Functional Safety Jobs in the South West

Functional Safety
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 286 269
Rank change year-on-year +134 -17 +34
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 32 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.90% 0.054% 0.074%
As % of the Systems Management category 10.42% 0.53% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 15 4 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £73,750 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.61% - -
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 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 307 935 1,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.64% 10.11% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 207 723 618
10th Percentile £31,550 £31,350 £30,918
25th Percentile £41,875 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £52,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -9.19% +5.11%
75th Percentile £73,886 £72,433 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,000 £86,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% -7.41% -3.57%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in the South West

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Functional Safety in the South West

Functional Safety
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 Functional Safety within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Dorset +64 21 £61,500 -
Bristol +71 6 - - 5
Somerset - 5 - - 2
Functional Safety
England

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 15 (46.88%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 17 (53.13%) Senior
2 15 (46.88%) Principal Engineer
2 15 (46.88%) Principal Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Hazard Analysis
2 15 (46.88%) Requirements Management
2 15 (46.88%) Situational Awareness
2 15 (46.88%) Supplier Management
2 15 (46.88%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 32 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 15 (46.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (53.13%) HAZOP
2 15 (46.88%) IEC 61508