Ladder Logic
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Ladder Logic skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ladder Logic over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 870 985 1190
Rank change year-on-year +115 +205 -
Permanent jobs citing Ladder Logic 24 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.004% 0.004%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.072% 0.009% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 22 2 0
10th Percentile £39,750 £55,250 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £55,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,607 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,625 -
90th Percentile - £61,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,607 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year -13.73% - -

All Programming Languages
UK

Ladder Logic is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,192 45,823 82,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.81% 43.57% 53.71%
Number of salaries quoted 25,038 29,105 44,126
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +1.85% +8.00%

Ladder Logic
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ladder Logic as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ladder Logic in the UK

Ladder Logic
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ladder Logic.

Salary trend for Ladder Logic in the UK

Ladder Logic
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ladder Logic over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Ladder Logic in the UK

Ladder Logic
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ladder Logic within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +131 23 £49,607 -13.73% 31
UK excluding London +25 23 £49,607 -13.73% 32
South East +33 13 £40,000 -33.33% 11
Midlands - 10 £50,000 - 11
East Midlands - 5 £50,000 - 5
West Midlands - 5 £47,250 - 6
Work from Home +99 2 £49,214 -14.41% 6

Ladder Logic
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) WinCC
2 1 (4.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 8 (33.33%) Modbus
2 7 (29.17%) Profibus
3 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.33%) Ethernet
5 1 (4.17%) Internet
5 1 (4.17%) MQTT
5 1 (4.17%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Metadata
General
1 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
1 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Programmer
2 8 (33.33%) Senior
3 6 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Automation Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Industrial Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Software Programmer
5 4 (16.67%) PLC Programmer
5 4 (16.67%) Project Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Software Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Design Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Design Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Software Design Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Software Design Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Junior
8 1 (4.17%) Junior Embedded Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Junior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (50.00%) SCADA
2 5 (20.83%) CCTV
3 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (8.33%) PACS
3 2 (8.33%) Robotics
4 1 (4.17%) CAN bus
4 1 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.17%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (16.67%) Project Management
3 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 2 (8.33%) Code Quality
4 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.33%) Software Testing
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (4.17%) Application Security
5 1 (4.17%) CAD
5 1 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (4.17%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.17%) Data Acquisition
5 1 (4.17%) Incident Management
5 1 (4.17%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (4.17%) Mathematics
5 1 (4.17%) Post-Production
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) C
1 5 (20.83%) C#
1 5 (20.83%) VB
2 4 (16.67%) VBA
3 1 (4.17%) Python
3 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (20.83%) HND
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) QA
2 2 (8.33%) IEC 61131
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Allen-Bradley
2 6 (25.00%) Siemens
3 5 (20.83%) Wonderware
4 2 (8.33%) Rockwell
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft