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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 447 519
Rank change year-on-year +58 +72 -87
Permanent jobs citing Rational DOORS 120 119 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.33% 0.16%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.49% 3.35% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 47 51 24
10th Percentile £48,750 £37,574 £46,625
25th Percentile £56,525 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.00% - +4.76%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £67,750
90th Percentile - £70,600 £75,000
UK median annual salary £75,900 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +38.00% - -

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 2,184 3,554 3,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.15% 9.89% 11.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,380 1,996 3,062
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,279 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,325 £82,500 £86,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +49 55 £60,000 +0.84% 36
Scotland +16 21 £75,900 +68.67% 4
Midlands +38 18 £75,900 +8.43% 10
East Midlands +3 12 £75,900 +8.43% 6
South West -12 10 £75,900 +22.42% 32
North of England -6 7 £75,900 +77.70% 6
East of England +26 6 £55,000 +15.79% 26
West Midlands - 6 £67,500 - 4
Yorkshire -8 5 £75,900 - 1
Wales +10 3 £80,800 +21.87% 5
North West +2 2 - - 5
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 (1.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (11.67%) Simulink
2 12 (10.00%) CATIA
3 2 (1.67%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.67%) Windchill
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Towers Watson Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.33%) SNA
Development Applications
1 41 (34.17%) JIRA
2 5 (4.17%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (2.50%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (1.67%) Rational Statemate
5 1 (0.83%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.83%) Git
General
1 46 (38.33%) Electronics
2 11 (9.17%) Military
2 11 (9.17%) Social Skills
3 3 (2.50%) Aeronautics
3 3 (2.50%) Aerospace
3 3 (2.50%) Avionics
3 3 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (1.67%) Legal
4 2 (1.67%) Publishing
5 1 (0.83%) Advertising
5 1 (0.83%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.83%) Automotive
5 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (64.17%) Systems Engineer
2 56 (46.67%) Principal Engineer
3 55 (45.83%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 24 (20.00%) Senior
5 16 (13.33%) Requirements Manager
5 16 (13.33%) Systems Manager
6 14 (11.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 7 (5.83%) Lead
8 4 (3.33%) Team Leader
9 3 (2.50%) Design Engineer
9 3 (2.50%) System Design Authority
10 2 (1.67%) FPGA Engineer
10 2 (1.67%) Hardware Engineer
10 2 (1.67%) Integration Engineer
10 2 (1.67%) Monitoring Engineer
10 2 (1.67%) Senior Hardware Engineer
10 2 (1.67%) Senior Test Engineer
10 2 (1.67%) Software Engineer
10 2 (1.67%) Technical Leader
10 2 (1.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.83%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 34 (28.33%) Algorithms
2 12 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.17%) FPGA
4 3 (2.50%) Acoustics
4 3 (2.50%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.67%) VHDL
6 1 (0.83%) ASIC
6 1 (0.83%) IoT
6 1 (0.83%) NVMe
6 1 (0.83%) PCIe
6 1 (0.83%) Robotics
6 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.83%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.83%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (85.00%) Systems Engineering
2 55 (45.83%) Requirements Management
2 55 (45.83%) Technical Leadership
3 43 (35.83%) Validation
4 41 (34.17%) Agile
5 37 (30.83%) Signal Processing
6 31 (25.83%) Test Planning
7 30 (25.00%) Waterfall
8 24 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
9 23 (19.17%) Software Engineering
10 21 (17.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 21 (17.50%) Systems Thinking
11 19 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (15.83%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (11.67%) Mathematics
12 14 (11.67%) Physics
13 13 (10.83%) SysML
14 11 (9.17%) Information Assurance
15 9 (7.50%) Coaching
15 9 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.17%) MATLAB
2 6 (5.00%) C
3 4 (3.33%) C++
3 4 (3.33%) Python
4 2 (1.67%) Ada
4 2 (1.67%) C#
5 1 (0.83%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.83%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.83%) Java
5 1 (0.83%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 101 (84.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 50 (41.67%) Degree
3 10 (8.33%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.17%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.50%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.67%) HNC
7 2 (1.67%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (57.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 26 (21.67%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (0.83%) MISRA
System Software
1 2 (1.67%) Firmware
2 1 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 70 (58.33%) IBM
2 12 (10.00%) Siemens
3 2 (1.67%) Green Hills
3 2 (1.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.83%) Altera
4 1 (0.83%) Xilinx