RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DO-254 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DO-254 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 739 1073 1064
Rank change year-on-year +334 -9 -320
Permanent jobs citing DO-254 5 12 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.010% 0.025%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.063% 0.054% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 21
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £33,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £35,280
75th Percentile - - £37,240
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £35,280

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

DO-254 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-254
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DO-254 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DO-254 in the UK

DO-254
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DO-254.

Salary trend for DO-254 in the UK

DO-254
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DO-254 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 +295 5 - - 28
UK excluding London +250 5 - - 20
Work from Home +252 3 - - 15
South East - 3 - - 6
South West - 2 - - 9

DO-254
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 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Military
2 3 (60.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (60.00%) Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Aviation
3 2 (40.00%) Avionics
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Hardware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA
1 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Line Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Server Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) CAD
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Assembly Language
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (40.00%) DO-160
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) EMC
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Cadence
2 1 (20.00%) Thales