IEC 61508 Contract Job Trends in the East of England

IEC 61508
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring IEC 61508 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IEC 61508 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.063% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £500 - £438
% change year-on-year - - -7.89%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

IEC 61508 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 258 180 237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 16.28% 15.56% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 88 119
10th Percentile £218 £262 £300
25th Percentile £400 £329 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +12.00%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £600
90th Percentile £655 £666 £690
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 17 29
10th Percentile £13.83 £13.85 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.48 £16.23 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.50 £25.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.00% -43.82% +152.70%
75th Percentile £20.33 £31.12 £49.00
90th Percentile £83.50 £51.00 £71.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.50 £35.95
% change year-on-year -14.75% -17.94% +59.78%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IEC 61508 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

IEC 61508 job vacancy trend in the East of England

IEC 61508
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IEC 61508.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IEC 61508

IEC 61508
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 1 - - 1
IEC 61508
England

IEC 61508
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Profibus
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) PLC Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) PLC Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Safety Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens