FMEA Contract Job Trends in England

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring FMEA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 500 556
Rank change year-on-year -35 +56 +179
Contract jobs citing FMEA 7 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.022% 0.014% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.016% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile £465 - £363
25th Percentile £525 £305 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £310 £450
Median % change year-on-year +77.42% -31.11% +44.69%
75th Percentile £638 £315 £504
90th Percentile £705 - £701
UK median daily rate £550 £310 £538
% change year-on-year +77.42% -42.38% +72.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £35.41 - -
25th Percentile £36.78 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £40.31 £26.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.09% - -
75th Percentile £42.58 £26.75 -
90th Percentile £43.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.31 £26.50 -
% change year-on-year +52.09% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

FMEA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,756 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.83% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,663 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,804 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

FMEA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

FMEA job vacancy trend in England

FMEA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FMEA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FMEA

FMEA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FMEA in England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FMEA in England

FMEA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FMEA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FMEA

FMEA
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 FMEA within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West - 3 £550 - 2
North of England - 3 £550 - 2
East of England -19 2 - - 1
West Midlands -33 1 £425 - 1
Midlands -40 1 £425 - 2
South West - 1 £750 -
FMEA
UK

FMEA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (14.29%) CANalyzer
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Artifactory
1 3 (42.86%) Jenkins
2 2 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (14.29%) CANoe
3 1 (14.29%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (42.86%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Software Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 1 (14.29%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
1 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
1 3 (42.86%) UML
1 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Requirements Management
2 2 (28.57%) Telematics
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C
1 3 (42.86%) C++
1 3 (42.86%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO 26262
2 3 (42.86%) IEC 61508
2 3 (42.86%) IEC 62304
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Atlassian
2 1 (14.29%) SAP