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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 818 716
Rank change year-on-year +280 -102 +344
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 155 78 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.079% 0.26%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.11% 0.78% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 30 49 14
10th Percentile £61,200 £47,100 £47,500
25th Percentile - £56,250 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £73,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.75% +21.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £63,438 £76,500 £62,971
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £63,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.53% +6.25% +33.33%

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 4,978 10,017 15,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.57% 10.17% 14.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,344 7,239 9,373
10th Percentile £37,075 £32,500 £35,400
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,150 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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
Top 15 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 1 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 +294 146 £61,500 -3.53% 203
England +216 121 £61,500 -15.75% 198
South West +142 40 £61,500 -16.61% 26
South East +116 29 £64,500 +12.17% 51
Scotland - 23 - - 7
North of England +101 20 - - 39
Midlands +78 17 £62,500 -7.41% 47
Yorkshire +85 12 - - 14
East of England +62 12 £60,000 +63.27% 32
East Midlands +60 11 - - 15
North West +39 8 - - 20
West Midlands +36 6 £62,500 -10.71% 30
Wales - 5 - - 4
Work from Home +195 3 - - 164
London +94 3 £65,000 -10.96% 11

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 3 (1.94%) WinCC
Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Simulink
2 1 (0.65%) TargetLink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.65%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.65%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 23 (14.84%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.65%) Git
2 1 (0.65%) Subversion
General
1 6 (3.87%) Automotive
2 5 (3.23%) Electronics
3 4 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (1.94%) Legal
4 3 (1.94%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.29%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.65%) Advertising
6 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.65%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 120 (77.42%) Senior
2 23 (14.84%) Principal Engineer
2 23 (14.84%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 4 (2.58%) Lead
4 3 (1.94%) Control Systems Engineer
4 3 (1.94%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (1.29%) Software Engineer
6 1 (0.65%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (0.65%) Development Manager
6 1 (0.65%) PLC Engineer
6 1 (0.65%) PLC Software Engineer
6 1 (0.65%) Quality Manager
6 1 (0.65%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 1 (0.65%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (0.65%) Siemens Engineer
6 1 (0.65%) Software Development Manager
6 1 (0.65%) Software Manager
6 1 (0.65%) Software Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.58%) Product Ownership
1 4 (2.58%) SCADA
2 3 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.65%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (0.65%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.94%) Linux
1 3 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (76.13%) Hazard Analysis
2 31 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 27 (17.42%) Requirements Management
4 23 (14.84%) Situational Awareness
4 23 (14.84%) Supplier Management
5 6 (3.87%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (3.23%) Validation
7 4 (2.58%) Agile
7 4 (2.58%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 4 (2.58%) Customer Service
7 4 (2.58%) Mechatronics
7 4 (2.58%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (2.58%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (1.94%) Business Strategy
8 3 (1.94%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (1.94%) Deadline-Driven
8 3 (1.94%) Project Delivery
8 3 (1.94%) Project Management
8 3 (1.94%) Software Testing
9 2 (1.29%) FMEA
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.58%) C++
2 3 (1.94%) C#
2 3 (1.94%) SQL
2 3 (1.94%) VB
3 2 (1.29%) C
4 1 (0.65%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 141 (90.97%) BPSS Clearance
2 29 (18.71%) Degree
3 6 (3.87%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.94%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.65%) HNC
5 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (76.13%) HAZOP
2 26 (16.77%) IEC 61508
3 6 (3.87%) Automotive SPICE
3 6 (3.87%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.65%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.65%) MISRA
4 1 (0.65%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.65%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (2.58%) Siemens
2 3 (1.94%) Oracle
2 3 (1.94%) Red Hat
3 1 (0.65%) MathWorks