IEC 61508 Contracts in South London

IEC 61508
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South London requiring IEC 61508 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IEC 61508 over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IEC 61508 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 0.56% - 0.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.76% - 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 21 13 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 11.67% 6.13% 15.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 38
10th Percentile £213 - £318
25th Percentile £309 £200 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £380 £525
Median % change year-on-year +42.11% -27.62% +12.66%
75th Percentile £586 £519 £550
90th Percentile £664 £547 £587
London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.28
25th Percentile - £65.63 £24.81
Median hourly rate - £68.75 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year - +77.42% -
75th Percentile - £71.88 £53.81
90th Percentile - - £62.03
London median hourly rate £34.50 £23.80 £26.00
% change year-on-year +44.96% -8.46% -32.03%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Job postings citing IEC 61508 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South London.

Job vacancy trend for IEC 61508 in South London

IEC 61508
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 South London region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £500 - 6
Merton - 1 £500 - 5
IEC 61508
London

IEC 61508
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) EMC Certification
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC