PLC Engineer Jobs in England

PLC Engineer
UK > England

The median PLC Engineer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 782 - 1128
Rank change year-on-year - - -273
Permanent jobs requiring a PLC Engineer 33 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.039% - 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% - 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 25 0 0
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £46,250 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,172 84,782 125,764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,024 53,688 75,723
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

PLC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured PLC Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PLC Engineer in England

PLC Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PLC Engineer in England.

Salary trend for PLC Engineer in England

PLC Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PLC Engineer in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PLC Engineer in England

PLC Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PLC Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands - 22 £50,000 - 5
West Midlands - 22 £50,000 - 4
East of England - 5 £46,250 - 5
North of England - 4 £37,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 4 £37,500 - 2
South East - 2 £45,000 - 7
PLC Engineer
UK

PLC Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, PLC Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring PLC Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (75.76%) Software Engineering
2 13 (39.39%) Siemens
3 9 (27.27%) Manufacturing
4 7 (21.21%) CAD
4 7 (21.21%) Project Management
4 7 (21.21%) SCADA
5 5 (15.15%) Modbus
6 3 (9.09%) CAN bus
6 3 (9.09%) Rockwell
6 3 (9.09%) WinCC
6 3 (9.09%) GitLab
6 3 (9.09%) TCP/IP
6 3 (9.09%) Electronics
6 3 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
7 2 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (6.06%) OO
7 2 (6.06%) OOD
7 2 (6.06%) User Experience
8 1 (3.03%) Profibus
8 1 (3.03%) GDPR
8 1 (3.03%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (3.03%) RS-232
8 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
8 1 (3.03%) C#
8 1 (3.03%) VB
8 1 (3.03%) LabVIEW
8 1 (3.03%) Games

PLC Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (9.09%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) Modbus
2 3 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.03%) Profibus
3 1 (3.03%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) GitLab
2 1 (3.03%) LabVIEW
General
1 9 (27.27%) Manufacturing
2 3 (9.09%) Electronics
3 2 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.03%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) SCADA
2 3 (9.09%) CAN bus
3 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (75.76%) Software Engineering
2 7 (21.21%) CAD
2 7 (21.21%) Project Management
3 3 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (6.06%) OO
4 2 (6.06%) OOD
4 2 (6.06%) User Experience
5 1 (3.03%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) C#
1 1 (3.03%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) GDPR
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Siemens
2 3 (9.09%) Rockwell