IEC 61131
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for IEC 61131 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IEC 61131 over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 905 963 1225
Rank change year-on-year +58 +262 -343
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61131 9 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.001% 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.067% 0.005% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £36,750 - -
25th Percentile £39,750 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,929 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.77%
75th Percentile £65,179 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,500 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - +30.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

IEC 61131 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,509 19,533 26,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.71% 18.88% 16.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,231 9,080 13,268
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,603
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%

IEC 61131
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IEC 61131 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IEC 61131 in the UK

IEC 61131
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IEC 61131.

Salary trend for IEC 61131 in the UK

IEC 61131
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IEC 61131 over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IEC 61131 in the UK

IEC 61131
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61131 within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 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
England +108 6 £44,500 - 19
UK excluding London -4 6 £44,500 - 18
South East - 4 £37,500 - 2
West Midlands +21 2 £44,500 -
Midlands +18 2 £44,500 - 1

IEC 61131
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (44.44%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Modbus
2 4 (44.44%) 3G
2 4 (44.44%) 4G
2 4 (44.44%) GPRS
2 4 (44.44%) Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Eclipse
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
1 4 (44.44%) Subversion
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 4 (44.44%) Electronics
3 4 (44.44%) Marketing
3 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
4 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Electronics Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Design Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Electronics Design Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Graduate
5 1 (11.11%) Graduate Design Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Junior
5 1 (11.11%) Junior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) ARM Cortex
1 4 (44.44%) IoT
1 4 (44.44%) NB-IoT
2 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (33.33%) SCADA
3 2 (22.22%) Operational Technology
3 2 (22.22%) PACS
4 1 (11.11%) SystemC
4 1 (11.11%) Verilog
4 1 (11.11%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) CAD
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (44.44%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Programme Management
3 4 (44.44%) Prototyping
3 4 (44.44%) Schematic Capture
4 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
4 3 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 3 (33.33%) Modular Programming
4 3 (33.33%) Network Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) 3D Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) Assembly Language
2 4 (44.44%) C++
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) VB
4 2 (22.22%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) JTAG
2 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) EMC
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Allen-Bradley
2 2 (22.22%) Siemens
3 1 (11.11%) Autodesk
3 1 (11.11%) CA
3 1 (11.11%) NCR