DO-178B Job Trends in Kent

RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring DO-178B skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing DO-178B 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.20% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.46% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 122 65 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 8.05% 11.61% 17.81%
Number of salaries quoted 35 38 195
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,125 £27,965
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,125 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.03% -10.29% -15.00%
75th Percentile £60,063 £66,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £87,500 £67,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -10.31%

DO-178B
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DO-178B relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

DO-178B job vacancy trend in Kent

DO-178B
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DO-178B within the Kent region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sittingbourne - 2 - -
Tonbridge - 1 - -
DO-178B
South East

DO-178B
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
1 3 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (100.00%) Degree