Functional Safety Job Trends in England

Functional Safety
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 609 712
Rank change year-on-year -12 +103 -13
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 28 19 78
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.042% 0.049% 0.10%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.70% 0.41% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6 16 51
10th Percentile - £56,875 £47,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £60,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £63,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.32% -13.01% +21.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,688 £76,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% -13.01% +21.67%

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 3,975 4,622 7,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.01% 11.98% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,850 3,220 6,622
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £51,237 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -11.11%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in England

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Functional Safety.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Functional Safety

Functional Safety
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Safety in England over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram 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 17 March 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
North West +2 15 - - 5
North of England -19 15 - - 8
Midlands -11 10 £40,000 -36.00% 11
West Midlands +15 9 £40,000 -36.00% 9
South East -13 3 - - 3
London +10 1 £75,000 +15.38% 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Functional Safety
UK

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 4 (14.29%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Profibus
1 2 (7.14%) RS-485
2 1 (3.57%) Modbus
General
1 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.57%) Military
2 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Senior
2 10 (35.71%) Instrumentation Engineer
2 10 (35.71%) Senior Electrical Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Safety Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Control Systems Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Lead
4 3 (10.71%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Electrical Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Safety Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Technology Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.57%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.57%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
1 8 (28.57%) Control Theory
1 8 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (10.71%) Change Management
3 3 (10.71%) Hazard Analysis
4 2 (7.14%) Bill of Materials
5 1 (3.57%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.57%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.57%) Edge Computing
5 1 (3.57%) FMECA
5 1 (3.57%) High Availability
5 1 (3.57%) Incident Response
5 1 (3.57%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (3.57%) Roadmaps
5 1 (3.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.57%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) BPSS Clearance
2 11 (39.29%) Degree
3 10 (35.71%) Master's Degree
4 3 (10.71%) HNC
5 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) HND
5 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (42.86%) IEC 61508
2 3 (10.71%) HAZOP
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Allen-Bradley
2 2 (7.14%) EMC
3 1 (3.57%) Rockwell
3 1 (3.57%) Siemens