IEC 61131 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IEC 61131
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring IEC 61131 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 344 -
Rank change year-on-year -47 - -
Contract jobs citing IEC 61131 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.021% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.10% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK 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 - - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,000 2,252 3,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.43% 15.44% 15.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,898 1,281 1,880
10th Percentile £300 £210 £260
25th Percentile £400 £354 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 144 180
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.70 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.58 £19.96 £17.14
Median hourly rate £20.60 £29.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.98% -12.12% +57.14%
75th Percentile £63.40 £63.75 £66.37
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.38 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -12.12% +43.48%

IEC 61131
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IEC 61131 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IEC 61131 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IEC 61131
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IEC 61131.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IEC 61131

IEC 61131
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IEC 61131.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IEC 61131

IEC 61131
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
North West - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - - 1
Midlands -44 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
IEC 61131
UK

IEC 61131
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 3 (100.00%) Siemens
1 3 (100.00%) Wonderware