IEC 61508 Job Trends in Oxfordshire

IEC 61508
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring IEC 61508 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.25% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.73% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 110 73 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 9.11% 11.72% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 79 54 129
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £24,100
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,625 £64,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year - +19.57% -8.77%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

IEC 61508 job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

IEC 61508
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing IEC 61508.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing IEC 61508

IEC 61508
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) AWS CodePipeline
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Polyspace
1 3 (100.00%) VectorCAST
2 2 (66.67%) Git
2 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) QA Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) QA Test Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (66.67%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Dynamic Code Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 26262
2 2 (66.67%) Def Stans
2 2 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Safety