Systems Safety Engineer Contracts

Systems Safety Engineer
UK

The median Systems Safety Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 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
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 - 689
Rank change year-on-year - - +168
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Safety Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.63
25th Percentile - - £47.19
Median hourly rate - - £48.75
75th Percentile - - £49.69
90th Percentile - - £49.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £48.75
% change year-on-year - - -39.06%

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 27,656 40,547 52,404
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 92.93% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,731 25,981 36,472
10th Percentile £288 £281 £313
25th Percentile £402 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.60% -1.45% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,204 2,979 1,502
10th Percentile £13.80 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.37 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% -14.77% +76.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £65.57
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -1.23% +102.50%

Systems Safety Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Systems Safety Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Safety Engineer in the UK

Systems Safety Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Safety Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Systems Safety Engineer in the UK

Systems Safety Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Safety Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Safety Engineer in the UK

Systems Safety Engineer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Safety Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 June 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
South East - 1 £550 - 5
England - 1 £550 - 19
UK excluding London - 1 £550 - 17

Systems Safety Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Systems 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 Systems Safety Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector

Systems 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared