £17.50 £15.12 £20.21
25th Percentile £33.70 £15.13 £54.46
Median hourly rate £52.50 £17.08 £62.47
Median % change year-on-year +207.38% -72.66% +24.95%
75th Percentile £77.50 £77.81 £68.17
90th Percentile £83.60 £89.42 £76.77
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £18.87 £52.00
% change year-on-year +151.93% -63.71% +4.00%

DO-254
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DO-254 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

DO-254 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DO-254.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DO-254

DO-254
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-254 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 September 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 -
DO-254
South East

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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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
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%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) FMEA
1 1 (100.00%) FMECA
1 1 (100.00%) Hazard Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 26262
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM