MIL-STD-1553 Contract Job Trends

MIL-STD-1553 (Military-Standard-1553)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring MIL-STD-1553 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 531 -
Rank change year-on-year -54 - -
Contract jobs citing MIL-STD-1553 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.003% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.029% 0.022% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

MIL-STD-1553 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 6,797 4,455 6,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.27% 14.51% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,372 2,621 4,266
10th Percentile £325 £260 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £634
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 168 341
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.97% +16.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.01 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.19 £29.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year -16.59% +17.17% -10.00%

MIL-STD-1553
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MIL-STD-1553 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

MIL-STD-1553 job vacancy trend in the UK

MIL-STD-1553
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MIL-STD-1553.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MIL-STD-1553

MIL-STD-1553
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MIL-STD-1553.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MIL-STD-1553

MIL-STD-1553
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MIL-STD-1553 within the UK over the 6 months to 10 February 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
UK excluding London -60 2 £450 - 2
England -69 2 £450 - 2
East of England - 2 £450 - 2

MIL-STD-1553
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SpaceWire
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Avionics
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) ASIC
1 2 (100.00%) CAN bus
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C