DO-254 Job Trends in Sittingbourne

RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
Kent > Sittingbourne

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

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	12	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing DO-254	3	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sittingbourne	5.66%	-	-
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	25.00%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	-	-
Kent median annual salary	£60,000	£50,000	-
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	-	-

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Sittingbourne

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in Sittingbourne.

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	12	5	0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sittingbourne	22.64%	13.51%	-
Number of salaries quoted	9	5	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£31,000	£30,000	-
Median % change year-on-year	+3.33%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£34,250	-	-
90^th Percentile	£47,800	-	-
Kent median annual salary	£37,500	£42,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	-11.76%	-22.73%	+4.76%

DO-254 Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sittingbourne

For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, job vacancies citing DO-254 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sittingbourne region citing DO-254.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	BPSS Clearance	100.0%	3
1	Coaching	100.0%	3
1	Degree	100.0%	3
1	HND	100.0%	3
1	Mentor Graphics	100.0%	3
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	3

DO-254 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sittingbourne by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Aerospace	100.0%	3
1	Analytical Skills	100.0%	3
1	Electronics	100.0%	3
1	Finance	100.0%	3