Functional Safety Jobs in the Thames Valley

Functional Safety
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 210 212
Rank change year-on-year +18 +2 -
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Functional Safety 2 2 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.052% 0.038% 0.20%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.68% 0.41% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £45,750 £55,393
25th Percentile - £48,750 £61,202
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £57,500 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year - -7.39% -
75th Percentile - £66,250 £62,971
90th Percentile - £69,250 £63,936
South East median annual salary - £57,500 £61,043
% change year-on-year - -5.80% -

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 292 488 681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.64% 9.23% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 168 328 464
10th Percentile £34,000 £36,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £59,025
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% -2.58% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,813 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,000 £97,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.90% -7.50% -

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in the Thames Valley

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Functional Safety.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Functional Safety

Functional Safety
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Safety within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckinghamshire -2 2 - -
Functional Safety
South East

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 2 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) AUTOSAR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 26262