The first table below looks at the demand for IEC 61508 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IEC 61508 over the 3 months to 17 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IEC 61508
Rank 826 867 834
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -33
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 32 29 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.024% 0.030%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.301% 0.267% 0.371%
Number of salaries quoted 23 16 36
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,250 £38,750 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £50,250 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-11.11% +20.80%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10647 10874 9981
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.878% 8.991% 8.084%
Number of salaries quoted 8599 8963 8225
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%

IEC 61508
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

IEC 61508 Salary Trend

IEC 61508
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IEC 61508 over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

IEC 61508 Salary Histogram

IEC 61508
Top 17 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 UK over the 3 months to 17 May 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
England +36 32 £40,000 -11.11%
South East +9 18 £40,000 -10.11%
Surrey +14 13 £40,000 -10.11%
South West +3 9 £41,250 -8.33%
Gloucestershire - 9 £41,250 -
Leatherhead +15 7 £40,000 -10.11%
Worthing - 5 £40,000 -
Gloucester - 5 - -
West Sussex - 5 £40,000 -
East of England +2 4 £50,000 +11.11%
Hertfordshire - 3 £50,000 -
Cheltenham - 2 £37,500 -
West Midlands -20 1 £35,000 -22.22%
Cambridgeshire - 1 £55,000 -
Berkshire - 1 £45,000 -
Woking - 1 - -
Cambridge - 1 £55,000 -

IEC 61508
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 23 (58.97%) Degree
2 22 (56.41%) DO-178B
3 21 (53.85%) C
3 21 (53.85%) Windows
3 21 (53.85%) Linux
4 19 (48.72%) C++
5 16 (41.03%) Electronics
5 16 (41.03%) C#
6 15 (38.46%) TickIT
6 15 (38.46%) Computer Science
6 15 (38.46%) Software Engineering
7 13 (33.33%) SC Cleared
7 13 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 13 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
8 11 (28.21%) Rational Rhapsody
8 11 (28.21%) VxWorks
8 11 (28.21%) UML
8 11 (28.21%) XML
9 10 (25.64%) Ethernet
9 10 (25.64%) Embedded C
9 10 (25.64%) .NET
9 10 (25.64%) SysML
9 10 (25.64%) FMECA
10 9 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
10 9 (23.08%) Embedded Linux
10 9 (23.08%) Windows 7
10 9 (23.08%) Aerospace
10 9 (23.08%) CAN bus
10 9 (23.08%) Requirements Engineering
10 9 (23.08%) Rational DOORS

IEC 61508
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 11 (28.21%) XML
2 10 (25.64%) .NET
3 6 (15.38%) CGI
4 2 (5.128%) ActiveX
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Simulink
2 2 (5.128%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.64%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 11 (28.21%) Rational Rhapsody
2 9 (23.08%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (15.38%) PVCS
4 5 (12.82%) Visual Studio
5 3 (7.692%) Subversion
5 3 (7.692%) Hudson
6 1 (2.564%) RequisitePro
General
1 16 (41.03%) Electronics
2 9 (23.08%) Aerospace
3 8 (20.51%) Military
3 8 (20.51%) Marketing
4 6 (15.38%) Legal
5 3 (7.692%) Automotive
6 1 (2.564%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (43.59%) Software Engineer
2 5 (12.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Design Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Real Time Software Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Real Time Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Test Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Process Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Development Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Embedded C Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Requirements Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (38.46%) Computer Science
2 13 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (23.08%) CAN bus
4 5 (12.82%) PMI
5 3 (7.692%) VHDL
5 3 (7.692%) Open Source
6 2 (5.128%) Device Driver
7 1 (2.564%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 1 (2.564%) Physics
7 1 (2.564%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (53.85%) Windows
1 21 (53.85%) Linux
2 11 (28.21%) VxWorks
3 9 (23.08%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (23.08%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 11 (28.21%) UML
3 10 (25.64%) FMECA
3 10 (25.64%) SysML
4 9 (23.08%) Requirements Engineering
4 9 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
5 8 (20.51%) TDD
6 6 (15.38%) CMMI
7 5 (12.82%) Validation
8 2 (5.128%) OO
8 2 (5.128%) Project Management
8 2 (5.128%) Automated Testing
9 1 (2.564%) Requirements Management
9 1 (2.564%) Change Control
9 1 (2.564%) Six Sigma
9 1 (2.564%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (53.85%) C
2 19 (48.72%) C++
3 16 (41.03%) C#
4 10 (25.64%) Embedded C
5 6 (15.38%) MATLAB
6 5 (12.82%) Assembly Language
7 1 (2.564%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 23 (58.97%) Degree
2 13 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 13 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (12.82%) PMI Certification
4 3 (7.692%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (56.41%) DO-178B
2 15 (38.46%) TickIT
3 6 (15.38%) ISO 9000
4 4 (10.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
Vendors
1 3 (7.692%) Intel
1 3 (7.692%) Borland
2 2 (5.128%) MathWorks
2 2 (5.128%) IBM
3 1 (2.564%) Freescale
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