ARP4761 Contract Job Trends

SAE ARP4761
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ARP4761 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 673 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ARP4761 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.022% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63.75 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - -
75th Percentile £71.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ARP4761 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,093 5,545 5,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.13% 16.91% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,824 3,573 3,370
10th Percentile £331 £280 £297
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% -3.81%
75th Percentile £600 £604 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +4.74% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 560 249 339
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.58 £11.07
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.45 £14.48
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.35 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% +9.40% -34.21%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £54.68
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.78 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £24.66 £25.00
% change year-on-year +62.21% -1.36% -28.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ARP4761 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ARP4761 job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ARP4761.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ARP4761

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ARP4761.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ARP4761

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Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ARP4761 within the UK 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
England - 2 £575 - 5
UK excluding London - 2 £575 - 5
South East - 1 £575 - 2
South West - 1 - - 3

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (50.00%) Kinematics
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) DO-160
1 1 (50.00%) DO-254