Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for FMEA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FMEA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 798 843 1119
Rank change year-on-year +45 +276 -238
Permanent jobs citing FMEA 98 127 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.100% 0.12% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.13% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 46 2 56
10th Percentile - - £35,125
25th Percentile £38,500 £52,500 £36,327
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% +6.80% +8.42%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £74,147
90th Percentile £56,625 - £84,999
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -29.09% +5.77% +9.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

FMEA is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

FMEA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FMEA in the UK

FMEA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FMEA.

Salary trend for FMEA in the UK

FMEA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMEA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for FMEA in the UK

FMEA
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMEA within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
UK excluding London -15 97 £39,000 -29.09% 101
England +82 93 £39,000 - 102
South East +71 69 £39,000 - 21
Work from Home +104 20 £52,500 -4.55% 11
West Midlands -55 13 - - 16
Midlands -72 13 - - 21
South West - 6 £50,000 - 14
Scotland - 5 £70,576 - 3
East of England - 2 £40,000 - 15
Yorkshire - 2 - - 11
North of England - 2 - - 24

FMEA
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 (2.04%) Kinematics
Applications
1 8 (8.16%) Simulink
1 8 (8.16%) Stateflow
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.14%) J1939
2 2 (2.04%) Internet
2 2 (2.04%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.10%) Big Data
2 2 (2.04%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 7 (7.14%) JIRA
2 4 (4.08%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (4.08%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (1.02%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.02%) Git
General
1 69 (70.41%) Manufacturing
2 57 (58.16%) Electronics
3 14 (14.29%) Automotive
4 9 (9.18%) Aerospace
5 5 (5.10%) Military
6 4 (4.08%) Aviation
6 4 (4.08%) Legal
7 3 (3.06%) Banking
7 3 (3.06%) Finance
7 3 (3.06%) Marketing
7 3 (3.06%) Retail
7 3 (3.06%) Social Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Advertising
9 1 (1.02%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (38.78%) Quality Engineer
2 25 (25.51%) Systems Engineer
3 19 (19.39%) QA Engineer
4 18 (18.37%) QC Engineer
5 9 (9.18%) Lead
5 9 (9.18%) QA Technician
6 7 (7.14%) Senior
6 7 (7.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 4 (4.08%) Reliability Engineer
8 3 (3.06%) Architect
8 3 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.06%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.06%) Technical Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.04%) Administrator
9 2 (2.04%) Analyst
9 2 (2.04%) Electronics Engineer
9 2 (2.04%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.04%) QC Analyst
9 2 (2.04%) Quality Analyst
10 1 (1.02%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) Kafka
1 3 (3.06%) Spring
1 3 (3.06%) Spring Boot
2 2 (2.04%) WPF
3 1 (1.02%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.16%) Algorithms
2 7 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.06%) Blockchain
4 3 (3.06%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.06%) Robotics
5 2 (2.04%) GNSS
5 2 (2.04%) IoT
5 2 (2.04%) Life Science
6 1 (1.02%) 3D Printing
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (58.16%) Collaborative Working
1 57 (58.16%) Internal Audit
2 55 (56.12%) Product Requirements
3 21 (21.43%) Customer Requirements
4 14 (14.29%) Validation
5 13 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (8.16%) Agile
6 8 (8.16%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 8 (8.16%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (8.16%) Systems Engineering
7 5 (5.10%) UML
8 4 (4.08%) CAD
8 4 (4.08%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (4.08%) Design for Manufacturing
8 4 (4.08%) Physics
8 4 (4.08%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (4.08%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (4.08%) SysML
9 3 (3.06%) Architectural Patterns
9 3 (3.06%) Battery Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.18%) C
2 8 (8.16%) MATLAB
3 3 (3.06%) Java
4 2 (2.04%) C#
4 2 (2.04%) C++
4 2 (2.04%) XAML
Qualifications
1 24 (24.49%) Degree
2 4 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (4.08%) CESG Certified Professional
2 4 (4.08%) HNC
2 4 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.04%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (59.18%) QA
2 7 (7.14%) Automotive SPICE
2 7 (7.14%) ISO 26262
3 2 (2.04%) COSHH
3 2 (2.04%) ISO 14001
3 2 (2.04%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.04%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 3 (3.06%) Docker
2 2 (2.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (9.18%) Functional Safety
2 3 (3.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.08%) IBM
3 3 (3.06%) Facebook
3 3 (3.06%) Instagram
4 1 (1.02%) MathWorks