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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 558 662
Rank change year-on-year -5 +104 +162
Contract jobs citing FMEA 4 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.023% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.027% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £429 £307 -
25th Percentile £434 £310 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £330 £438
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -24.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £472 £360 £478
90th Percentile £481 £369 £488
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £350 £438
% change year-on-year +21.43% -20.00% -12.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £32.60 £47.00
25th Percentile - £38.38 £48.13
Median hourly rate - £48.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile - £55.70 £54.38
90th Percentile - £60.33 £57.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £48.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -

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 29,972 33,531 47,751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.41% 85.45% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,760 21,562 32,735
10th Percentile £300 £310 £320
25th Percentile £404 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,662 1,890 1,565
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.15 £18.57
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +62.40%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.59 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £41.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -44.24% +3.13% +86.05%

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
Top 7 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 2 August 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 +24 3 £425 +28.79% 53
UK excluding London -8 2 £425 +21.43% 49
South East +23 1 - - 8
Work from Home +22 1 £475 - 18
London +11 1 - - 4
West Midlands -9 1 £425 - 10
Midlands -11 1 £425 - 20

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 (25.00%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP QM
1 1 (25.00%) SAP SRM
1 1 (25.00%) Teamcenter
1 1 (25.00%) TrackWise
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) CANoe
1 1 (25.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (25.00%) VectorCAST
General
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Compliance Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Compliance Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Functional Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Network Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Quality Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) IoT
1 1 (25.00%) LIMS
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) CAPA
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) FMECA
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) PLM
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) QMS
2 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 13485
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 26262
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) BT
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens
1 1 (25.00%) Synopsys