IEC 61508 Job Trends in Scotland

IEC 61508
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring IEC 61508 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 148 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 4 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.15% 0.036% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.22% 0.24% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% -12.14% +42.86%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 327 416 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.94% 14.95% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 97 129 187
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £32,950
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% +18.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £78,353
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

IEC 61508 job vacancy trend in Scotland

IEC 61508
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IEC 61508.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IEC 61508

IEC 61508
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Edinburgh - 3 £60,000 -
Glasgow - 1 - -
IEC 61508
UK

IEC 61508
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (25.00%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Modbus
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CAN bus
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 3 (75.00%) Safety Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) SDLC
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Presales
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) MISRA
1 3 (75.00%) MISRA C
2 1 (25.00%) IEC 61131
2 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens
1 1 (25.00%) VMware