Safety Engineering Contracts in England

Safety Engineering
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Safety Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Safety Engineering 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 535 645 781
Rank change year-on-year +110 +136 -163
Contract jobs citing Safety Engineering 8 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.006% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.007% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £538 - -
25th Percentile £566 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £475
75th Percentile - - £513
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £650 - £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £83.41 £55.25 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.97% -26.33% -
UK median hourly rate £83.41 £55.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year +50.97% -26.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Safety Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,201 45,536 64,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,119 31,974 45,794
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,240 1,592 1,770
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Safety Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Safety Engineering in England

Safety Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Safety Engineering in England

Safety Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Safety Engineering in England

Safety Engineering
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 Engineering 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 - 3
South East +19 3 £575 - 2
South West - 1 - - 6
Safety Engineering
UK

Safety Engineering
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:

Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Aviation
2 2 (25.00%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Security Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Safety Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Safety Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Assurance Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Safety Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ModSecurity
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) HOOD
3 3 (37.50%) Software Assurance
4 2 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (25.00%) Software Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) Security Management
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Ada
2 2 (25.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) DO-178B
2 2 (25.00%) Def Stans
2 2 (25.00%) IEC 61508
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) RMADS
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) IBM
1 2 (25.00%) QinetiQ