Functional Safety Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Functional Safety
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 84 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Safety 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.13% 0.088% -
As % of the Systems Management category 1.39% 0.80% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £444 £475
% change year-on-year +12.74% -6.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.50 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £34.75 £56.25
% change year-on-year +58.27% -38.22% -2.17%

All Systems Management Skills
East of England

Functional Safety falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 144 125 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 9.00% 10.98% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 65 96
10th Percentile £202 £240 £263
25th Percentile £220 £310 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £596 £538 £675
90th Percentile £646 £581 £738
England median daily rate £512 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -2.71% -4.32% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 29
10th Percentile £20.16 £27.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.17 £29.06 £14.25
Median hourly rate £52.48 £40.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.19% +77.78% -63.27%
75th Percentile £67.00 £54.69 £72.50
90th Percentile - £63.13 £77.50
England median hourly rate £47.50 £30.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +55.74% -33.95% +31.94%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Functional Safety relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in the East of England

Functional Safety
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Functional Safety.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Functional Safety

Functional Safety
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Functional Safety.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Functional Safety

Functional Safety
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Safety within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Norfolk - 1 £475 -
Functional Safety
England

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (50.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
1 1 (50.00%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Polyspace
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) PLC Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) PLC Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Safety Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Siemens Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Safety Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Safety Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (50.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 26262
1 1 (50.00%) MISRA
1 1 (50.00%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) QNX
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens