DO-254 Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring DO-254 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-254 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £500 - £581

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 164 97 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 21.33% 23.15% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 76 67
10th Percentile £413 £323 £376
25th Percentile £463 £519 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £541 £688 £650
90th Percentile £675 £738 £690
South West median daily rate £525 £524 £500
% change year-on-year +0.19% +4.80% -9.09%

DO-254
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

DO-254 job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing DO-254.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing DO-254

DO-254
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Salisbury - 1 £500 -
DO-254
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CAN bus
1 1 (100.00%) Lidar
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC