IEC 61508 Jobs in the UK excluding London

IEC 61508
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for IEC 61508 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IEC 61508 over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 738 696 788
Rank change year-on-year -42 +92 -117
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 24 60 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.098% 0.082%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.25% 0.46% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 12 23 22
10th Percentile - £57,750 £42,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £58,750 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £76,875 -
90th Percentile £112,500 £81,250 -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +20.00% +6.38% +17.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

IEC 61508 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,548 12,930 12,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.62% 21.04% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,335 4,741 6,957
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IEC 61508 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IEC 61508 in the UK excluding London

IEC 61508
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IEC 61508 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IEC 61508 in the UK excluding London

IEC 61508
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IEC 61508 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IEC 61508 in the UK excluding London

IEC 61508
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 61508 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
South West -4 23 £75,000 +20.00% 7
Scotland -60 1 - - 8
IEC 61508
UK

IEC 61508
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (25.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
1 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 9 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (25.00%) LabVIEW
3 2 (8.33%) JIRA
3 2 (8.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (4.17%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Military
4 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Systems Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Software Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Control Systems Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Lead
4 5 (20.83%) Senior
5 4 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Architect
7 2 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Robotics
2 5 (20.83%) Algorithms
3 4 (16.67%) PMI
3 4 (16.67%) Product Ownership
4 2 (8.33%) Acoustics
4 2 (8.33%) RISC-V
5 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Software Engineering
2 11 (45.83%) UML
3 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (33.33%) Agile
5 7 (29.17%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
5 7 (29.17%) Software Testing
5 7 (29.17%) SysML
5 7 (29.17%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (25.00%) Machine Learning
7 5 (20.83%) System Integration Testing
7 5 (20.83%) Systems Engineering
7 5 (20.83%) Validation
8 4 (16.67%) Code Quality
8 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (16.67%) Line Management
8 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 4 (16.67%) Project Management
9 2 (8.33%) DevOps
9 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) C
2 6 (25.00%) MATLAB
3 5 (20.83%) C++
4 2 (8.33%) C#
4 2 (8.33%) Java
4 2 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (62.50%) Degree
3 13 (54.17%) SC Cleared
4 5 (20.83%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (16.67%) PMI Certification
6 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (58.33%) Def Stans
2 7 (29.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 5 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (16.67%) MISRA
4 4 (16.67%) MISRA C
5 2 (8.33%) DO-254
5 2 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) IBM
2 1 (4.17%) Coverity
2 1 (4.17%) Klocwork
2 1 (4.17%) Thales