DO-178B Contracts in the South West

RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring DO-178B skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DO-178B over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DO-178B 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.12% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.73% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £563 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.13 - -
Median hourly rate £67.25 - -
75th Percentile £67.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England 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
South West

DO-178B falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 549 394 404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.64% 11.63% 11.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 266 284
10th Percentile £263 £269 £187
25th Percentile £397 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £600 £662 £588
90th Percentile £700 £744 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 47 20
10th Percentile £12.24 £18.09 £38.69
25th Percentile £14.00 £55.55 £51.24
Median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £81.66 £69.87
90th Percentile - £83.40 £79.25
England median hourly rate £24.18 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -43.11% +54.55% +33.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing DO-178B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for DO-178B in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DO-178B in the South West.

Daily rate trend for DO-178B in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DO-178B in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for DO-178B in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bristol - 3 - - 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £550 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) UML
2 3 (75.00%) Device Driver Development
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) SysML
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Perl
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (75.00%) MISRA
2 1 (25.00%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM