Functional Safety Contract Job Trends in Reading

Functional Safety
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Safety 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.14% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Berkshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 116 121 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 16.52% 11.18% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 85 130
10th Percentile £255 £400 £205
25th Percentile £401 £475 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £648 £700 £699
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £514 £488
% change year-on-year -7.54% +5.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £58.00 - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile £83.00 - -
90th Percentile £84.80 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £19.44 - £49.73
% change year-on-year - - -9.58%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in Reading

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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%) Modbus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens