Functional Safety Job Trends in the North West

Functional Safety
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 193 278
Rank change year-on-year -10 +85 +5
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 22 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.21% 0.072% 0.011%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.09% 0.42% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,215 - £57,500
75th Percentile - - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -14.38% +21.67%

All Systems Management Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 432 720 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.22% 17.30% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 325 272 535
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,125 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £47,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £68,505 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.06% +19.14% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in the North West

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Functional Safety
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Cumbria - 13 £42,215 -
Cheshire -26 8 - - 2
Lancashire - 1 - -
Functional Safety
England

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Profibus
1 2 (9.09%) RS-485
2 1 (4.55%) Modbus
General
1 3 (13.64%) Aerospace
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Instrumentation Engineer
1 13 (59.09%) Senior
1 13 (59.09%) Senior Electrical Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Consultant
2 8 (36.36%) Functional Consultant
2 8 (36.36%) Safety Consultant
3 1 (4.55%) Architect
3 1 (4.55%) Technology Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
1 1 (4.55%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 11 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 8 (36.36%) Control Theory
2 8 (36.36%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (13.64%) Validation
4 2 (9.09%) Bill of Materials
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.55%) Edge Computing
5 1 (4.55%) High Availability
5 1 (4.55%) Incident Response
5 1 (4.55%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (4.55%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.55%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 13 (59.09%) Degree
1 13 (59.09%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (59.09%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) EMC