The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IEC 61508 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IEC 61508 over the 6 months to 4 August 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
IEC 61508 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
3,674
9,371
11,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
10.26%
10.28%
11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,157
5,799
7,548
Median daily rate
£463
£450
£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.78%
-
-
10th Percentile
£256
£235
£250
90th Percentile
£645
£638
£638
UK excluding London median daily rate
£425
£425
£400
% change year-on-year
-
+6.25%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
184
419
383
Median hourly rate
£25.30
£22.00
£23.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.99%
-4.35%
+10.39%
10th Percentile
£12.54
£10.80
£11.25
90th Percentile
£51.11
£53.75
£52.50
Median hourly rate
£22.50
£22.63
£22.25
% change year-on-year
-0.55%
+1.70%
+11.24%
IEC 61508 Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing IEC 61508 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IEC 61508 Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IEC 61508.
IEC 61508 Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IEC 61508.
IEC 61508 Top 2 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 4 August 2020. 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
For the 6 months to 4 August 2020, IT contractor jobs citing IEC 61508 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for IEC 61508.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
