Functional Safety Jobs in the North of England

Functional Safety
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 1 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 374 -
Rank change year-on-year +66 - -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 32 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.24% 0.012% -
As % of the Systems Management category 2.23% 0.17% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £40,500 -
25th Percentile £75,000 £43,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £55,625 -
90th Percentile - £57,500 -
England median annual salary £62,500 £53,750 £62,086
% change year-on-year +16.28% -13.43% +37.97%

All Systems Management Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,438 1,191 1,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.78% 7.41% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 490 843 1,197
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £32,200
25th Percentile £33,219 £42,369 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.71% +1.21%
75th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,875 £83,625 £86,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year +1.96% -5.56% -3.57%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in the North of England

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Functional Safety in the North of England

Functional Safety
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Yorkshire - 18 £80,000 - 5
North West +7 14 - - 17
Functional Safety
England

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (6.25%) Kinematics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) Modbus
2 2 (6.25%) MQTT
General
1 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 4 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (9.38%) Legal
2 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (81.25%) Senior
2 2 (6.25%) Automation Test Lead
2 2 (6.25%) Lead
2 2 (6.25%) Lead Test Engineer
2 2 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (6.25%) Robotics Engineer
2 2 (6.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (6.25%) Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (6.25%) Test Engineer
3 1 (3.13%) Senior Robotics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Biopharmaceutical
1 4 (12.50%) Operational Technology
1 4 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
1 4 (12.50%) SCADA
2 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.25%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (6.25%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (6.25%) IoT
3 2 (6.25%) Robotics
3 2 (6.25%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (71.88%) Hazard Analysis
2 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
2 5 (15.63%) Project Management
3 4 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (12.50%) Network Design
3 4 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (12.50%) System Testing
4 3 (9.38%) Business Strategy
4 3 (9.38%) Deadline-Driven
5 2 (6.25%) Clean Code
5 2 (6.25%) Edge Computing
5 2 (6.25%) Gantt Chart
5 2 (6.25%) Mentoring
5 2 (6.25%) Motion Control
5 2 (6.25%) Motion Planning
5 2 (6.25%) Open Source
5 2 (6.25%) Prototyping
5 2 (6.25%) Reinforcement Learning
5 2 (6.25%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 23 (71.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (28.13%) Degree
3 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 2 (6.25%) HNC
4 2 (6.25%) HND
4 2 (6.25%) ISTQB
4 2 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (71.88%) HAZOP
2 3 (9.38%) IEC 61508
3 2 (6.25%) ISO 9001
3 2 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) AVEVA
1 2 (6.25%) Rockwell
1 2 (6.25%) Siemens