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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 437 693 516
Rank change year-on-year +256 -177 +190
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 138 62 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.087% 0.40%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.07% 0.98% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 22 32 11
10th Percentile - £40,550 £55,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £49,375 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £61,250 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% -1.35% +37.97%
75th Percentile £63,188 £77,500 £63,985
90th Percentile £63,750 £88,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £61,500 £73,000 £62,086
% change year-on-year -15.75% +17.58% +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 3,388 6,346 7,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.53% 8.89% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,658 4,346 4,369
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.86% -3.65%
75th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +11.57% -10.37% -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 17 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 West +138 32 £61,500 -16.61% 8
South East +91 29 £64,500 +12.17% 22
Scotland - 23 - - 4
North of England +59 20 - - 19
Midlands +55 18 £62,500 -3.85% 29
Yorkshire +71 12 - - 4
East of England +51 11 - - 5
East Midlands +27 11 - - 7
North West +7 8 - - 13
West Midlands +43 7 £62,500 -10.71% 22
Wales - 5 - - 1
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 (0.72%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 15 (10.87%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (4.35%) Automotive
2 5 (3.62%) Electronics
2 5 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (2.17%) Legal
3 3 (2.17%) Public Sector
4 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.72%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 113 (81.88%) Senior
2 15 (10.87%) Principal Engineer
2 15 (10.87%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 5 (3.62%) Lead
4 1 (0.72%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (0.72%) Development Manager
4 1 (0.72%) PLC Engineer
4 1 (0.72%) PLC Software Engineer
4 1 (0.72%) Quality Manager
4 1 (0.72%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 1 (0.72%) Siemens Engineer
4 1 (0.72%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (0.72%) Software Engineer
4 1 (0.72%) Software Manager
4 1 (0.72%) Software Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.62%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (0.72%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (81.16%) Hazard Analysis
2 21 (15.22%) Systems Engineering
3 20 (14.49%) Requirements Management
4 15 (10.87%) Situational Awareness
4 15 (10.87%) Supplier Management
5 6 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (4.35%) Validation
6 5 (3.62%) Agile
6 5 (3.62%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 5 (3.62%) Customer Service
6 5 (3.62%) Mechatronics
6 5 (3.62%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (3.62%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (2.17%) Business Strategy
7 3 (2.17%) Deadline-Driven
7 3 (2.17%) Project Delivery
7 3 (2.17%) Project Management
8 2 (1.45%) FMEA
9 1 (0.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (0.72%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.72%) C
1 1 (0.72%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 127 (92.03%) BPSS Clearance
2 20 (14.49%) Degree
3 3 (2.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.72%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (81.16%) HAZOP
2 18 (13.04%) IEC 61508
3 6 (4.35%) Automotive SPICE
3 6 (4.35%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.72%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (0.72%) MathWorks
1 1 (0.72%) Siemens