IEC 62304 Contracts

IEC 62304
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IEC 62304 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IEC 62304 over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 688 841
Rank change year-on-year - +153 -145
Contract jobs citing IEC 62304 0 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.009% 0.009%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.064% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - £281 £468
25th Percentile - £293 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £325 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -35.00% -
75th Percentile - £400 £525
90th Percentile - £445 £533
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £52.50 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

IEC 62304 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 6,151 7,793 11,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.26% 13.42% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,897 5,360 8,003
10th Percentile £288 £280 £294
25th Percentile £401 £413 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £621
90th Percentile £750 £738 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £479 £450
% change year-on-year +1.25% +6.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 379 234 298
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.01
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £20.61 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.13% +27.27% +30.95%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.15 £77.50 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £32.94 £21.04
% change year-on-year -45.36% +56.57% +0.07%

IEC 62304
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IEC 62304 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IEC 62304 in the UK

IEC 62304
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IEC 62304.

Daily rate trend for IEC 62304 in the UK

IEC 62304
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IEC 62304.

Hourly rate trend for IEC 62304 in the UK