IEC 61131 Job Trends

IEC 61131
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring IEC 61131 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 692 711
Rank change year-on-year +65 +19 -
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61131 24 19 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.034% 0.004%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.30% 0.21% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £40,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -10.48% -
75th Percentile - £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.26% -10.48% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,877 8,960 7,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.32% 16.22% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,379 4,017 5,685
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,970 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

IEC 61131
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IEC 61131 job vacancy trend in the UK

IEC 61131
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IEC 61131

IEC 61131
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 January 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
UK excluding London +67 23 £45,000 -4.26% 1
England +76 19 £45,000 -4.26% 1
Midlands +29 9 £45,000 - 1
North of England +32 8 - -
Yorkshire +1 6 - -
West Midlands +22 5 - - 1
East Midlands - 4 £45,000 -
South East - 3 £45,000 -
Work from Home +68 2 - - 1
Scotland - 2 - -
Wales - 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
South West -8 1 £45,000 -4.26%

IEC 61131
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (25.00%) WinCC
2 2 (8.33%) ArchestrA
2 2 (8.33%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (37.50%) AutoCAD
3 8 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 8 (33.33%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (12.50%) EPLAN
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) Profibus
2 5 (20.83%) Firewall
2 5 (20.83%) Modbus
General
1 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
3 4 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Automation Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Senior
3 6 (25.00%) Instrumentation Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Senior Electrical Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Control Systems Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Software Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Lead
6 2 (8.33%) Lead Software Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) PLC Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) PLC SCADA Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) PLC Software Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) SCADA Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) SCADA Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (33.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Onboarding
2 9 (37.50%) SCADA
3 7 (29.17%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (25.00%) Driving Licence
4 6 (25.00%) Operational Technology
5 3 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (8.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
1 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Computer Science
1 10 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (41.67%) Preventative Maintenance
1 10 (41.67%) Process Improvement
1 10 (41.67%) Project Management
1 10 (41.67%) Six Sigma
1 10 (41.67%) Visualisation
2 6 (25.00%) Control Theory
3 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (12.50%) Network Design
4 3 (12.50%) Presales
4 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (8.33%) Agile
5 2 (8.33%) Data Analysis
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) Degree
2 10 (41.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) IEC 61508
1 6 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Hyper-V
1 5 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (37.50%) Siemens
3 8 (33.33%) Rockwell
4 6 (25.00%) EMC
5 5 (20.83%) VMware
6 1 (4.17%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (4.17%) Wonderware