Functional Safety Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Functional Safety
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Safety 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 2.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £475 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 47 28 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.19% 7.12% 11.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 50
10th Percentile £190 £236 £381
25th Percentile £463 £313 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -1.87% -5.73%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £709
90th Percentile £700 - £852
East of England median daily rate £475 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +26.67% -25.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 12
10th Percentile £18.94 - £17.00
25th Percentile £51.34 £66.25 £20.19
Median hourly rate £66.50 £67.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +82.43% -49.32%
75th Percentile £67.00 £68.75 £72.81
90th Percentile - - £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £52.48 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +31.19% +77.78% -63.27%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Functional Safety relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Functional Safety
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Hatfield - 1 - -
Functional Safety
East of England

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Profibus
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) PLC Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) PLC Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Safety Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens