IEC 61508 Job Trends in Aberdeenshire

IEC 61508
Scotland > Aberdeenshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Aberdeenshire citing IEC 61508 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	15	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeenshire	1.23%	-	-
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	12.50%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
Scotland median annual salary	-	-	-

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Aberdeenshire

IEC 61508 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills in Aberdeenshire.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	8	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeenshire	9.88%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£72,500	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Scotland median annual salary	£47,500	£67,500	£50,300
% change year-on-year	-29.63%	+34.19%	-8.70%

IEC 61508 Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeenshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IEC 61508 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Aberdeenshire.

IEC 61508 Job Locations in Aberdeenshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508 within the Aberdeenshire region over the 6 months to 29 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Westhill	-	1	-	-
IEC 61508 Scotland

IEC 61508 Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, job vacancies citing IEC 61508 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Aberdeenshire region citing IEC 61508.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Business Development	100.0%	1
1	Customer Requirements	100.0%	1
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	1
1	Degree	100.0%	1
1	Functional Safety	100.0%	1
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	1
1	Product Roadmap	100.0%	1
1	Requirements Management	100.0%	1
1	Roadmaps	100.0%	1
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	1
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	1
1	Stakeholder Management	100.0%	1
1	Strategic Roadmap	100.0%	1
1	Systems Engineering	100.0%	1
1	Technical Leadership	100.0%	1
1	Validation	100.0%	1
1	Verification and Validation	100.0%	1

IEC 61508 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Aerospace	100.0%	1
1	Inclusion and Diversity	100.0%	1