RTCA DO-160/EUROCAE ED-14
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring DO-160 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 769 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing DO-160 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.036% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

DO-160 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,016 7,644 11,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.71% 15.47% 13.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6,954 4,280 7,192
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £41,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.26%

DO-160
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DO-160 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

DO-160 job vacancy trend in the UK

DO-160
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DO-160.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DO-160

DO-160
Top 3 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 31 July 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
England - 4 £135,000 - 5
UK excluding London - 3 - - 5
South West - 3 - - 1

DO-160
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
1 1 (25.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) RS-422
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (75.00%) Aviation
2 3 (75.00%) Avionics
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Health
2 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (75.00%) Legal
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Aeronautics
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Certification Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Requirements Management
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) PLM
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Ergonomics
3 1 (25.00%) Human Factors
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ARP4761
2 2 (50.00%) ARP4754
2 2 (50.00%) DO-254
3 1 (25.00%) MIL-STD-1553
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM