IEC 61131 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IEC 61131
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 513 590 566
Rank change year-on-year +77 -24 -
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61131 20 17 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.059% 0.035% 0.012%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.43% 0.26% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £40,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -12.38% -
75th Percentile - £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -12.38% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,603 6,546 4,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.51% 13.35% 14.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,460 2,770 3,364
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,000 £28,262
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,852 £39,904
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% -1.67% +6.19%

IEC 61131
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

IEC 61131 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IEC 61131
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IEC 61131.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IEC 61131

IEC 61131
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61131 within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 1
North of England - 8 - - 1
Yorkshire - 6 - -
West Midlands - 5 - -
East Midlands - 3 £45,000 - 1
South East +32 2 - -
Wales - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 - - 1
North West - 2 - - 1
IEC 61131
UK

IEC 61131
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (30.00%) WinCC
2 2 (10.00%) ArchestrA
2 2 (10.00%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (40.00%) AutoCAD
2 8 (40.00%) MS Visio
2 8 (40.00%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (10.00%) EPLAN
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Profibus
2 5 (25.00%) Firewall
2 5 (25.00%) Modbus
General
1 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (10.00%) Electronics
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Senior
3 3 (15.00%) Control Systems Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Instrumentation Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Electrical Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Software Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Lead
4 2 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) PLC Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) PLC SCADA Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) PLC Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) SCADA Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) SCADA Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (40.00%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 9 (45.00%) SCADA
3 7 (35.00%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (30.00%) Driving Licence
5 5 (25.00%) Operational Technology
6 3 (15.00%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (10.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
1 5 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 10 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 10 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 10 (50.00%) Project Management
1 10 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 10 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (15.00%) Control Theory
3 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (15.00%) Network Design
3 3 (15.00%) Presales
3 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (10.00%) Agile
4 2 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 14 (70.00%) Degree
2 10 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (15.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (15.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) QA
2 5 (25.00%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) Siemens
3 7 (35.00%) Rockwell
4 5 (25.00%) VMware
5 3 (15.00%) EMC
6 1 (5.00%) Wonderware