Safety Engineer Contracts in England

Safety Engineer
UK > England

The median Safety Engineer daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 - 616
Rank change year-on-year - - +173
Contract jobs requiring a Safety Engineer 5 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% - 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% - 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £340
25th Percentile - - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile - - £550
90th Percentile - - £580
UK median daily rate £550 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £47.38
25th Percentile £61.25 - £49.06
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £54.00
75th Percentile £63.75 - £63.36
90th Percentile - - £65.85
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - £54.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.01%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 25,152 32,284 43,852
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 93.01% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,342 21,303 30,977
10th Percentile £288 £300 £308
25th Percentile £403 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -0.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,264 2,075 1,372
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.69 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.79 £18.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.39 £43.00 £44.06
Median % change year-on-year -38.64% -2.39% +71.55%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £43.81
% change year-on-year -39.40% -5.26% +70.58%

Safety Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Safety Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Safety Engineer in England

Safety Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Safety Engineer in England

Safety Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Safety Engineer in England

Safety Engineer
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 Safety Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 25 July 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
Midlands - 3 - - 4
West Midlands - 3 - - 4
North of England - 1 - - 11
North West - 1 - - 10
South East - 1 £550 - 9
Safety Engineer
UK

Safety Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 July 2025, Safety Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Safety Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (20.00%) Functional Safety
1 1 (20.00%) Validation
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) HAZOP
1 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change

Safety Engineer Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) HAZOP
1 1 (20.00%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens