Functional Safety Jobs

Functional Safety
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 19 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 787 726
Rank change year-on-year +128 -61 +337
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 38 76 299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.086% 0.27%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.76% 0.82% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 33 50 16
10th Percentile £59,150 £47,500 -
25th Percentile - £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £73,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.75% +21.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,500 £63,478
90th Percentile £68,100 £77,775 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £63,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.53% +6.25% +9.09%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,989 9,323 16,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.50% 10.59% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,431 7,156 10,226
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £35,625
25th Percentile £50,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,500 £82,500 £88,283
90th Percentile £115,000 £101,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £54,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -2.56%

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 19 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Functional Safety in the UK

Functional Safety
Top 11 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 19 March 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
England +113 38 £61,500 -15.75% 59
UK excluding London +112 33 £61,500 -3.53% 56
South West +108 23 £61,500 -16.61% 9
London +61 5 £65,000 -10.96% 6
South East +68 4 £66,000 +14.78% 7
Midlands +37 4 £62,500 -10.71% 22
West Midlands +19 4 £62,500 -10.71% 16
Work from Home +140 3 £56,000 -20.00% 17
North of England +67 1 - - 10
East of England +41 1 £60,000 +79.10% 5
North West +35 1 - - 8

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 5 (13.16%) WinCC
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Simulink
2 1 (2.63%) TargetLink
2 1 (2.63%) Windchill
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Ethernet
1 1 (2.63%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 23 (60.53%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (2.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (2.63%) Git
3 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.63%) Subversion
General
1 6 (15.79%) Automotive
2 3 (7.89%) Electronics
3 2 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.63%) Advertising
4 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.63%) Legal
4 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.63%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (65.79%) Principal Engineer
1 25 (65.79%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 7 (18.42%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Control Systems Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Senior
4 3 (7.89%) Software Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Lead
6 1 (2.63%) Development Manager
6 1 (2.63%) PLC Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) PLC Software Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Quality Manager
6 1 (2.63%) SCADA Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) SCADA Software Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Siemens Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Software Development Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Software Quality Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) SCADA
2 3 (7.89%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Linux
1 5 (13.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (84.21%) Systems Engineering
2 27 (71.05%) Requirements Management
3 23 (60.53%) Situational Awareness
3 23 (60.53%) Supplier Management
4 8 (21.05%) Software Testing
5 6 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (15.79%) Validation
6 5 (13.16%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (10.53%) FMEA
8 3 (7.89%) Agile
8 3 (7.89%) Software Engineering
9 2 (5.26%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 2 (5.26%) Data Analysis
9 2 (5.26%) Kalman Filter
9 2 (5.26%) Mechatronics
9 2 (5.26%) Process Management
9 2 (5.26%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 2 (5.26%) Software Architecture
9 2 (5.26%) SysML
9 2 (5.26%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) C++
2 5 (13.16%) C#
2 5 (13.16%) SQL
2 5 (13.16%) VB
3 4 (10.53%) MATLAB
4 3 (7.89%) C
5 1 (2.63%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 27 (71.05%) Degree
2 23 (60.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
4 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.63%) HNC
5 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (63.16%) IEC 61508
2 7 (18.42%) ISO 26262
3 5 (13.16%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (5.26%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (5.26%) HAZOP
4 2 (5.26%) MISRA
4 2 (5.26%) MISRA C
5 1 (2.63%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Siemens
2 5 (13.16%) Oracle
2 5 (13.16%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.63%) MathWorks