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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 19 November 2019 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 UK |
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6 months to
19 Nov 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
788 |
888 |
884 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+100 |
-4 |
+10 |
| Contract jobs citing IEC 61508 |
21 |
10 |
6 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.025% |
0.010% |
0.006% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category |
0.24% |
0.090% |
0.047% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
7 |
4 |
1 |
| UK median daily rate |
£453 |
£484 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-6.46% |
+7.50% |
+14.65% |
| 10th Percentile |
£398 |
£439 |
£425 |
| 90th Percentile |
£489 |
£563 |
£475 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£453 |
£484 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.46% |
+7.50% |
+14.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
10 |
5 |
1 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£50.00 |
£45.00 |
£51.52 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
-12.66% |
+58.52% |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£50.00 |
£45.00 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
- |
- |
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.
| All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills UK |
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills |
8,819 |
11,170 |
12,890 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
10.52% |
10.82% |
12.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
5,503 |
7,084 |
8,411 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£450 |
£438 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+2.86% |
+2.94% |
| 10th Percentile |
£228 |
£250 |
£256 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£625 |
£638 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£420 |
£405 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.70% |
+1.25% |
+1.59% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
400 |
379 |
369 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£21.42 |
£22.00 |
£20.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-2.66% |
+10.00% |
-13.67% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.24 |
£11.00 |
£11.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£55.00 |
£49.00 |
£48.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£23.08 |
£21.25 |
£20.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+8.59% |
+6.25% |
-20.00% |
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IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing IEC 61508 as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
IEC 61508
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing IEC 61508.
IEC 61508
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508.
IEC 61508
Top 6 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 19 November 2019. 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
Job
Vacancies |
| UK excluding London |
+67 |
21 |
£453 |
-6.46% |
19 |
| England |
+119 |
20 |
£441 |
-4.08% |
16 |
| South East |
+55 |
13 |
£453 |
-10.40% |
6 |
| South West |
-3 |
5 |
£400 |
- |
4 |
| Midlands |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
| Wales |
+26 |
1 |
£460 |
-9.36% |
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For the 6 months to 19 November 2019, 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.
IEC 61508
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
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:
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