UK Defence Standards (Def Stans)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Def Stans skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Def Stans over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 709 958 967
Rank change year-on-year +249 +9 -227
Permanent jobs citing Def Stans 28 125 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.100% 0.093%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.36% 0.57% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 21 11 34
10th Percentile £41,750 - £46,975
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £60,250 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +13.40% -28.15% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Def Stans is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,879 22,080 20,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.77% 17.62% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,772 11,965 12,636
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,874 £42,332 £40,496
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -3.06%

Def Stans
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Def Stans as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Def Stans in the UK

Def Stans
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Def Stans.

Salary trend for Def Stans in the UK

Def Stans
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Def Stans over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Def Stans in the UK

Def Stans
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Def Stans within the UK over the 6 months to 2 December 2023. 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
UK excluding London +155 26 £55,000 +13.40% 29
England +219 19 £58,500 -2.50% 32
Work from Home +175 18 £55,000 -12.00% 12
Scotland - 9 £55,000 -
South West +27 7 £67,500 +39.18% 12
South East +136 6 £58,500 - 8
London +267 2 £61,000 - 1
North of England +135 2 £60,500 - 3
Midlands +128 2 £55,000 -
West Midlands +124 2 £55,000 -
North West +110 2 £60,500 - 3

Def Stans
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) 4G
1 1 (3.57%) Network Security
1 1 (3.57%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.57%) CppUnit
2 1 (3.57%) JUnit
2 1 (3.57%) NetBeans
2 1 (3.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (60.71%) Military
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Advertising
5 2 (7.14%) Aeronautics
5 2 (7.14%) Avionics
5 2 (7.14%) Electronics
5 2 (7.14%) Finance
5 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 2 (7.14%) Marketing
5 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (14.29%) Senior
2 3 (10.71%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (10.71%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
2 3 (10.71%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Design Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Electronics Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Lead
3 2 (7.14%) Lead Software Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Project Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
4 1 (3.57%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Principal Software Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Safety Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) COM
2 1 (3.57%) JavaFX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) SCADA
1 2 (7.14%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.57%) Acoustics
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Data Management
1 10 (35.71%) Logistics
2 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (17.86%) Requirements Management
2 5 (17.86%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 3 (10.71%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.71%) Service Management
4 3 (10.71%) Software Engineering
4 3 (10.71%) Test Strategy
4 3 (10.71%) UML
5 2 (7.14%) Code Quality
5 2 (7.14%) Compliance Audit
5 2 (7.14%) Cyber Assurance
5 2 (7.14%) Information Assurance
5 2 (7.14%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 2 (7.14%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) C++
2 2 (7.14%) Assembly Language
2 2 (7.14%) C
2 2 (7.14%) C#
3 1 (3.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 12 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 9 (32.14%) DV Cleared
4 5 (17.86%) CISM
4 5 (17.86%) Degree
5 3 (10.71%) CISSP
5 3 (10.71%) HNC
5 3 (10.71%) HND
6 2 (7.14%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) GDPR
2 5 (17.86%) IEC 61508
2 5 (17.86%) NIST
3 4 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (14.29%) QA
4 3 (10.71%) ISO 9001
5 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (7.14%) DO-160
5 2 (7.14%) DO-254
5 2 (7.14%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (7.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (7.14%) JSP 440
5 2 (7.14%) MISRA
5 2 (7.14%) MISRA C
6 1 (3.57%) HAZOP
6 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (3.57%) TickIT
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) EMC
2 2 (7.14%) IBM
2 2 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (3.57%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.57%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (3.57%) Sparx