Functional Safety
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 194 | 215 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +21 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Functional Safety | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | - | 0.036% | 0.018% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | - | 0.28% | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | - | £650 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £47.50 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £52.75 | £47.50 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +11.05% | - | - |
All Systems Management Skills
South East
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 the South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 366 | 725 | 778 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 12.26% | 13.14% | 13.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 270 | 522 | 575 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £213 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £376 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -11.63% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £600 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £661 | £656 | £699 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.70% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 14 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.77 | £14.00 | £18.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.98 | £17.91 | £49.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.99 | £43.00 | £58.67 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.22% | -26.71% | +172.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.99 | £48.75 | £72.78 |
| 90th Percentile | £27.20 | £55.25 | £75.68 |
| England median hourly rate | £28.00 | £25.74 | £54.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.79% | -52.49% | +151.98% |
Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing Functional Safety as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Functional Safety
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in the South East.
Functional Safety
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in the South East.