Safety Engineering Job Trends in the South West

Safety Engineering
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Safety Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 - 213
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Permanent jobs citing Safety Engineering 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.10% - 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% - 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 - -
75th Percentile £43,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £53,750 £62,500 £87,000
% change year-on-year -14.00% -28.16% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,610 3,614 4,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.21% 84.58% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,454 1,842 3,112
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,813 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,720 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% +4.23% +4.23%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
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 West

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

Safety Engineering job vacancy trend in the South West

Safety Engineering
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Safety Engineering
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 Safety Engineering within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Bristol - 2 - - 4
Dorset - 2 - - 1
Wiltshire - 1 £41,000 -
Safety Engineering
England

Safety Engineering
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Safety Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Safety Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (40.00%) IEC 61508