Functional Safety
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Functional Safety skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Safety over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 4 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 709 | 877 | 1047 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +168 | +170 | -298 |
| Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety | 32 | 199 | 51 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.060% | 0.16% | 0.040% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.40% | 1.03% | 0.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 40 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £49,912 | £35,095 | £40,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,250 | £40,656 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £47,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +38.30% | -21.67% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,000 | £51,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £71,100 | £52,500 | £78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £47,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +43.62% | -24.80% | +25.00% |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
Functional Safety is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 8,034 | 19,278 | 21,385 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 15.09% | 15.55% | 16.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,388 | 11,411 | 14,032 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,206 | £36,250 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £48,045 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £67,500 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.70% | - | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £84,056 | £87,500 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £102,500 | £105,000 | £103,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,165 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.58% | +4.55% | +5.77% |
Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Functional Safety as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Functional Safety
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety.
Functional Safety
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Safety over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.
Functional Safety
Top 10 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +166 | 32 | £65,000 | +38.30% | 80 |
| UK excluding London | +69 | 21 | £67,500 | +43.62% | 73 |
| Work from Home | +256 | 17 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 17 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 14 | £70,000 | +48.94% | 24 |
| Midlands | +7 | 14 | £70,000 | +48.94% | 30 |
| London | - | 11 | £64,500 | - | 7 |
| South East | +154 | 3 | £58,050 | +16.10% | 13 |
| South West | +36 | 3 | £65,000 | - | 7 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| North of England | - | 1 | - | - | 17 |
Functional Safety
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: