DO-254 Job Trends in Bristol

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring DO-254 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 - 156
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing DO-254 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.11% - 0.099%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.75% - 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £50,464
25th Percentile £47,500 - £61,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £85,000
75th Percentile £52,500 - £90,000
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £50,000 - £85,000

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bristol

DO-254 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 171 182 458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 6.07% 20.50% 15.06%
Number of salaries quoted 117 102 336
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £47,672 £53,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,202
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.12% +5.08%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,429 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £97,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -5.66%

DO-254
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

DO-254 job vacancy trend in Bristol

DO-254
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing DO-254.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing DO-254

DO-254
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (66.67%) Aviation
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Health
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (66.67%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) Avionics
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Certification Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (33.33%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Concurrent Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) FMEA
2 1 (33.33%) Hazard Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++
1 1 (33.33%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ARP4761
1 1 (33.33%) DO-160
1 1 (33.33%) HAZOP
1 1 (33.33%) IEC 61508
1 1 (33.33%) IEC 62304
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware