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 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 | 574 | 679 | 840 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +105 | +161 | -131 |
| Contract jobs citing DO-178B | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.009% | 0.001% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.083% | 0.066% | 0.009% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £526 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £528 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £563 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £603 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £609 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £563 | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £42.72 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £67.13 | £42.81 | £49.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.25 | £48.08 | £50.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.87% | -4.79% | +1.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.38 | £52.13 | £51.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £53.47 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.25 | £48.08 | £50.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.87% | -4.79% | +1.00% |
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 | 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% |
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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 4 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 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 | +97 | 5 | £563 | - | 3 |
| UK excluding London | +49 | 5 | £563 | - | 3 |
| South West | - | 4 | £550 | - | 1 |
| South East | +9 | 1 | £575 | - | 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: