Rational DOORS Job Trends

IBM Rational DOORS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Rational DOORS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 583 758
Rank change year-on-year -6 +175 -5
Permanent jobs citing Rational DOORS 159 98 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.64% 2.33% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 69 74 88
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,000 £41,625
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,000 £51,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% +21.14% -21.26%
75th Percentile £75,900 £70,600 £57,545
90th Percentile £87,200 - £68,025
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £50,360
% change year-on-year +4.84% +23.11% -22.52%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Rational DOORS falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,368 4,207 8,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.44% 8.58% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,906 2,665 6,126
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Rational DOORS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Rational DOORS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Rational DOORS job vacancy trend in the UK

Rational DOORS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Rational DOORS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Rational DOORS

Rational DOORS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Rational DOORS over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Rational DOORS in the UK

Rational DOORS
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rational DOORS within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
UK excluding London +1 155 £65,000 +4.84% 50
England -10 152 £65,000 +4.84% 51
South East +33 119 £65,000 +4.84% 16
East of England -9 14 £75,900 +33.16% 7
Work from Home -38 8 £55,000 -22.10% 23
North of England -40 8 £52,375 +4.64% 2
South West -63 8 £57,000 +3.64% 20
North West -15 4 £52,075 +4.04% 2
Yorkshire -24 4 £62,950 -
Wales -48 3 £66,300 -6.09%
West Midlands -17 2 - - 2
Midlands -34 2 - - 6
Scotland +7 1 £75,900 - 1

Rational DOORS
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 33 (20.75%) Simulink
2 25 (15.72%) CATIA
3 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.63%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (6.92%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.63%) GitHub
1 1 (0.63%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.63%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 13 (8.18%) JIRA
2 6 (3.77%) Rational Rhapsody
3 4 (2.52%) Apache Continuum
4 1 (0.63%) Git
General
1 95 (59.75%) Aerospace
2 76 (47.80%) Finance
3 58 (36.48%) Electronics
4 44 (27.67%) Social Skills
5 36 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (9.43%) Military
7 3 (1.89%) Automotive
7 3 (1.89%) Avionics
7 3 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.26%) Aviation
8 2 (1.26%) Digital Health
8 2 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.26%) Legal
9 1 (0.63%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 133 (83.65%) Systems Engineer
2 72 (45.28%) Principal Engineer
2 72 (45.28%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 39 (24.53%) Senior
4 37 (23.27%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 17 (10.69%) Lead
6 12 (7.55%) Team Leader
7 11 (6.92%) FPGA Engineer
8 10 (6.29%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 7 (4.40%) Design Engineer
9 7 (4.40%) FPGA Design Engineer
10 4 (2.52%) Development Engineer
11 2 (1.26%) Electronics Engineer
11 2 (1.26%) Integration Engineer
11 2 (1.26%) Product Lead
11 2 (1.26%) Senior Integration Engineer
12 1 (0.63%) Requirements Engineer
12 1 (0.63%) Software Team Leader
12 1 (0.63%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 1 (0.63%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.52%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.69%) Algorithms
2 14 (8.81%) Management Information System
3 11 (6.92%) FPGA
3 11 (6.92%) NVMe
3 11 (6.92%) PCIe
3 11 (6.92%) VHDL
4 9 (5.66%) Acoustics
5 4 (2.52%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.26%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (76.10%) Systems Engineering
2 51 (32.08%) Requirements Management
3 44 (27.67%) Mathematics
3 44 (27.67%) Test Planning
4 40 (25.16%) Technical Leadership
5 39 (24.53%) Physics
6 38 (23.90%) Software Engineering
7 36 (22.64%) Decision-Making
8 30 (18.87%) Validation
9 28 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (16.98%) Agile
10 27 (16.98%) Verification and Validation
11 26 (16.35%) Information Assurance
11 26 (16.35%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 26 (16.35%) Systems Thinking
12 24 (15.09%) Configuration Management
13 23 (14.47%) Change Management
14 21 (13.21%) SysML
15 19 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
16 17 (10.69%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 42 (26.42%) MATLAB
2 13 (8.18%) C
2 13 (8.18%) C++
3 12 (7.55%) Assembly Language
4 5 (3.14%) Python
5 1 (0.63%) Ada
Qualifications
1 133 (83.65%) BPSS Clearance
2 98 (61.64%) Degree
3 31 (19.50%) Chartered Engineer
4 7 (4.40%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.52%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.63%) APMP
6 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (21.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 8 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (0.63%) DO-160
3 1 (0.63%) DO-254
3 1 (0.63%) MIL-STD-1553
3 1 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 14 (8.81%) Firmware
2 11 (6.92%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 78 (49.06%) IBM
2 31 (19.50%) Siemens
3 11 (6.92%) Altera
3 11 (6.92%) Xilinx
4 3 (1.89%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.26%) EMC
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco
6 1 (0.63%) Juniper