Safety Engineering Jobs

Safety Engineering
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Safety Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Safety Engineering 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 407 889 985
Rank change year-on-year +482 +96 +192
Permanent jobs citing Safety Engineering 313 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.007% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.008% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 89 6 4
10th Percentile £41,000 - £50,550
25th Percentile - £31,250 £56,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £32,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.72% -45.83% -11.11%
75th Percentile £47,863 £57,188 £61,250
90th Percentile £54,793 £66,000 £63,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £32,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +46.72% -45.83% -11.11%

All Process and 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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Safety Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Safety Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Safety Engineering in the UK

Safety Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Safety Engineering in the UK

Safety Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Safety Engineering over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Safety Engineering in the UK

Safety Engineering
Top 13 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 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
England +448 313 £47,683 -24.91% 28
UK excluding London +463 299 £47,683 +46.72% 22
North of England - 91 £47,683 - 5
North West - 91 £47,683 - 5
South East +172 64 - - 5
Midlands - 52 - - 1
East of England - 47 - - 1
South West +150 45 - - 10
Work from Home +236 42 £54,793 -8.68% 12
East Midlands - 35 - - 1
West Midlands - 17 - -
London - 4 £85,000 - 7
Scotland - 1 - -

Safety Engineering
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 2 (0.64%) Kinematics
Applications
1 202 (64.54%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (15.97%) Simulink
3 2 (0.64%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.64%) CATIA
3 2 (0.64%) SOLIDWORKS
Development Applications
1 26 (8.31%) JIRA
1 26 (8.31%) Rational DOORS
General
1 154 (49.20%) Manufacturing
2 152 (48.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 62 (19.81%) Social Skills
4 50 (15.97%) Aerospace
5 38 (12.14%) Aviation
6 26 (8.31%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (8.31%) Legal
7 22 (7.03%) Electronics
8 10 (3.19%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 152 (48.56%) Electrical Engineer
1 152 (48.56%) Safety Engineer
1 152 (48.56%) Test Engineer
2 114 (36.42%) Senior
3 66 (21.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 66 (21.09%) Systems Engineer
4 50 (15.97%) Lead
4 50 (15.97%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 50 (15.97%) Team Leader
5 45 (14.38%) Principal Engineer
6 22 (7.03%) Radar Engineer
6 22 (7.03%) Senior Electrical Engineer
6 22 (7.03%) Senior Safety Engineer
6 22 (7.03%) Senior Test Engineer
7 2 (0.64%) Design Engineer
7 2 (0.64%) Mechanical Design Engineer
7 2 (0.64%) Mechanical Engineer
7 2 (0.64%) Robotics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (0.64%) 3D Printing
1 2 (0.64%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (36.42%) Systems Engineering
2 72 (23.00%) Coaching
3 50 (15.97%) Agile
3 50 (15.97%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 50 (15.97%) Project Management
3 50 (15.97%) SysML
3 50 (15.97%) System Testing
4 40 (12.78%) Software Delivery
4 40 (12.78%) Technical Leadership
5 32 (10.22%) Mentoring
6 26 (8.31%) Collaborative Working
6 26 (8.31%) Hazard Analysis
7 25 (7.99%) Business Continuity
7 25 (7.99%) Line Management
8 22 (7.03%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (6.39%) Situational Awareness
10 16 (5.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (3.19%) Backlog Management
11 10 (3.19%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 10 (3.19%) Cost Control
Qualifications
1 229 (73.16%) Degree
2 159 (50.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 45 (14.38%) Chartered Engineer
3 45 (14.38%) Master's Degree
4 22 (7.03%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (14.38%) Def Stans
1 45 (14.38%) IEC 61508
2 22 (7.03%) DO-254
System Software
1 22 (7.03%) Firmware
Vendors
1 202 (64.54%) Microsoft
2 50 (15.97%) MathWorks
3 2 (0.64%) Autodesk