Hybrid/Remote DO-160 Contract Job Trends

RTCA DO-160/EUROCAE ED-14
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring DO-160 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-160 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.053% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £650 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £700 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

DO-160 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,872 1,546 2,670
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 18.33% 12.67% 14.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,250 984 1,874
10th Percentile £315 £275 £319
25th Percentile £410 £377 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.72%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 34 66
10th Percentile £18.25 £15.50 £14.14
25th Percentile £20.36 £21.25 £18.88
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.75 £31.88
Median % change year-on-year +22.52% -12.95% +22.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £38.34 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.16 £66.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.43 £35.63
% change year-on-year -8.30% -23.03% +45.43%

DO-160
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) RF Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Keysight