Rational DOORS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IBM Rational DOORS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Rational DOORS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 449 585
Rank change year-on-year -40 +136 -69
Permanent jobs citing Rational DOORS 164 104 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.30% 0.15%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.85% 4.17% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 65 73 55
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,869 £38,544
25th Percentile £53,625 £55,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% +19.23% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £70,600 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,200 - £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +4.84% +19.23% -20.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

Rational DOORS falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,803 2,495 4,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.64% 7.21% 8.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,911 1,494 3,061
10th Percentile £31,500 £34,075 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,500 £72,770 £69,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,850 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.64% +4.17% -7.69%

Rational DOORS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Rational DOORS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Rational DOORS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Rational DOORS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Rational DOORS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Rational DOORS

Rational DOORS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Rational DOORS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Rational DOORS in the UK excluding London

Rational DOORS
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 Rational DOORS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
South East +32 123 £65,000 +4.42% 33
East of England -32 13 £75,900 +33.16% 10
South West -55 13 £57,000 +3.64% 53
Scotland +18 6 £75,900 - 2
North of England -60 6 £54,750 +9.38% 13
Yorkshire -25 4 £62,950 - 2
Wales -57 3 £66,300 -6.09% 1
North West -31 2 £54,750 +9.38% 11
Rational DOORS
UK

Rational DOORS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (25.61%) Simulink
2 25 (15.24%) CATIA
3 4 (2.44%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 10 (6.10%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (2.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.61%) GitHub
1 1 (0.61%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.22%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 17 (10.37%) JIRA
2 7 (4.27%) Rational Rhapsody
3 6 (3.66%) Apache Continuum
4 4 (2.44%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.61%) Git
5 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 120 (73.17%) Aerospace
2 105 (64.02%) Finance
3 50 (30.49%) Electronics
4 44 (26.83%) Social Skills
5 33 (20.12%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (11.59%) Military
7 4 (2.44%) Aviation
7 4 (2.44%) Avionics
8 3 (1.83%) Automotive
8 3 (1.83%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.83%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.22%) Digital Health
9 2 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Environmental Health
9 2 (1.22%) Legal
9 2 (1.22%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.61%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 130 (79.27%) Systems Engineer
2 66 (40.24%) Principal Engineer
2 66 (40.24%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 37 (22.56%) Senior
4 35 (21.34%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 27 (16.46%) Lead
6 17 (10.37%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 15 (9.15%) Team Leader
8 10 (6.10%) Design Engineer
8 10 (6.10%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 10 (6.10%) FPGA Engineer
9 4 (2.44%) Software Engineer
10 2 (1.22%) C++ Software Engineer
10 2 (1.22%) Electronics Engineer
10 2 (1.22%) Product Lead
10 2 (1.22%) QA Automation Engineer
10 2 (1.22%) QA Engineer
10 2 (1.22%) Software Team Leader
10 2 (1.22%) Software Test Engineer
10 2 (1.22%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.83%) OLE
2 2 (1.22%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.80%) Algorithms
2 12 (7.32%) Management Information System
3 10 (6.10%) Acoustics
3 10 (6.10%) FPGA
3 10 (6.10%) NVMe
3 10 (6.10%) PCIe
3 10 (6.10%) VHDL
4 5 (3.05%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.22%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.22%) Robotics
6 1 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.83%) Linux
2 2 (1.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (76.83%) Systems Engineering
2 59 (35.98%) Requirements Management
3 47 (28.66%) Software Engineering
4 46 (28.05%) Mathematics
5 45 (27.44%) Technical Leadership
6 41 (25.00%) Physics
7 39 (23.78%) Decision-Making
8 36 (21.95%) Validation
9 34 (20.73%) Agile
9 34 (20.73%) Test Planning
10 33 (20.12%) Systems Thinking
10 33 (20.12%) Verification and Validation
11 26 (15.85%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 26 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (15.24%) Change Management
13 22 (13.41%) Configuration Management
14 21 (12.80%) SysML
15 18 (10.98%) Coaching
15 18 (10.98%) Information Assurance
16 14 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 51 (31.10%) MATLAB
2 15 (9.15%) C
2 15 (9.15%) C++
3 12 (7.32%) Assembly Language
4 11 (6.71%) Python
5 4 (2.44%) Java
6 3 (1.83%) Ada
7 2 (1.22%) Ada 95
7 2 (1.22%) Bash
7 2 (1.22%) C#
7 2 (1.22%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.22%) Rust
8 1 (0.61%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 134 (81.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 93 (56.71%) Degree
3 32 (19.51%) Chartered Engineer
4 29 (17.68%) Security Cleared
5 24 (14.63%) SC Cleared
6 16 (9.76%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.44%) PhD
8 1 (0.61%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (19.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 16 (9.76%) Accessibility
3 11 (6.71%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 3 (1.83%) QA
5 2 (1.22%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.61%) ECSS
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 16 (9.76%) Firmware
2 10 (6.10%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 72 (43.90%) IBM
2 37 (22.56%) Siemens
3 10 (6.10%) Altera
3 10 (6.10%) Xilinx
4 2 (1.22%) EMC
5 1 (0.61%) Cisco
5 1 (0.61%) Intel
5 1 (0.61%) Juniper
5 1 (0.61%) Microsoft