PLC Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

PLC Software Engineer
England > North of England

As of 5 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median PLC Software Engineer daily rate in the North of England.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 149 -
Rank change year-on-year -50 - -
Contract jobs requiring a PLC Software Engineer 1 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.022% 0.23% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £49.25 - -
Median hourly rate £49.50 - -
75th Percentile £49.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £49.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 4,122 3,654 4,486
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 91.92% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,760 1,985 3,053
10th Percentile £214 £259 £263
25th Percentile £363 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £562 £575 £594
90th Percentile £669 £650 £674
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 223 217
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.39 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.00 £18.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £27.38 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.09% +30.80%
75th Percentile £50.89 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £58.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%

PLC Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PLC Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

PLC Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

PLC Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PLC Software Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PLC Software Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

PLC Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLC Software Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Yorkshire - 1 - -
PLC Software Engineer
England

PLC Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, PLC Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring PLC Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ladder Logic
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

PLC Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
1 1 (100.00%) State Machine
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ladder Logic