IEC 61508 Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for IEC 61508 skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IEC 61508 over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IEC 61508
Rank 506 556 564
Rank change year-on-year
+50 +8
Contract jobs citing IEC 61508 4 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.010% 0.004% 0.014%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.136% 0.050% 0.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £725 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £725 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £34.75
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.75%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 2931 4031 4075
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.051% 7.555% 7.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 1784 2135 2241
Average daily rate £413 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £610
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 221 223
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.72 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.61% -38.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £116.25 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
IEC 61508
UK

IEC 61508
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IEC 61508 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

England IEC 61508 Jobs Demand Trend

IEC 61508
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IEC 61508 across the England region.

England IEC 61508 Daily Rate Trend

IEC 61508
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IEC 61508 across the England region.

England IEC 61508 Hourly Rate Trend

IEC 61508
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508 within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East - 2 £725 -
South West - 2 - -
IEC 61508
UK

IEC 61508
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing IEC 61508 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited IEC 61508.

1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) Assembly Language
1 2 (40.00%) Firmware
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
1 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (20.00%) COSO
2 1 (20.00%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (20.00%) COBIT
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP

IEC 61508
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing IEC 61508 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited IEC 61508. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Security
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Firmware
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (20.00%) COBIT
1 1 (20.00%) COSO
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Allen-Bradley
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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