Software Safety Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Software Safety Engineer
England > East of England

As of 15 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Safety Engineer daily rate in the East of England.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Safety Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.063% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £725

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 1,416 1,010 1,555
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.00% 88.67% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 449 888
10th Percentile £185 £213 £200
25th Percentile £335 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £679 £675 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 413 160 289
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.92 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £21.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.11 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.62% +6.74% +111.90%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.73 £84.49
England median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%

Software Safety Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Software Safety Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Software Safety Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Software Safety Engineer
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 Software Safety Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 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 - -
Software Safety Engineer
England

Software Safety Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Software Safety Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Software Safety Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Profibus
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Software Safety Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Profibus
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens