IEC 61508 Job Trends in the Midlands

IEC 61508
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring IEC 61508 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 - 218
Rank change year-on-year - - +63
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 7 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.090% - 0.099%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.68% - 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £61,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +21.95% -18.00% +53.06%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,035 1,251 745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.29% 18.75% 14.79%
Number of salaries quoted 570 516 628
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,822 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,806
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,543 £51,251 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,438 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

IEC 61508 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

IEC 61508
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IEC 61508.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IEC 61508

IEC 61508
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 61508 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 December 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 - 6 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
IEC 61508
England

IEC 61508
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 6 (85.71%) WinCC
2 4 (57.14%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (28.57%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) AutoCAD
1 1 (14.29%) EPLAN
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) Modbus
2 2 (28.57%) Profibus
General
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Control Systems Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 6 (85.71%) Driving Licence
2 6 (85.71%) SCADA
3 4 (57.14%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (57.14%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (57.14%) Presales
2 2 (28.57%) Network Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) QA
2 5 (71.43%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Hyper-V
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Rockwell
2 6 (85.71%) Siemens
2 6 (85.71%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Allen-Bradley