Functional Safety Job Trends in Cheshire

Functional Safety
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 86 90
Rank change year-on-year +22 +4 -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 20 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 1.15% 0.95% 0.069%
As % of the Systems Management category 27.78% 4.19% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £57,500
75th Percentile - - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £42,215 - £50,000

All Systems Management Skills
Cheshire

Functional Safety falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 72 167 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 4.15% 22.78% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 51 29 58
10th Percentile - £34,200 £30,650
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +25.00% -16.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,400 £58,123
North West median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Functional Safety relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Functional Safety.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Functional Safety

Functional Safety
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Safety within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington +2 20 £50,000 -
Functional Safety
North West

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Consultant
1 18 (90.00%) Functional Consultant
1 18 (90.00%) Safety Consultant
2 2 (10.00%) Control Systems Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Safety Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Systems Safety Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) IEC 61508