Functional Safety Jobs in the South East

Functional Safety
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 368 324
Rank change year-on-year +108 -44 +163
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 29 22 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.31% 0.13% 0.54%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.39% 1.29% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 10
10th Percentile - - £46,900
25th Percentile £60,750 £52,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £57,500 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year +12.17% -7.39% -
75th Percentile £68,250 £65,000 £62,971
90th Percentile - - £63,173
England median annual salary £61,500 £73,000 £61,043
% change year-on-year -15.75% +19.59% +35.65%

All Systems Management Skills
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 661 1,708 2,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.08% 10.16% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 405 1,265 1,235
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £68,692 £61,206 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.23% -9.32% -3.57%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in the South East

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in the South East.

Salary trend for Functional Safety in the South East

Functional Safety
Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Hampshire - 11 - - 18
Isle of Wight - 11 - -
Kent +22 7 £64,500 +17.27% 4
Functional Safety
England

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (3.45%) Automotive
1 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (3.45%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (96.55%) Senior
2 1 (3.45%) Development Manager
2 1 (3.45%) Quality Manager
2 1 (3.45%) Software Development Manager
2 1 (3.45%) Software Manager
2 1 (3.45%) Software Quality Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (96.55%) Hazard Analysis
2 1 (3.45%) Coaching
2 1 (3.45%) Code Quality
2 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (3.45%) FMEA
2 1 (3.45%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 28 (96.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (96.55%) HAZOP
2 1 (3.45%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (3.45%) ISO 26262
2 1 (3.45%) QA