IEC 61131 Job Trends in the Midlands

IEC 61131
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring IEC 61131 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 - 231
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61131 8 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.14% - 0.057%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.99% - 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £52,500
75th Percentile - - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -12.38% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

IEC 61131 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 808 1,482 741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.60% 16.28% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 535 582 592
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,000 £27,760
25th Percentile £30,580 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,251 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -2.38% +8.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% - +4.35%

IEC 61131
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IEC 61131 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

IEC 61131 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

IEC 61131
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IEC 61131.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IEC 61131

IEC 61131
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61131 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 5 - -
East Midlands - 3 £45,000 - 1
IEC 61131
England

IEC 61131
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) WinCC
2 2 (25.00%) ArchestrA
2 2 (25.00%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) AutoCAD
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (25.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) Modbus
2 3 (37.50%) Profibus
General
1 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Control Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Instrumentation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) PLC Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) PLC SCADA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) PLC Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Electrical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Driving Licence
1 5 (62.50%) Renewable Energy
1 5 (62.50%) SCADA
2 4 (50.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Network Design
2 2 (25.00%) Presales
2 2 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Control Theory
3 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (12.50%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) IEC 61508
1 4 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Rockwell
1 5 (62.50%) Siemens
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) EMC
4 1 (12.50%) Wonderware