Functional Safety Contracts in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 392 431
Rank change year-on-year +57 +39 +75
Contract jobs citing Functional Safety 4 7 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.034% 0.067%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.21% 0.30% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £450
25th Percentile - - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -34.62% +8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 1
10th Percentile £30.83 - -
25th Percentile £37.69 £46.25 £56.25
Median hourly rate £52.75 £47.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.05% -17.39% -
75th Percentile £65.31 £48.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.13 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.75 £47.50 £46.25
% change year-on-year +11.05% +2.70% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,890 2,355 3,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.77% 11.35% 15.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,322 1,705 2,653
10th Percentile £235 £211 £275
25th Percentile £393 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £620
90th Percentile £660 £652 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.94% -8.44% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 79 136
10th Percentile £14.86 £14.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.00 £20.17
Median hourly rate £25.34 £38.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.18% -9.41% +112.50%
75th Percentile £43.69 £51.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.35 £70.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Functional Safety as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Functional Safety in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Safety in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Functional Safety in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Functional Safety in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
North of England +22 2 - - 58
North West - 2 - - 28
East of England +29 1 - - 43
South West - 1 - - 35
Functional Safety
UK

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
General
1 2 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Mechanical Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Safety Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) FMEA
2 1 (25.00%) Post-Production
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) HAZOP
1 1 (25.00%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens