IEC 61508
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring IEC 61508 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IEC 61508 over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 454 | 620 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +166 | -115 |
| Contract jobs citing IEC 61508 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | - | 0.013% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.10% | 0.052% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £450 | - |
| UK median daily rate | £550 | £488 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +12.82% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £47.90 | £54.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -11.30% | -16.92% |
| UK median hourly rate | £72.75 | £65.00 | £54.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.92% | +20.37% | +2.86% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home
IEC 61508 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 2,036 | 2,982 | 5,763 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 13.80% | 12.49% | 13.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,430 | 2,167 | 4,130 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £420 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £521 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.11% | +1.56% | +7.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £638 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £743 | £700 |
| UK median daily rate | £510 | £525 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +1.94% | +8.42% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 74 | 71 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.23 | £17.50 | £12.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.00 | £20.94 | £19.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.50 | £35.00 | £44.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.00% | -21.35% | +134.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £48.75 | £58.38 | £56.60 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.75 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £23.80 | £37.75 | £27.73 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.95% | +36.13% | +32.05% |
IEC 61508
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option citing IEC 61508 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IEC 61508
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IEC 61508.