IEC 61508 Job Trends in Manchester

IEC 61508
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.026% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.37% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
North West median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 270 563 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 7.04% 24.09% 11.72%
Number of salaries quoted 162 186 350
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,250 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.47% -8.18%
75th Percentile £72,000 £77,500 £66,204
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £48,306 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.51% +1.70% -2.06%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

IEC 61508 job vacancy trend in Manchester

IEC 61508
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IEC 61508.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IEC 61508

IEC 61508
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508 within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 6 March 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton - 1 £60,000 -
IEC 61508
North West

IEC 61508
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared