Safety Engineering Job Trends in the South East

Safety Engineering
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Safety Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 242 288
Rank change year-on-year -24 +46 +115
Permanent jobs citing Safety Engineering 4 64 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.039% 0.71% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% 0.81% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £52,000 - £87,100
25th Percentile £53,125 - £87,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £87,500
75th Percentile - - £87,750
90th Percentile - - £87,900
England median annual salary £53,750 £73,750 £87,000
% change year-on-year -27.12% -15.23% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Safety Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Safety Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Safety Engineering job vacancy trend in the South East

Safety Engineering
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Safety Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Safety Engineering

Safety Engineering
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 Safety Engineering within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Hampshire +32 1 £55,000 - 1
West Sussex +2 1 £55,000 -
Buckinghamshire -45 1 £52,500 -
Thames Valley -48 1 £52,500 -
Surrey - 1 - -
Safety Engineering
England

Safety Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) RAMS Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Safety Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) FMECA
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Physics
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) HNC
3 1 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ARP4754
1 1 (25.00%) ARP4761
1 1 (25.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (25.00%) DO-178B
1 1 (25.00%) DO-254
1 1 (25.00%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) BMC PATROL