RTCA DO-160/EUROCAE ED-14
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DO-160 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DO-160 over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 740 - 1094
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing DO-160 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - 0.002%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.051% - 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £45,000
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £45,000

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

DO-160 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 7,915 22,057 20,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.74% 17.61% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,822 11,984 12,621
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,000 £40,293
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,313 £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%

DO-160
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DO-160 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DO-160 in the UK

DO-160
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DO-160.

Salary trend for DO-160 in the UK

DO-160
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DO-160 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England - 4 - - 10
UK excluding London - 4 - - 10
South East - 3 - - 3
East of England - 1 - - 2

DO-160
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) Military
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Avionics
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Electrical Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Assembly Language
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (50.00%) DO-254
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) EMC
2 2 (50.00%) SAP