Functional Safety
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Functional Safety skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Functional Safety over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 480 | 531 | 637 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +51 | +106 | +141 |
| Contract jobs citing Functional Safety | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 0.021% | 0.030% | 0.032% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.13% | 0.25% | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £650 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £425 | £650 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.62% | +8.33% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £30.83 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £37.69 | £46.25 | £56.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £52.75 | £47.50 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.05% | -17.39% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65.31 | £48.75 | £58.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.13 | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £52.75 | £47.50 | £46.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.05% | +2.70% | - |
All Systems Management Skills
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 England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 3,779 | 4,390 | 7,902 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 15.52% | 11.80% | 15.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,614 | 3,174 | 5,772 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £250 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £409 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.70% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £628 | £625 | £680 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £700 | £755 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £515 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.90% | -8.41% | -0.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 34 | 120 | 184 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.22 | £14.00 | £16.83 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.64 | £17.74 | £23.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.38 | £27.25 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.46% | -52.61% | +167.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.44 | £51.13 | £72.80 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.09 | £70.13 | £82.16 |
| UK median hourly rate | £26.45 | £30.00 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.83% | -47.83% | +155.56% |
Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Functional Safety as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in England.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in England.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Functional Safety in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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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 1 May 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 of England | +18 | 2 | - | - | 56 |
| North West | - | 2 | - | - | 27 |
| London | +35 | 1 | - | - | 16 |
| East of England | +30 | 1 | - | - | 42 |
| South West | - | 1 | - | - | 35 |
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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: