DO-160 Contracts

RTCA DO-160/EUROCAE ED-14
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DO-160 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DO-160 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-160 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

DO-160 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,993 7,628 11,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.91% 13.53% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,782 5,189 7,981
10th Percentile £280 £290 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% +9.47%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £486 £455
% change year-on-year -2.26% +6.81% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 407 244 311
10th Percentile £10.98 £13.29 £12.05
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.65 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.73
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +35.23% +32.05%
75th Percentile £46.88 £63.23 £49.63
90th Percentile £69.33 £77.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.97 £36.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -47.67% +64.77% +4.76%

DO-160
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DO-160 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DO-160 in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DO-160.

Daily rate trend for DO-160 in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DO-160.

Hourly rate trend for DO-160 in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DO-160 within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 6 - - 9
UK excluding London - 6 - - 9
South West - 4 - - 1
South East - 1 - - 6
East of England - 1 - - 1

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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:

Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ARP4754