IEC 61131 Contracts in the North West

IEC 61131
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring IEC 61131 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IEC 61131 over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing IEC 61131 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.045% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile £52.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 - £55.00

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

IEC 61131 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 North West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 345 354 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.63% 14.53% 14.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 201 255
10th Percentile £313 £363 £338
25th Percentile £388 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £585 £588
90th Percentile £688 £670 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 35 30
10th Percentile £13.50 - £17.09
25th Percentile £33.57 - £29.48
Median hourly rate £62.50 £10.95 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +470.78% -68.94% -49.64%
75th Percentile £72.60 £15.05 £49.52
90th Percentile £85.25 £37.86 £78.00
England median hourly rate £31.64 £25.77 £35.75
% change year-on-year +22.80% -27.93% +58.89%

IEC 61131
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing IEC 61131 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for IEC 61131 in the North West

IEC 61131
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IEC 61131.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IEC 61131

IEC 61131
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61131 within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cumbria - 1 - - 7
IEC 61131
England

IEC 61131
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Wonderware