DO-160 Job Trends in the South West

RTCA DO-160/EUROCAE ED-14
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring DO-160 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing DO-160 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.079% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £69,375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,625 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

DO-160 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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 973 475 887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.65% 13.59% 11.80%
Number of salaries quoted 577 312 465
10th Percentile £31,400 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,875 £35,536 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £64,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £84,250 £83,614 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.88% -0.87% -4.17%

DO-160
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DO-160 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

DO-160 job vacancy trend in the South West

DO-160
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DO-160.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DO-160

DO-160
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DO-160 within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Bristol - 8 £55,000 - 6
DO-160
England

DO-160
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) RS-422
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 8 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Electronics
3 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Automotive
4 3 (37.50%) Aviation
4 3 (37.50%) Digital Health
4 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (37.50%) Law
4 3 (37.50%) Legal
5 2 (25.00%) Avionics
6 1 (12.50%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) EMC Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Certification Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Electronics Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) FPGA
3 1 (12.50%) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Validation
2 5 (62.50%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (37.50%) Physics
3 3 (37.50%) Requirements Management
4 2 (25.00%) PLM
4 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 1 (12.50%) Ergonomics
5 1 (12.50%) Human Factors
5 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ARP4761
1 3 (37.50%) Def Stans
1 3 (37.50%) DO-254
2 2 (25.00%) ARP4754
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) EMC