IEC 61508 Contracts in England

IEC 61508
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for IEC 61508 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IEC 61508 over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 644 766
Rank change year-on-year +113 +122 -139
Contract jobs citing IEC 61508 5 10 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.020% 0.023%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.095% 0.15% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £151 £456 -
25th Percentile £292 £466 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% - -
75th Percentile £594 £516 -
90th Percentile £605 £529 -
UK median daily rate £550 £488 -
% change year-on-year +12.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £44.76 £49.63
25th Percentile £72.50 £45.00 £50.21
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £51.79
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +25.51% -20.32%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £52.75
90th Percentile - - £52.95
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £51.79
% change year-on-year +15.38% +25.51% -20.32%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

IEC 61508 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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,259 6,695 9,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.18% 13.34% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,364 4,554 6,402
10th Percentile £300 £280 £288
25th Percentile £406 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.27% +8.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 209 262
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.84 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.14 £19.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.04 £40.00 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -44.91% +46.79% +29.76%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.41 £80.00 £68.17
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £36.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -43.16% +31.82% +30.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IEC 61508 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IEC 61508 in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IEC 61508 in England.

Daily rate trend for IEC 61508 in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IEC 61508 in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IEC 61508 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IEC 61508 in England.

Hourly rate trend for IEC 61508 in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508 within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +27 3 £575 - 2
North of England +32 1 £62 -86.15% 11
South West +24 1 £550 - 9
North West - 1 £62 - 10
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (20.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) GitLab
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) MagicDraw
2 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Aviation
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Safety Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Safety Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Software Assurance Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Software Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Software Design Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Software Safety Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Node.js
1 1 (20.00%) React
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) VxWorks
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) HOOD
1 2 (40.00%) Safety Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Software Assurance
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) UML
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (20.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 1 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) OOD
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) SysML
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) Ada
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) DO-178B
2 2 (40.00%) Def Stans
3 1 (20.00%) MISRA
3 1 (20.00%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
1 1 (20.00%) QinetiQ