Functional Safety Job Trends in the North East

Functional Safety
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.067% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 1.43% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% -13.01% +21.67%

All Systems Management Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 70 76 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 4.71% 12.73% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 56 31 127
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £25,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.60% +25.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £71,204 £74,144 £67,968
90th Percentile £85,626 £78,250 £76,750
England 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 the North East

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

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in the North East

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in the North East

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

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

Functional Safety
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Safety within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Durham - 1 - - 3
Functional Safety
England

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance