Safety Engineering Job Trends

Safety Engineering
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Safety Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 645 540 772
Rank change year-on-year -105 +232 +171
Permanent jobs citing Safety Engineering 15 156 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.31% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.34% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 8
10th Percentile - £62,875 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,313 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £73,750 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.64% +48.24% -23.46%
75th Percentile £65,000 £85,313 £81,938
90th Percentile £70,625 £89,625 £87,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - £32,500
% change year-on-year - - -50.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Safety Engineering 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 53,091 45,886 65,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.62% 92.19% 88.28%
Number of salaries quoted 31,704 22,437 50,836
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Safety Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Safety Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Safety Engineering job vacancy trend in the UK

Safety Engineering
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Safety Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Safety Engineering

Safety Engineering
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Safety Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. 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 -120 14 £60,000 - 10
Work from Home +63 11 £60,000 -29.41% 4
Scotland -5 11 £60,000 -
England -112 3 £55,000 -25.42% 12
South East -36 2 £55,000 - 4
North West +8 1 - - 3
North of England -1 1 - - 3

Safety Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
1 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (86.67%) Senior
2 11 (73.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 11 (73.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 11 (73.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 11 (73.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 11 (73.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 11 (73.33%) Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Safety Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) CAN bus
1 11 (73.33%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (73.33%) Embedded Software Development
1 11 (73.33%) SDLC
1 11 (73.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (6.67%) FMEA
3 1 (6.67%) Physics
3 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) C
1 11 (73.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) HNC
3 1 (6.67%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (80.00%) IEC 61508
2 11 (73.33%) MISRA
2 11 (73.33%) MISRA C
3 1 (6.67%) Def Stans
3 1 (6.67%) HAZOP
Systems Management
1 11 (73.33%) Functional Safety
2 1 (6.67%) BMC PATROL