Functional Safety Job Trends in the East Midlands

Functional Safety
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.20% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 3.79% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £64,500 £64,500
% change year-on-year +16.28% - +37.23%

All Systems Management Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 132 123 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.24% 5.35% 11.21%
Number of salaries quoted 90 64 157
10th Percentile £25,863 £27,861 £33,250
25th Percentile £29,063 £34,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -33.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £54,363 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,275 £68,375 £84,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £69,308 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.82% +6.63% -3.70%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Functional Safety.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Functional Safety

Functional Safety
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Safety within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 4 - -
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
Functional Safety
England

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 4 (80.00%) Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) Functional Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) Safety Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Hazard Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) HAZOP