The first table below looks at the demand for IEC 61508 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IEC 61508 over the 3 months to 21 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IEC 61508
Rank 216 - 196
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 1 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.019% - 0.020%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.211% - 0.202%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
Average salary £45,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-11.11% +20.00%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
474 725 494
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 9.087% 11.81% 9.673%
Number of salaries quoted 382 654 409
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £85,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
IEC 61508
South East

IEC 61508
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire IEC 61508 Jobs Demand Trend

IEC 61508
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IEC 61508 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire IEC 61508 Salary Trend

IEC 61508
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited IEC 61508.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Freescale

IEC 61508
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited IEC 61508. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Freescale