Functional Safety Job Trends in Cumbria

Functional Safety
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 12 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 2.78% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 48.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,215 - -
North West median annual salary £42,215 - £50,000

All Systems Management Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 25 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 5.80% 2.67% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 21 7 2
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,300 £31,925
25th Percentile £35,250 £40,188 £33,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,215 £53,750 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.46% +40.52% -
75th Percentile - £55,625 £43,688
90th Percentile - - £45,975
North West median annual salary £57,500 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.98% +7.50% -23.08%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Functional Safety.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Functional Safety

Functional Safety
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Safety within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Grange-over-Sands - 5 £42,215 -
Millom - 3 £42,215 -
Broughton-in-Furness - 2 £42,215 -
Barrow-in-Furness - 1 £42,215 -
Kirkby-in-Furness - 1 £42,215 -
Functional Safety
North West

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

General
1 11 (91.67%) Aerospace
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Instrumentation Engineer
1 12 (100.00%) Senior
1 12 (100.00%) Senior Electrical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 12 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 11 (91.67%) Validation
3 1 (8.33%) Control Theory
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 12 (100.00%) Degree
1 12 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) IEC 61508