RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring DO-178B skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DO-178B over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 691 889 973
Rank change year-on-year +198 +84 +216
Permanent jobs citing DO-178B 1 7 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.007% 0.015%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.011% 0.052% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,625
90th Percentile - - £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

DO-178B 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 8,849 13,550 19,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.00% 13.76% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,601 9,267 9,193
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%

DO-178B
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DO-178B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DO-178B in the UK

DO-178B
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DO-178B.

Salary trend for DO-178B in the UK

DO-178B
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-178B within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +203 1 £65,000 - 5
England +170 1 £65,000 - 5
South West +103 1 £65,000 - 5

DO-178B
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Assurance
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508