DO-254 Jobs in the UK excluding London

RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring DO-254 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DO-254 over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 404 754 733
Rank change year-on-year +350 -21 +131
Permanent jobs citing DO-254 179 8 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.011% 0.026%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.73% 0.082% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23 3 3
10th Percentile - £50,464 -
25th Percentile - £61,540 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £85,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.90% +41.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £62,500
90th Percentile - - £64,000
UK median annual salary £47,683 £85,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -43.90% +30.77% -7.14%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,564 9,770 11,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.54% 13.05% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,101 6,367 4,478
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,047 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £32,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £79,400
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

DO-254
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DO-254 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DO-254 in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DO-254 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for DO-254 in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DO-254 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DO-254 in the UK excluding London

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DO-254 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England - 59 £47,683 - 4
North West - 45 £47,683 - 3
South East - 35 - - 12
Scotland - 28 - - 5
South West +125 21 - - 6
Midlands - 15 £75,000 -
East of England - 14 - - 4
Yorkshire - 14 - -
East Midlands - 14 - -
Wales - 7 - -
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 -
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UK

DO-254
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Simulink
General
1 23 (12.85%) Electronics
2 22 (12.29%) Aviation
2 22 (12.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (0.56%) Advertising
3 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
3 1 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 156 (87.15%) Senior
2 140 (78.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 140 (78.21%) Systems Engineer
3 22 (12.29%) Radar Engineer
4 16 (8.94%) Instrumentation Engineer
4 16 (8.94%) Senior Electrical Engineer
5 1 (0.56%) Engineering Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (0.56%) ASIC
1 1 (0.56%) FPGA
1 1 (0.56%) VHDL
1 1 (0.56%) VLSI
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (99.44%) Systems Engineering
2 156 (87.15%) Coaching
2 156 (87.15%) Mathematics
2 156 (87.15%) Physics
3 22 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (12.29%) Safety Engineering
4 16 (8.94%) Validation
4 16 (8.94%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (0.56%) Agile
5 1 (0.56%) Code Coverage
5 1 (0.56%) Configuration Management
5 1 (0.56%) FPGA Design
5 1 (0.56%) Kanban
5 1 (0.56%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 1 (0.56%) Prototyping
5 1 (0.56%) Scrum
5 1 (0.56%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 179 (100.00%) Degree
2 178 (99.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (12.29%) CEH
4 16 (8.94%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (87.15%) ARP4754
1 156 (87.15%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 23 (12.85%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (0.56%) Xilinx