Functional Safety Contracts in England

Functional Safety
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Functional Safety skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Safety over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 632 779
Rank change year-on-year +100 +147 -164
Contract jobs citing Functional Safety 11 16 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.032% 0.006%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.25% 0.20% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
UK median daily rate £650 £600 -
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £58.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £46.25 -
% change year-on-year +2.70% - -

All Systems Management Skills
England

Functional Safety is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,395 7,904 11,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.81% 15.66% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,180 5,773 8,309
10th Percentile £250 £350 £363
25th Percentile £409 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +13.86%
75th Percentile £625 £680 £675
90th Percentile £700 £755 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -8.43% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 184 162
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.83 £13.88
25th Percentile £17.74 £23.13 £15.31
Median hourly rate £27.25 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.61% +167.44% -10.42%
75th Percentile £51.13 £72.80 £44.46
90th Percentile £70.13 £82.16 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -47.83% +155.56% -43.75%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Functional Safety as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in England

Functional Safety
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in England.

Daily rate trend for Functional Safety in England

Functional Safety
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in England.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Safety in England

Functional Safety
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 Functional Safety within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 4 £650 - 6
North of England +30 3 - - 16
North East - 3 - - 1
South East +19 2 - - 12
West Midlands +17 1 - - 28
Midlands +17 1 - - 32
East of England +13 1 - - 16
Functional Safety
UK

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Simulink
2 1 (9.09%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) J1939
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) ClearCase
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 6 (54.55%) Automotive
2 5 (45.45%) Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Embedded Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Security Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Senior
2 4 (36.36%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) CAN bus
2 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (36.36%) Safety Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) Threat Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 2 (18.18%) Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Benchmarking
4 1 (9.09%) FMEA
4 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning
4 1 (9.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) C
1 5 (45.45%) Embedded C
2 2 (18.18%) MATLAB
3 1 (9.09%) C++
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 26262
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) MathWorks