Functional Safety Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Functional Safety
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Safety 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.048% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 309 274 328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.95% 13.55% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 198 253
10th Percentile £255 £278 £165
25th Percentile £382 £375 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -1.25% -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £608 £615
90th Percentile £607 £678 £688
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 16
10th Percentile - £18.00 £24.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £28.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.08 £47.95
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% -26.84% -12.82%
75th Percentile £82.25 £37.06 £53.55
90th Percentile £85.70 £37.62 £68.63
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £29.25 £48.40
% change year-on-year +36.75% -39.57% +14.87%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Functional Safety
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Functional Safety.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Functional Safety

Functional Safety
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
Functional Safety
South East

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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