Functional Safety Jobs in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 706 533
Rank change year-on-year +255 -173 +171
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 126 65 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.087% 0.39%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.74% 1.02% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5 35 11
10th Percentile - £42,200 £55,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -3.36% +37.97%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £63,985
90th Percentile - £85,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,086
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.69% +37.97%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 3,370 6,380 7,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.56% 8.56% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,560 4,307 4,300
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,630
25th Percentile £41,280 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% +0.89%
75th Percentile £75,054 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £61,206 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.28% -9.32% -3.57%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Functional Safety as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Functional Safety in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Safety within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East +96 30 - - 49
Scotland - 23 - - 6
North of England +70 22 - - 51
Midlands +77 18 £62,500 -3.85% 62
South West +117 17 - - 22
Yorkshire +69 12 - - 16
East Midlands +51 12 - - 17
East of England +51 11 - - 32
North West +18 10 - - 29
West Midlands +44 6 £62,500 -10.71% 43
Wales - 5 - - 5
Functional Safety
UK

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (0.79%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.97%) Modbus
2 4 (3.17%) MQTT
3 3 (2.38%) Ethernet
General
1 6 (4.76%) Manufacturing
2 5 (3.97%) Automotive
2 5 (3.97%) Electronics
2 5 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
2 5 (3.97%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (2.38%) Legal
3 3 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 115 (91.27%) Senior
2 8 (6.35%) Lead
3 3 (2.38%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (1.59%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (1.59%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (0.79%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (0.79%) Automation Test Lead
5 1 (0.79%) Lead Test Engineer
5 1 (0.79%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 1 (0.79%) Senior Automation Engineer
5 1 (0.79%) Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (0.79%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.59%) .NET
1 2 (1.59%) CSS
2 1 (0.79%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (3.97%) Biopharmaceutical
2 5 (3.97%) Operational Technology
2 5 (3.97%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.97%) SCADA
3 4 (3.17%) Industry 4.0
3 4 (3.17%) IoT
4 3 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (88.89%) Hazard Analysis
2 10 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (5.56%) Project Delivery
4 6 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (4.76%) Validation
5 5 (3.97%) Agile
5 5 (3.97%) Asset Management
5 5 (3.97%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 5 (3.97%) Customer Service
5 5 (3.97%) Mechatronics
5 5 (3.97%) Network Design
5 5 (3.97%) Requirements Management
5 5 (3.97%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (3.97%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (3.97%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (3.97%) System Testing
6 4 (3.17%) Mentoring
6 4 (3.17%) Project Management
6 4 (3.17%) Prototyping
7 3 (2.38%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.59%) C#
1 2 (1.59%) JavaScript
1 2 (1.59%) Python
2 1 (0.79%) C
2 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 112 (88.89%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (7.14%) Degree
3 4 (3.17%) Chartered Engineer
3 4 (3.17%) HNC
3 4 (3.17%) HND
3 4 (3.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (88.89%) HAZOP
2 5 (3.97%) Automotive SPICE
2 5 (3.97%) ISO 26262
3 3 (2.38%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (3.17%) AVEVA
1 4 (3.17%) Rockwell
1 4 (3.17%) Siemens
2 3 (2.38%) VMware
3 1 (0.79%) MathWorks