Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring FMEA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited FMEA 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 445 812 854
Rank change year-on-year +367 +42 +239
Permanent jobs citing FMEA 277 100 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.097% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7 47 4
10th Percentile £44,750 - £41,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £39,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.79% -29.09% +21.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £55,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £39,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.79% -29.09% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

FMEA 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

FMEA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FMEA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FMEA in the UK

FMEA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FMEA.

Salary trend for FMEA in the UK

FMEA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMEA over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for FMEA in the UK

FMEA
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMEA within the UK 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
UK excluding London +333 260 £47,500 +21.79% 58
England +258 203 £47,500 +21.79% 52
South East +82 66 £60,000 +53.85% 21
Scotland +166 50 - - 3
South West +138 40 - - 8
North of England +87 37 - - 2
Midlands +103 31 £47,500 - 13
East Midlands - 30 £47,500 - 5
Yorkshire +83 25 - -
East of England +70 25 - - 7
North West - 12 - - 2
Wales - 11 - - 5
London - 4 - -
West Midlands +45 1 - - 7

FMEA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.72%) GNU Octave
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.36%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.44%) AWS
1 4 (1.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.44%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.44%) Amazon QuickSight
2 2 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (0.72%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 11 (3.97%) Electronics
1 11 (3.97%) Manufacturing
2 5 (1.81%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (1.81%) Social Skills
3 3 (1.08%) Finance
3 3 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (0.72%) Automotive
4 2 (0.72%) Marketing
5 1 (0.36%) Military
Job Titles
1 264 (95.31%) Senior
2 9 (3.25%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (2.53%) Reliability Engineer
4 4 (1.44%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (1.44%) Robotics Engineer
5 3 (1.08%) Senior Reliability Engineer
6 2 (0.72%) Product Engineer
6 2 (0.72%) Test Engineer
7 1 (0.36%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (0.36%) Lead
7 1 (0.36%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (0.36%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 1 (0.36%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 1 (0.36%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.44%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.44%) Product Ownership
1 4 (1.44%) Robotics
1 4 (1.44%) SCADA
2 2 (0.72%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.36%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.36%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (96.03%) Systems Engineering
2 8 (2.89%) Mathematics
2 8 (2.89%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (2.17%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 6 (2.17%) Six Sigma
4 5 (1.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (1.81%) Experimental Design
4 5 (1.81%) Process Improvement
4 5 (1.81%) Statistical Analysis
5 4 (1.44%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (1.44%) Business Development
5 4 (1.44%) Computer Science
5 4 (1.44%) Data Extraction
5 4 (1.44%) Escalation Management
5 4 (1.44%) Lean Six Sigma
5 4 (1.44%) Mechatronics
5 4 (1.44%) Statistics
5 4 (1.44%) Systems Analysis
5 4 (1.44%) Validation
5 4 (1.44%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.53%) C
2 6 (2.17%) Python
3 4 (1.44%) C#
3 4 (1.44%) C++
3 4 (1.44%) R
3 4 (1.44%) SQL
4 3 (1.08%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.72%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 272 (98.19%) Degree
2 260 (93.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.44%) Numerate Degree
3 4 (1.44%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.44%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.36%) NVQ Level 4
4 1 (0.36%) PhD
4 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (94.58%) Def Stans
2 260 (93.86%) IEC 61508
3 4 (1.44%) SLA
4 1 (0.36%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.36%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.36%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.36%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (1.44%) EMC
2 3 (1.08%) Minitab
3 1 (0.36%) MathWorks