The first table below looks at the demand for IEC 61508 skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IEC 61508 over the 3 months to 19 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IEC 61508
Rank 258 262 254
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -8
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 4 3 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.050% 0.035% 0.202%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.556% 0.395% 2.762%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 20
Average salary £50,000 £40,750 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.69% -0.60%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-11.11% +9.75%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
719 759 724
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 8.929% 8.879% 7.308%
Number of salaries quoted 621 608 564
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £55,250 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,153 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.80% +0.37%
IEC 61508
England

IEC 61508
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England IEC 61508 Salary Trend

IEC 61508
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508 within the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hertfordshire - 3 £50,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £55,000 - 1
IEC 61508
England

IEC 61508
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) DO-178B
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing

IEC 61508
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

General
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) DO-178B
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key requirements: - A 1st or a 2.1 degree in electronics or software engineering... - Proficiency in C/C++, assembler, C#, Altium Designer. - Experience with the full development lifecycle...
Trent Pearce
Posted: 18 June 2013
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