RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 587 | 714 | 847 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +127 | +133 | -177 |
| Contract jobs citing DO-178B | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.008% | 0.002% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.18% | 0.063% | 0.017% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £528 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £531 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £575 | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £42.72 | £43.95 |
| 25th Percentile | £67.13 | £42.81 | £44.83 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.25 | £48.08 | £47.61 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.87% | +0.98% | -4.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.38 | £51.52 | £50.33 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £51.89 | £51.18 |
| UK excluding London 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
UK
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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 6,212 | 7,992 | 11,762 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.35% | 13.36% | 13.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,921 | 5,491 | 8,030 |
| 10th Percentile | £297 | £275 | £292 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £410 | £403 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +2.44% | +7.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £738 | £706 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.63% | +5.56% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 381 | 225 | 302 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.95 | £13.16 | £11.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £18.50 | £17.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.61 | £37.50 | £28.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -45.05% | +31.58% | +35.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £62.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.38 | £77.50 | £67.32 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.00 | £35.00 | £21.05 |
| % change year-on-year | -48.57% | +66.27% | +0.24% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing DO-178B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DO-178B.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DO-178B.
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Top 5 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +130 | 7 | £575 | - | 9 |
| UK excluding London | +67 | 7 | £575 | - | 9 |
| Work from Home | +134 | 5 | - | - | 4 |
| South West | +25 | 4 | £550 | - | 6 |
| South East | +28 | 3 | £575 | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: