DORA Job Trends
Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring DORA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 694 | 610 | 720 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -84 | +110 | +11 |
| Permanent jobs citing DORA | 127 | 57 | 40 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.058% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.98% | 0.74% | 0.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 76 | 37 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £57,500 | £54,750 | £62,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £67,500 | £72,194 | £77,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £90,000 | £80,000 | £92,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.50% | -13.51% | -2.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £102,500 | £100,000 | £112,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £120,000 | £110,000 | £120,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £77,500 | £77,217 | £92,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.37% | -16.52% | -11.90% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
DORA 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.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 12,966 | 7,672 | 9,847 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 10.76% | 15.60% | 14.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7,934 | 4,259 | 4,554 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £40,000 | £42,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -4.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £77,500 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £93,750 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.76% |
DORA Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DORA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
DORA Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DORA.
DORA Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing DORA over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.
DORA Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DORA within the UK over the 6 months to 22 October 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 | -88 | 116 | £90,000 | +5.88% | |
| London | -9 | 92 | £90,000 | - | |
| Work from Home | -19 | 65 | £85,000 | +10.08% | |
| UK excluding London | -147 | 23 | £77,500 | +0.37% | |
| South West | -65 | 9 | £62,500 | - | |
| South East | -64 | 7 | £62,500 | -37.50% | |
| Scotland | +19 | 4 | £77,500 | +0.37% | |
| North West | -41 | 2 | £102,500 | +30.39% | |
| North of England | -81 | 2 | £102,500 | +28.13% | |
| Midlands | -46 | 1 | £48,500 | -37.19% | |
| West Midlands | -50 | 1 | £48,500 | -37.19% |
DORA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Quality Assurance & Compliance
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ISO/IEC 27001 | 47.2% | 60 |
| 2 | NIST | 33.1% | 42 |
| 3 | GRC | 30.7% | 39 |
| 4 | GDPR | 22.8% | 29 |
| 5 | ISO 22301 | 14.2% | 18 |
| 6 | COBIT | 12.6% | 16 |
| 7 | Sarbanes-Oxley | 8.7% | 11 |
| 7 | SOC 2 | 8.7% | 11 |
| 9 | Cyber Essentials | 7.1% | 9 |
| 9 | NCSC | 7.1% | 9 |
| 11 | PCI DSS | 5.5% | 7 |
| 11 | QA | 5.5% | 7 |
| 13 | PMO | 3.9% | 5 |
| 14 | Accessibility | 3.1% | 4 |
| 14 | ISO 9001 | 3.1% | 4 |
| 16 | Actionable Recommendations | 2.4% | 3 |
| 16 | Cyber Essentials PLUS | 2.4% | 3 |
| 18 | EU AI Act | 1.6% | 2 |
| 18 | ISO 20022 | 1.6% | 2 |
| 18 | ISO/IEC 42001 | 1.6% | 2 |