Safety Engineer
UK
The median Safety Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 546 | - | 652 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +187 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Safety Engineer | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.015% | - | 0.015% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.017% | - | 0.016% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £450 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £480 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | - | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £47.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | - | £49.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | £54.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | - | £63.36 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £65.85 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -25.37% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 30,252 | 36,027 | 49,108 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.30% | 92.91% | 94.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19,090 | 23,211 | 33,915 |
| 10th Percentile | £281 | £300 | £305 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £534 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -1.69% | -1.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £621 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +1.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,545 | 2,018 | 1,468 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.60 | £14.23 | £14.47 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.25 | £20.12 | £18.93 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.00 | £42.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.51% | +2.38% | +63.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.86 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £45.00 | £37.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.11% | +21.62% | +72.98% |
Safety Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Safety Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Safety Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Safety Engineer.
Safety Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Safety Engineer.
Safety Engineer
Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Safety Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 | - | 5 | £550 | - | 47 |
| UK excluding London | - | 5 | £550 | - | 43 |
| West Midlands | - | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| Midlands | - | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| South East | - | 1 | £550 | - | 12 |
| Work from Home | - | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| North of England | - | 1 | - | - | 14 |
Safety Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 August 2025, Safety Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Safety Engineer in the job title.
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Safety Engineer Skill Set
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:
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