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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DO-178B skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DO-178B over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 729 991 1082
Rank change year-on-year +262 +91 -331
Permanent jobs citing DO-178B 12 85 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.069% 0.012%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.15% 0.39% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile £54,050 £53,750 £40,750
25th Percentile £54,500 £58,125 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +38.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £64,750 £69,375 £53,125
90th Percentile £66,400 £73,750 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £62,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +38.89% -5.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

DO-178B 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 7,856 22,053 20,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.76% 17.79% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,764 11,814 12,559
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,968 £42,500 £40,317
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +2.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,500 £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-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 10 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 4 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 +261 12 £61,500 -1.60% 11
UK excluding London +178 12 £61,500 -1.60% 10
Work from Home +176 9 £61,500 +2.50% 2
Midlands +120 8 £61,500 -
East Midlands +36 5 - -
West Midlands +135 3 £61,500 -
North of England +151 2 £57,500 -
South West +43 2 £65,000 +4.00% 7
North West +104 1 - -
North East - 1 £57,500 -

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Bluetooth
1 1 (8.33%) GSM
1 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Git
2 3 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (16.67%) eggPlant
3 2 (16.67%) VectorCAST
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Electronics
3 5 (41.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 2 (16.67%) Automotive
5 1 (8.33%) Aviation
5 1 (8.33%) Avionics
5 1 (8.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Senior
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) Design Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) Software Design Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Software Validation Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Software Verification Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Validation Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Verification Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Senior Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Device Driver
2 1 (8.33%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 6 (50.00%) Change Control
3 6 (50.00%) Coaching
3 6 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (41.67%) CI/CD
4 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
4 5 (41.67%) Conflict Management
4 5 (41.67%) Continuous Delivery
4 5 (41.67%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (41.67%) Cost Reduction
4 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
4 5 (41.67%) DevOps
4 5 (41.67%) Scrum
5 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 3 (25.00%) TDD
6 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
6 3 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) C
1 9 (75.00%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) Ada
2 4 (33.33%) C++
3 3 (25.00%) Bash
4 1 (8.33%) Assembly Language
4 1 (8.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) Chartered Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) HND
2 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) IEC 61508
2 4 (33.33%) MISRA
3 1 (8.33%) ISO 26262
3 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Firmware
2 3 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware