Safety Engineering Jobs in the South West

Safety Engineering
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Safety Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Safety Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 264 259
Rank change year-on-year +141 -5 +55
Permanent jobs citing Safety Engineering 60 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.48% 0.011% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 0.015% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,000 £55,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £60,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +25.00% -28.89%
75th Percentile £43,000 £65,000 £49,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £47,683 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -31.88% +16.67% -11.11%

All Process and 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 3,502 6,828 5,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 86.55% 77.34% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,140 4,665 3,634
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year - -11.29% +3.33%

Safety Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Safety Engineering in the South West

Safety Engineering
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Safety Engineering in the South West

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 29 July 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 - 56 - -
Bristol +50 3 - - 4
Wiltshire - 1 £41,000 -
Safety Engineering
England

Safety Engineering
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) Wireless
General
1 1 (1.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (93.33%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (5.00%) Safety Engineer
2 3 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (5.00%) Systems Safety Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (5.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (1.67%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 56 (93.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 56 (93.33%) Chartered Engineer
1 56 (93.33%) Degree
1 56 (93.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (93.33%) Def Stans
1 56 (93.33%) IEC 61508