The first table below looks at the demand for IEC 61508 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. 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 for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IEC 61508
Rank 206 186 -
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.020% 0.067% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.196% 0.987% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £35,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.22% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-11.11% +20.80%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
511 304 361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.29% 6.751% 8.697%
Number of salaries quoted 405 254 296
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,450 £26,448 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands IEC 61508 Salary Trend

IEC 61508
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 1 (100.00%) RequisitePro
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
1 1 (100.00%) CMMI
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control

IEC 61508
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) RequisitePro
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) CMMI
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9000
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