The first table below looks at the demand for IEC 61508 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IEC 61508 over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IEC 61508
Rank 37 - 35
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 0.917% - 0.442%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.091% - 4.348%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £37,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-11.11% +9.75%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
22 43 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 10.09% 11.50% 10.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17 40 21
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £27,900
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +2.46%
IEC 61508
Gloucestershire

IEC 61508
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham IEC 61508 Salary Trend

IEC 61508
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) TickIT
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SysML
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) DO-178B
1 2 (100.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) CAN bus
2 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (50.00%) Hudson
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Subversion
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) PVCS
2 1 (50.00%) Intel

IEC 61508
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (50.00%) Hudson
2 1 (50.00%) Subversion
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) PVCS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) CAN bus
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SysML
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) TickIT
1 2 (100.00%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Intel
1 1 (50.00%) Borland
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