IEC 61508 Jobs

IEC 61508
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring IEC 61508 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IEC 61508 over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 880 887
Rank change year-on-year +550 +7 +348
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 485 27 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 0.025% 0.047%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.32% 0.20% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 27
10th Percentile £43,000 - £55,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £90,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £72,000 £112,500 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% +20.00% +6.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,120 13,750 15,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.60% 12.73% 16.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,783 9,143 8,171
10th Percentile £30,580 £26,500 £32,200
25th Percentile £42,882 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +1.01%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IEC 61508 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IEC 61508 in the UK

IEC 61508
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IEC 61508.

Salary trend for IEC 61508 in the UK

IEC 61508
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IEC 61508 over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for IEC 61508 in the UK

IEC 61508
Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 July 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
UK excluding London +496 470 £55,000 -26.67% 92
England +468 399 £55,000 -26.67% 96
North of England - 165 £46,250 - 17
North West - 134 - - 8
South West +189 103 £60,000 -20.00% 17
South East - 73 - - 17
Scotland +153 58 - - 8
Midlands - 31 £61,250 - 14
Yorkshire - 31 £46,250 - 6
East Midlands - 30 £47,500 - 9
East of England +60 28 - - 13
Wales - 13 - - 6
Work from Home +120 3 - - 32
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 5

IEC 61508
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.21%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.21%) Modbus
1 1 (0.21%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 2 (0.41%) NetBeans
General
1 77 (15.88%) Social Skills
2 25 (5.15%) Aerospace
3 24 (4.95%) Automotive
4 3 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (0.62%) Legal
4 3 (0.62%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.21%) Aviation
5 1 (0.21%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.21%) Military
Job Titles
1 343 (70.72%) Senior
2 147 (30.31%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 147 (30.31%) Systems Engineer
3 134 (27.63%) Principal Engineer
4 77 (15.88%) Software Support Engineer
4 77 (15.88%) Support Engineer
5 24 (4.95%) Engineering Manager
5 24 (4.95%) Senior Manager
6 16 (3.30%) Instrumentation Engineer
6 16 (3.30%) Senior Electrical Engineer
7 5 (1.03%) Software Engineer
8 3 (0.62%) Embedded Engineer
8 3 (0.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 2 (0.41%) Java Engineer
9 2 (0.41%) Java Software Engineer
9 2 (0.41%) Safety Engineer
10 1 (0.21%) Consultant
10 1 (0.21%) Safety Consultant
10 1 (0.21%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.41%) JavaFX
Miscellaneous
1 3 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (0.41%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.21%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (0.21%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (0.21%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (65.57%) Systems Engineering
2 165 (34.02%) Mathematics
3 163 (33.61%) Coaching
3 163 (33.61%) Physics
4 155 (31.96%) FMEA
5 77 (15.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 57 (11.75%) Safety Engineering
7 27 (5.57%) Project Management
8 24 (4.95%) Supply Chain Management
9 16 (3.30%) Validation
9 16 (3.30%) Verification and Validation
10 5 (1.03%) Software Engineering
11 3 (0.62%) Business Strategy
11 3 (0.62%) Deadline-Driven
11 3 (0.62%) Project Delivery
12 2 (0.41%) Architectural Design
12 2 (0.41%) Design Patterns
12 2 (0.41%) Domain Models
12 2 (0.41%) Sequence Diagram
12 2 (0.41%) UML
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.82%) C
2 2 (0.41%) C++
2 2 (0.41%) Java
3 1 (0.21%) Ada
Qualifications
1 481 (99.18%) Degree
2 474 (97.73%) BPSS Clearance
3 95 (19.59%) Chartered Engineer
4 57 (11.75%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.24%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.41%) HNC
6 2 (0.41%) HND
6 2 (0.41%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (60.21%) Def Stans
2 187 (38.56%) DO-254
3 163 (33.61%) ARP4754
4 2 (0.41%) DO-178B
4 2 (0.41%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.21%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.21%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 2 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.03%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (0.41%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (0.21%) Siemens