DO-178B Jobs in England

RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring DO-178B skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DO-178B over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 683 839 888
Rank change year-on-year +156 +49 +268
Permanent jobs citing DO-178B 2 4 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.004% 0.010%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.025% 0.033% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile £53,500 £63,250 £60,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £64,375 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,625 £74,375
90th Percentile £66,500 £66,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -7.69% +6.12% +8.89%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

DO-178B 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,985 12,037 16,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.31% 13.45% 18.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,181 8,342 7,695
10th Percentile £30,580 £26,525 £32,200
25th Percentile £43,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,250 £77,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

DO-178B
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DO-178B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DO-178B in England

DO-178B
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DO-178B in England.

Salary trend for DO-178B in England

DO-178B
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DO-178B within the England region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +103 2 £60,000 -7.69% 6
DO-178B
UK

DO-178B
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Aviation
1 1 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Safety Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) ARM Cortex
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (50.00%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mechatronics
2 1 (50.00%) Software Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Ada
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) IEC 61508
2 1 (50.00%) Def Stans
2 1 (50.00%) IEC 62304
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 26262