Functional Safety Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Functional Safety
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 334 466
Rank change year-on-year +36 +132 +156
Contract jobs citing Functional Safety 3 10 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.066% 0.019%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.20% 0.61% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -34.62% +8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £29.75 - £37.13
25th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £40.31
Median hourly rate £44.50 £47.50 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +2.70% -
75th Percentile £54.50 £48.75 £52.81
90th Percentile £60.05 - £56.38
UK median hourly rate £52.75 £47.50 £46.25
% change year-on-year +11.05% +2.70% -

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,534 1,642 4,265
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.50% 10.76% 16.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,111 1,216 3,150
10th Percentile £388 £353 £400
25th Percentile £440 £449 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £558
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -5.91% -0.80%
75th Percentile £626 £627 £675
90th Percentile £788 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.94% -8.44% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 78
10th Percentile £16.10 £21.73 £25.50
25th Percentile £25.50 £38.58 £52.81
Median hourly rate £40.88 £47.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -28.03% +76.00%
75th Percentile £64.69 £58.13 £76.00
90th Percentile £71.38 £67.25 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £26.48 £28.75 £57.50
% change year-on-year -7.91% -50.00% +158.08%

Functional Safety
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Functional Safety as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Functional Safety trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Functional Safety
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Functional Safety.

Functional Safety daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Safety
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Functional Safety.

Functional Safety hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Safety
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Functional Safety over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Functional Safety hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) VectorCAST
General
1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Safety Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) FMEA
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Post-Production
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) HAZOP
1 1 (33.33%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens
1 1 (33.33%) Synopsys