DO-254 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring DO-254 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DO-254 over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 465
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-254 0 0 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - - 0.020%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
UK median daily rate - - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
UK median hourly rate £79.00 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,489 2,179 3,097
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.24% 14.40% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,501 2,264
10th Percentile £288 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £419 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £519
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.77% +3.80%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £625
90th Percentile £714 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 75 65
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.75 £18.58
25th Percentile £21.25 £14.00 £23.22
Median hourly rate £37.02 £21.00 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year +76.29% -46.97% -7.31%
75th Percentile £67.50 £48.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.18 £65.00 £72.20
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.61 £35.00
% change year-on-year +67.44% -41.13% +27.27%

DO-254
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing DO-254 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DO-254 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

DO-254
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DO-254.

DO-254 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option