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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 570 661
Rank change year-on-year +45 +91 -45
Permanent jobs citing Rational DOORS 129 130 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.24% 0.11%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.54% 2.36% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 51 53 28
10th Percentile £48,750 £37,574 £45,950
25th Percentile £55,874 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.00% - -
75th Percentile - £63,750 £67,000
90th Percentile - £70,600 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,900 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +38.00% - +4.76%

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 3,645 5,498 6,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.08% 10.27% 11.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,384 3,157 5,244
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,544 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,279 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.77% -4.35% +4.55%

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 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Rational DOORS in the UK

Rational DOORS
Top 15 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 14 January 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 +58 120 £75,900 +38.00% 115
England +54 100 £65,000 +18.18% 109
South East +49 55 £60,000 +0.84% 41
Work from Home +95 35 £75,900 +7.51% 50
Scotland +16 21 £75,900 +68.67% 4
Midlands +38 18 £75,900 +8.43% 13
East Midlands +3 12 £75,900 +8.43% 9
South West -12 10 £75,900 +22.42% 35
North of England -6 7 £75,900 +77.70% 5
East of England +26 6 £55,000 +15.79% 31
West Midlands - 6 £67,500 - 4
Yorkshire -8 5 £75,900 - 1
London +53 3 £50,000 +16.28% 1
Wales +10 3 £80,800 +21.87% 3
North West +2 2 - - 4

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (10.85%) Simulink
2 12 (9.30%) CATIA
3 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.55%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Towers Watson Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.10%) SNA
2 2 (1.55%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 44 (34.11%) JIRA
2 5 (3.88%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (2.33%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (1.55%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.55%) Git
4 2 (1.55%) Rational Statemate
General
1 47 (36.43%) Electronics
2 14 (10.85%) Social Skills
3 11 (8.53%) Military
4 5 (3.88%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.33%) Aeronautics
5 3 (2.33%) Avionics
5 3 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.33%) Publishing
6 2 (1.55%) Advertising
6 2 (1.55%) Legal
7 1 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.78%) Automotive
7 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (65.12%) Systems Engineer
2 59 (45.74%) Principal Engineer
3 58 (44.96%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 24 (18.60%) Senior
5 17 (13.18%) Requirements Manager
5 17 (13.18%) Systems Manager
6 14 (10.85%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 7 (5.43%) Lead
8 4 (3.10%) Team Leader
9 3 (2.33%) Associate Engineer
9 3 (2.33%) Design Engineer
9 3 (2.33%) System Design Authority
10 2 (1.55%) FPGA Engineer
10 2 (1.55%) Hardware Engineer
10 2 (1.55%) Integration Engineer
10 2 (1.55%) RF Engineer
10 2 (1.55%) Senior Test Engineer
10 2 (1.55%) Software Engineer
10 2 (1.55%) Technical Leader
10 2 (1.55%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.43%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 35 (27.13%) Algorithms
2 12 (9.30%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.65%) FPGA
4 3 (2.33%) Acoustics
4 3 (2.33%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.55%) ASIC
5 2 (1.55%) VHDL
6 1 (0.78%) IoT
6 1 (0.78%) NVMe
6 1 (0.78%) PCIe
6 1 (0.78%) Robotics
6 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.78%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (85.27%) Systems Engineering
2 58 (44.96%) Requirements Management
2 58 (44.96%) Technical Leadership
3 48 (37.21%) Validation
4 44 (34.11%) Agile
5 38 (29.46%) Signal Processing
6 32 (24.81%) Test Planning
7 31 (24.03%) Waterfall
8 28 (21.71%) Verification and Validation
9 23 (17.83%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 23 (17.83%) Software Engineering
10 22 (17.05%) Systems Thinking
11 20 (15.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (14.73%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (11.63%) SysML
14 14 (10.85%) Mathematics
14 14 (10.85%) Physics
15 11 (8.53%) Configuration Management
15 11 (8.53%) Information Assurance
16 10 (7.75%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (13.18%) MATLAB
2 7 (5.43%) C
3 4 (3.10%) C++
3 4 (3.10%) Python
4 2 (1.55%) Ada
4 2 (1.55%) C#
4 2 (1.55%) Java
5 1 (0.78%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.78%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.78%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 106 (82.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 55 (42.64%) Degree
3 12 (9.30%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (6.20%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.88%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.55%) HNC
7 2 (1.55%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (55.04%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 27 (20.93%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (1.55%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (2.33%) Firmware
2 1 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.55%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 73 (56.59%) IBM
2 12 (9.30%) Siemens
3 5 (3.88%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.55%) Green Hills
5 1 (0.78%) Altera
5 1 (0.78%) Xilinx