Safety Engineer Job Trends in South London

Safety Engineer
London > South London

The median Safety Engineer salary in South London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Safety Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 1.79% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
London median annual salary £75,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in South London with a recognized job title 250 523 419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 96.49% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 147 187 306
10th Percentile £28,100 £33,800 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,691 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,375 £71,875 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,600 £83,750
London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year - -0.68% +4.29%

Safety Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Job postings that featured Safety Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South London.

Job vacancy trend for Safety Engineer in South London

Safety Engineer
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Safety Engineer within the South London region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Kingston Upon Thames - 4 £75,000 - 1
Croydon - 1 - -
Safety Engineer
London

Safety Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Safety Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South London region featuring Safety Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Firmware
1 4 (80.00%) Military
1 4 (80.00%) Functional Safety
2 3 (60.00%) FMECA
3 2 (40.00%) IEC 61508
4 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Business Case
4 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
4 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) V-Model
4 1 (20.00%) Safety Engineering

Safety Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) FMECA
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Safety Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (20.00%) V-Model
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) IEC 61508
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Functional Safety