IEC 61508 Job Trends in Staffordshire

IEC 61508
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring IEC 61508 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.44% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.85% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year -13.33% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 103 115 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 9.03% 16.04% 18.93%
Number of salaries quoted 55 84 147
10th Percentile £31,711 £28,822 £23,575
25th Percentile £33,750 £30,580 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% +41.67% -33.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,688 £56,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £67,500 £63,750
West Midlands median annual salary £53,600 £51,474 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.13% -3.79% +1.90%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

IEC 61508 job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

IEC 61508
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing IEC 61508.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing IEC 61508

IEC 61508
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508 within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 24 July 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
Rugeley - 3 £65,000 -
IEC 61508
West Midlands

IEC 61508
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (40.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (40.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (40.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) MISRA
1 5 (100.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Functional Safety