IEC 61508 Contracts in the South East

IEC 61508
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 225 -
Rank change year-on-year +28 - -
Contract jobs citing IEC 61508 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.054% 0.017% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.36% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £488 -
% change year-on-year +12.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England 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
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 842 887 1,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.24% 15.22% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 564 804
10th Percentile £232 £200 £225
25th Percentile £362 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £578 £588
90th Percentile £638 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 42 50
10th Percentile £10.82 £18.25 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.38 £18.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +42.52% -17.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £51.14 £33.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £48.95
England median hourly rate £22.04 £40.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -45.25% +46.36% +30.95%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing IEC 61508 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for IEC 61508 in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IEC 61508 in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IEC 61508 in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IEC 61508 in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IEC 61508 in the South East

IEC 61508
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Hampshire - 2 £575 -
IEC 61508
England

IEC 61508
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) MagicDraw
2 1 (33.33%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Aviation
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Safety Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Safety Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Assurance Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Software Safety Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
1 1 (33.33%) React
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) VxWorks
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) HOOD
1 2 (66.67%) Safety Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Software Assurance
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) OOD
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) Ada
3 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
3 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) DO-178B
2 1 (33.33%) Def Stans
2 1 (33.33%) MISRA
2 1 (33.33%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) QinetiQ