IEC 61508 Contracts in England

IEC 61508
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 545 623 773
Rank change year-on-year +78 +150 -121
Contract jobs citing IEC 61508 5 13 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.028% 0.020%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.099% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £151 £456 -
25th Percentile £292 £466 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% - -
75th Percentile £594 £516 -
90th Percentile £605 £529 -
UK median daily rate £550 £488 -
% change year-on-year +12.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 4
10th Percentile £68.23 £44.92 £50.40
25th Percentile £68.94 - £52.12
Median hourly rate £72.75 £65.00 £53.54
Median % change year-on-year +11.92% +21.40% +1.98%
75th Percentile £76.44 - £54.99
90th Percentile £77.08 - £56.77
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
England

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,067 6,357 9,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.51% 13.52% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,193 4,313 6,338
10th Percentile £300 £300 £290
25th Percentile £406 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 229 265
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.17 £12.56
25th Percentile £12.88 £20.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.18 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.11% +54.55% +33.92%
75th Percentile £51.31 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £69.40
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IEC 61508 in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IEC 61508 in England.

Daily rate trend for IEC 61508 in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IEC 61508 in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IEC 61508 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IEC 61508 in England.

Hourly rate trend for IEC 61508 in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IEC 61508 within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 2 £575 - 9
North of England +17 1 £62 -86.15%
South West -5 1 £550 - 6
North West - 1 £62 -
East of England - 1 - - 5
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IEC 61508
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (20.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) GitLab
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) MagicDraw
2 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Aviation
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Safety Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Software Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Software Design Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Node.js
1 1 (20.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA
1 1 (20.00%) Verilog
1 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) VxWorks
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) HOOD
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) SysML
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Ada
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (20.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (40.00%) DO-178B
2 1 (20.00%) DO-254
2 1 (20.00%) MISRA
2 1 (20.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Actel
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
1 1 (20.00%) Lattice Semiconductor
1 1 (20.00%) Microsemi
1 1 (20.00%) QinetiQ
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens
1 1 (20.00%) Xilinx