Safety Engineering Contract Job Trends in the South West

Safety Engineering
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Safety Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Safety Engineering 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.12% - 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £750
England median daily rate £500 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £83.41
England median hourly rate - - £83.41

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Safety Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,000 1,735 2,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 81.90% 87.76% 84.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,166 1,060 1,618
10th Percentile £263 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 109 261
10th Percentile £15.62 £18.45 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.82 £46.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.13 £74.55 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

Safety Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Safety Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Safety Engineering job vacancy trend in the South West

Safety Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Safety Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Safety Engineering

Safety Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Safety Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Safety Engineering

Safety Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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
Bristol - 3 £500 - 3
Safety Engineering
England

Safety Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared