FMEA Job Trends in the South West

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring FMEA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 163 268
Rank change year-on-year -54 +105 -
Permanent jobs citing FMEA 6 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.072% 0.12% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.14% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £49,125 - -
25th Percentile £51,563 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 - £50,000
75th Percentile £66,563 - £55,000
90th Percentile £69,375 - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £56,250 £51,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +9.22% -20.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

FMEA 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,948 2,817 7,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.42% 84.70% 78.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,922 1,833 5,588
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,833
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,248 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

FMEA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FMEA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

FMEA job vacancy trend in the South West

FMEA
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing FMEA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing FMEA

FMEA
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMEA in the South West over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for FMEA in the South West

FMEA
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMEA within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Devon - 4 - -
Bristol - 2 £58,750 - 3
FMEA
England

FMEA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Electronics
1 4 (66.67%) Environmental Health
1 4 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) FMEA Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (16.67%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (16.67%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (83.33%) Test Strategy
1 5 (83.33%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) CAPA
2 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) QMS
2 4 (66.67%) Quality Management
2 4 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Six Sigma
3 1 (16.67%) Concurrent Programming
3 1 (16.67%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 1 (16.67%) Hazard Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Product Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) C++
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++
1 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO 9001
1 4 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) DO-254
2 1 (16.67%) HAZOP
2 1 (16.67%) IEC 61508
2 1 (16.67%) IEC 62304
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware