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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 767 708
Rank change year-on-year +188 -59 +284
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 116 80 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.093% 0.25%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.23% 0.94% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 28 50 12
10th Percentile £61,250 £47,300 £48,250
25th Percentile - £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £73,000 £61,043
Median % change year-on-year -15.75% +19.59% +35.65%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,500 £63,478
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £61,500 £73,000 £61,043
% change year-on-year -15.75% +19.59% +35.65%

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 5,210 8,477 13,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.61% 9.87% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,043 6,574 8,482
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £35,410
25th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,600 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.58% -8.74% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,125 £105,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +11.57% -10.37% -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 13 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 West +150 36 £61,500 -16.61% 5
South East +106 29 £64,500 +12.17% 25
North of England +66 20 - - 16
Midlands +65 17 £62,500 -3.85% 29
Yorkshire +81 12 - - 3
East of England +44 11 - - 7
East Midlands +42 11 - - 7
North West +19 8 - - 10
West Midlands +34 6 £62,500 -10.71% 22
London +84 3 £65,000 -10.96% 12
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 (2.59%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 19 (16.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (4.31%) Automotive
2 4 (3.45%) Electronics
2 4 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (2.59%) Legal
3 3 (2.59%) Public Sector
4 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (73.28%) Senior
2 19 (16.38%) Principal Engineer
2 19 (16.38%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 4 (3.45%) Lead
4 3 (2.59%) Control Systems Engineer
4 3 (2.59%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (0.86%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (0.86%) Development Manager
5 1 (0.86%) PLC Engineer
5 1 (0.86%) PLC Software Engineer
5 1 (0.86%) Quality Manager
5 1 (0.86%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 1 (0.86%) Siemens Engineer
5 1 (0.86%) Software Development Manager
5 1 (0.86%) Software Engineer
5 1 (0.86%) Software Manager
5 1 (0.86%) Software Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.45%) Product Ownership
1 4 (3.45%) SCADA
2 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.86%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.59%) Linux
1 3 (2.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (72.41%) Hazard Analysis
2 27 (23.28%) Systems Engineering
3 23 (19.83%) Requirements Management
4 19 (16.38%) Situational Awareness
4 19 (16.38%) Supplier Management
5 5 (4.31%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (4.31%) Validation
6 4 (3.45%) Agile
6 4 (3.45%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 4 (3.45%) Customer Service
6 4 (3.45%) Mechatronics
6 4 (3.45%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (3.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (2.59%) Business Strategy
7 3 (2.59%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (2.59%) Deadline-Driven
7 3 (2.59%) Project Delivery
7 3 (2.59%) Project Management
7 3 (2.59%) Software Testing
8 2 (1.72%) FMEA
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.59%) C#
1 3 (2.59%) C++
1 3 (2.59%) SQL
1 3 (2.59%) VB
2 1 (0.86%) C
2 1 (0.86%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 103 (88.79%) BPSS Clearance
2 24 (20.69%) Degree
3 6 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.59%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.86%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (72.41%) HAZOP
2 22 (18.97%) IEC 61508
3 5 (4.31%) Automotive SPICE
3 5 (4.31%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.86%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (3.45%) Siemens
2 3 (2.59%) Oracle
2 3 (2.59%) Red Hat
3 1 (0.86%) MathWorks