FMEA Contracts

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring FMEA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMEA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 568 711
Rank change year-on-year +53 +143 +76
Contract jobs citing FMEA 5 14 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.032% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.037% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £424
25th Percentile £463 £325 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -22.22% -10.22%
75th Percentile £488 £375 £459
90th Percentile - - £476
UK excluding London median daily rate - £350 £450
% change year-on-year - -22.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 3
10th Percentile £27.38 £35.52 £47.00
25th Percentile £29.06 £35.59 £48.13
Median hourly rate £33.25 £42.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% -15.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £38.56 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £40.93 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.25 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -21.76% -15.00% -33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

FMEA 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

FMEA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FMEA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FMEA in the UK

FMEA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FMEA.

Daily rate trend for FMEA in the UK

FMEA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FMEA.

Hourly rate trend for FMEA in the UK

FMEA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FMEA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for FMEA in the UK

FMEA
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMEA within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +47 4 - - 194
UK excluding London +52 3 - - 201
Work from Home +39 2 £475 - 88
East of England +25 2 - - 32
South East - 1 - - 49
London - 1 - - 15

FMEA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (20.00%) Simulink
1 1 (20.00%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP QM
1 1 (20.00%) SAP SRM
1 1 (20.00%) Teamcenter
1 1 (20.00%) TrackWise
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) VectorCAST
General
1 3 (60.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Compliance Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Control Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Quality Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
1 1 (20.00%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) FMECA
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) PLM
2 1 (20.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 13485
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) BT
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens
1 1 (20.00%) Synopsys