IEC 61508 Job Trends in Wales

IEC 61508
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring IEC 61508 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 81 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Permanent jobs citing IEC 61508 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.46% 0.094% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.46% 0.81% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £58,750 £61,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.47% -12.14% +42.86%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 112 124 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 10.23% 11.70% 15.21%
Number of salaries quoted 69 67 94
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £26,300
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +8.89% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £73,299 £76,738
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

IEC 61508
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IEC 61508 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

IEC 61508 job vacancy trend in Wales

IEC 61508
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing IEC 61508.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing IEC 61508

IEC 61508
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508 within the Wales region over the 6 months to 9 December 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
South Wales - 4 £57,500 - 1
IEC 61508
UK

IEC 61508
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Git
General
1 4 (80.00%) Aviation
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Control Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (80.00%) FPGA
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) System Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) OO
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (80.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens