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.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in the UK

Functional Safety
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety.

Salary trend for Functional Safety in the UK

Functional Safety
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Safety over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Functional Safety in the UK

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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (28.13%) WinCC
2 1 (3.13%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (28.13%) Simulink
2 2 (6.25%) TargetLink
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Ethernet
1 2 (6.25%) FlexRay
2 1 (3.13%) ATM
2 1 (3.13%) J1939
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 16 (50.00%) Automotive
2 9 (28.13%) Aerospace
3 8 (25.00%) Electronics
4 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing
5 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (9.38%) Finance
6 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (9.38%) Marketing
6 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
6 3 (9.38%) Telecoms
7 2 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Senior
2 12 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 12 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (31.25%) Control Systems Engineer
4 9 (28.13%) SCADA Engineer
4 9 (28.13%) SCADA Software Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Lead
6 4 (12.50%) Design Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Senior Design Engineer
7 3 (9.38%) Instrumentation Engineer
7 3 (9.38%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Embedded Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) IP Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Senior IP Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Senior Verification Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) SCADA
2 4 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 4 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (9.38%) Operational Technology
4 2 (6.25%) Verilog
4 2 (6.25%) Virtual Team
5 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.13%) CAN bus
5 1 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Android
1 2 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 11 (34.38%) Software Testing
3 9 (28.13%) Customer Requirements
3 9 (28.13%) Systems Engineering
4 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (21.88%) Matrix Organization
5 7 (21.88%) Software Architecture
6 5 (15.63%) Embedded Software Development
6 5 (15.63%) Mathematical Modelling
6 5 (15.63%) Mathematics
6 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
7 4 (12.50%) Change Management
8 3 (9.38%) Agile
8 3 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (9.38%) CAD
8 3 (9.38%) Change Control
8 3 (9.38%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (9.38%) Programme Management
8 3 (9.38%) Project Management
8 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (31.25%) MATLAB
2 9 (28.13%) C#
2 9 (28.13%) C++
2 9 (28.13%) SQL
2 9 (28.13%) VB
3 7 (21.88%) C
4 5 (15.63%) R
5 2 (6.25%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.00%) Degree
3 5 (15.63%) HNC
4 2 (6.25%) HND
5 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (31.25%) ISO 26262
2 9 (28.13%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (15.63%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (9.38%) QA
5 2 (6.25%) MISRA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Oracle
1 9 (28.13%) Siemens
2 3 (9.38%) SAP
3 2 (6.25%) AVEVA
3 2 (6.25%) IBM
3 2 (6.25%) Rockwell
3 2 (6.25%) Wonderware