1,450 companies in our data use PLC 5, and 608 of them name it in job posts they wrote. Hiring for it is steady, with 688 job posts naming it from October 2025 to August 2026. Skilled Trades roles mention it most.
Rockwell Automation, E Tech Group and Norsk Hydro are among the companies with the most job posts naming PLC 5. Of the five companies in the table, Rockwell Automation has the most employees who list it on their profiles: 33.
CompanyPostsPeopleRecent job post
Rockwell AutomationManufacturing · first seen Oct 202218233
"You should possess 6+ years of relevant experience in Industrial Automation-based Hardware Design (Rockwell Automation-Control Logix, PLC 5, Compact Logix and Siemens/Schneider, etc.)."Project Engineer, Oct 23, 2026
E Tech GroupProfessional Services · first seen Sep 20221324
"…CompactLogix, PlantPAx, Factory Talk Software Suite, Studio 5000, PLC5, SLC500, RSView, PanelView Plus, etc."controls engineer, Nov 1, 2026
Norsk HydroManufacturing · first seen Sep 20221062
"Work with Allen-Bradley PLCs (PLC5 / ControlLogix) to troubleshoot, modify, and support programs"industrial electrician, Aug 5, 2026
RefrescoManufacturing · first seen Sep 20221040
"Must be able to go online with Control Logix, Compact Logix, SLC500, or PLC5 using either Ethernet I/P, DH+, or RS232."plc tech (night), Nov 1, 2026
Georgia-Pacific LLCManufacturing · first seen Sep 2022974
"Two or more years experience with Control Logix Allen Bradley PLC 5"Electrician- Prosperity Plywood, Aug 18, 2026
PLC 5 holds a steady place in hiring. 0.39 in every 10,000 job posts named it from June to August 2026, against 0.42 from March to May. From October to December 2025 it was 0.28.
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Month
Job posts naming PLC 5
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
44
1,413,673
0.31
Nov 2025
57
1,822,119
0.31
Dec 2025
25
1,236,103
0.20
Jan 2026
70
1,828,002
0.38
Feb 2026
51
1,856,647
0.27
Mar 2026
63
1,850,711
0.34
Apr 2026
81
1,728,886
0.47
May 2026
81
1,821,509
0.44
Jun 2026
71
1,909,496
0.37
Jul 2026
74
1,815,180
0.41
Aug 2026
71
1,835,698
0.39
How many companies named PLC 5 in a job post for the first time in recent months?
From June to August 2026, 15 companies posted their first job naming PLC 5; 18 did from March to May. Of the 608 companies whose job posts name it, 2.5% first named it from June to August.
March to May 202618
June to August 202615
October 2025 to August 202648
Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.
How do we know which companies use PLC 5?
608 of the 1,450 companies name PLC 5 in their own job posts. The other 842 show up because employees list it on their profiles. 99 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name PLC 5
60842%
Employees' profiles list PLC 5
84258%
1,450 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use PLC 5?
No size of company stands out for PLC 5. Companies with 50 to 999 employees make up the largest group, at 38%. 333 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
18%22%
50 to 999
38%38%
1,000 to 5,000
20%17%
Over 5,000
23%23%
Where are PLC 5 companies based?
PLC 5 is concentrated in the United States, home to 58% of the companies that use it. Canada is second, at 7.9%.
ShareTypical
United States
58%43%
Canada
7.9%3.6%
Brazil
4.5%2.8%
United Kingdom
4.1%6.4%
Germany
2.9%4.4%
France
2.3%4.6%
Companies in 60 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
780
58%
43%
Canada
107
7.9%
3.6%
Brazil
61
4.5%
2.8%
United Kingdom
55
4.1%
6.4%
Germany
39
2.9%
4.4%
France
31
2.3%
4.6%
Which teams work with PLC 5?
At 32 companies, the team named in PLC 5 job posts is maintenance, at least twice the next. Engineering and controls design teams come next, at 9 and 8 companies.
TeamCompanies
Maintenance
32
Engineering
9
Controls design
8
Controls
7
Controls assembly
7
Controls engineering
6
What else do PLC 5 companies use?
PLC 5 companies are 183 times as likely as similar companies to use SLC500: 52% of them, against 0.28%. SLC comes second, 94 times as common as usual, at 16%.
Share of the 399 PLC 5 companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming PLC 5 in job posts recently?
20 companies with 50 or more employees started naming PLC 5 in job posts between April and August 2026. 5 of them have more than 5,000 employees. Meridian Energy and U.S. Sugar lead the new commercial companies, with 3 job posts each from April to August.
Companies that named PLC 5 in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.
Which roles mention PLC 5 most?
Skilled Trades and Control Engineer roles account for 53% of the job posts that name PLC 5. The top four roles cover 72% of these job posts.
RoleSharePosts
Skilled Trades
27%186
Control Engineer
26%177
Automation Engineer
12%85
Electrician
7%48
Electrical Engineer
5.5%38
Facilities
5.2%36
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
Skilled Trades
27%
186
48
59
Control Engineer
26%
177
65
54
Automation Engineer
12%
85
27
24
Electrician
7%
48
18
12
Electrical Engineer
5.5%
38
9
14
Facilities
5.2%
36
13
15
About this data
Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.
Sumble covers more than 3.6 million companies, 93 million job posts collected since 2022 and 194 million employee profiles, and tracks more than 37,000 technologies. It finds which technologies a company uses by reading its job posts and its employees' public profiles.
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