RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DO-178B skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DO-178B over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 573 | 698 | 837 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +125 | +139 | -162 |
| Contract jobs citing DO-178B | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.021% | 0.009% | 0.002% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.15% | 0.064% | 0.017% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £528 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £531 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £575 | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £42.72 | £43.95 |
| 25th Percentile | £67.13 | £42.81 | £44.83 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.25 | £48.08 | £47.61 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.87% | +0.98% | -4.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.38 | £51.52 | £50.33 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £51.89 | £51.18 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.25 | £48.08 | £47.61 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.87% | +0.98% | -4.78% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
DO-178B 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 | 6,143 | 7,759 | 11,575 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.29% | 13.40% | 13.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,902 | 5,329 | 7,912 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £281 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £405 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £514 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | +2.09% | +8.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £740 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £484 | £480 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.73% | +6.67% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 382 | 237 | 308 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.95 | £13.29 | £12.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £18.25 | £16.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.06 | £35.00 | £30.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.84% | +14.75% | +45.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £60.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £77.50 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.19 | £32.94 | £22.40 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.78% | +47.10% | +6.39% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing DO-178B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DO-178B.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DO-178B.
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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-178B within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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 | +98 | 6 | £575 | - | 7 |
| UK excluding London | +58 | 6 | £575 | - | 7 |
| South West | +21 | 4 | £550 | - | 4 |
| Work from Home | +120 | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| South East | +22 | 2 | £575 | - |
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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: