Functional Safety Jobs in England

Functional Safety
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Functional Safety skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Functional Safety over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 759 692
Rank change year-on-year +175 -67 +318
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 101 84 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.094% 0.24%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.93% 0.99% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 8 53 11
10th Percentile - £47,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.69% +37.97%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,500 £63,985
90th Percentile - £77,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,086
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.69% +37.97%

All Systems Management Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,234 8,476 12,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.69% 9.47% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,897 6,489 8,123
10th Percentile £35,300 £32,500 £35,400
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.01% -7.41% -3.57%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £101,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £61,206 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.28% -9.32% -3.57%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Functional Safety as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in England

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in England.

Salary trend for Functional Safety in England

Functional Safety
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Safety within the England region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
South East +96 30 - - 49
North of England +70 22 - - 51
Midlands +77 18 £62,500 -3.85% 62
South West +117 17 - - 22
Yorkshire +69 12 - - 16
East Midlands +51 12 - - 17
East of England +51 11 - - 32
North West +18 10 - - 29
West Midlands +44 6 £62,500 -10.71% 43
London +99 3 £65,000 -10.96% 9
Functional Safety
UK

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.97%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.95%) Modbus
2 4 (3.96%) MQTT
3 3 (2.97%) Ethernet
General
1 6 (5.94%) Manufacturing
2 5 (4.95%) Automotive
2 5 (4.95%) Electronics
2 5 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
2 5 (4.95%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (2.97%) Legal
3 3 (2.97%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 87 (86.14%) Senior
2 8 (7.92%) Lead
3 5 (4.95%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (2.97%) Automation Engineer
4 3 (2.97%) Control Systems Engineer
5 2 (1.98%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (0.99%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (0.99%) Automation Test Lead
6 1 (0.99%) Lead Test Engineer
6 1 (0.99%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 1 (0.99%) Senior Automation Engineer
6 1 (0.99%) Test Automation Engineer
6 1 (0.99%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.98%) .NET
1 2 (1.98%) CSS
2 1 (0.99%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.92%) SCADA
2 6 (5.94%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (4.95%) Biopharmaceutical
3 5 (4.95%) Operational Technology
3 5 (4.95%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.96%) Industry 4.0
4 4 (3.96%) IoT
5 3 (2.97%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.99%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.97%) Linux
1 3 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (83.17%) Hazard Analysis
2 10 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (8.91%) Systems Engineering
4 7 (6.93%) Project Delivery
5 6 (5.94%) Validation
6 5 (4.95%) Agile
6 5 (4.95%) Asset Management
6 5 (4.95%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 5 (4.95%) Customer Service
6 5 (4.95%) Mechatronics
6 5 (4.95%) Network Design
6 5 (4.95%) Requirements Management
6 5 (4.95%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (4.95%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (4.95%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 5 (4.95%) System Testing
7 4 (3.96%) Mentoring
7 4 (3.96%) Project Management
7 4 (3.96%) Prototyping
7 4 (3.96%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.95%) C#
2 3 (2.97%) C++
2 3 (2.97%) SQL
2 3 (2.97%) VB
3 2 (1.98%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.98%) Python
4 1 (0.99%) C
4 1 (0.99%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 84 (83.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (8.91%) Degree
3 7 (6.93%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.96%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (3.96%) HNC
4 4 (3.96%) HND
5 3 (2.97%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.99%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (83.17%) HAZOP
2 5 (4.95%) Automotive SPICE
2 5 (4.95%) ISO 26262
3 3 (2.97%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.99%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.99%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.97%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (6.93%) Siemens
2 4 (3.96%) AVEVA
2 4 (3.96%) Rockwell
3 3 (2.97%) Oracle
3 3 (2.97%) Red Hat
3 3 (2.97%) VMware
4 1 (0.99%) MathWorks