Safety Engineering
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Safety Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Safety Engineering over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 715 1015 1077
Rank change year-on-year +300 +62 -342
Permanent jobs citing Safety Engineering 12 75 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.059% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.062% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 26
10th Percentile £74,000 - -
25th Percentile £78,875 £40,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,000 £45,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +93.33% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £50,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,800 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £87,500 £45,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +94.44% -33.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Safety Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,664 120,987 123,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.08% 95.74% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36,731 73,454 82,144
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,347 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year - +0.84% +8.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

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
Top 8 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 30 November 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 +257 12 £87,000 +93.33% 15
UK excluding London +183 8 £87,500 +94.44% 14
South East +146 6 £87,500 - 3
London +283 4 £75,500 -
Work from Home +195 4 £75,500 +67.78% 6
North of England +151 1 - - 2
North West +106 1 - - 1
South West +45 1 - - 4

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:

Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (8.33%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (8.33%) Avionics
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Senior
2 5 (41.67%) Senior Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Safety Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 2 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Reliability Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Software Safety Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Agile
2 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) FMECA
2 2 (16.67%) MODAF
2 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) Data Science
3 1 (8.33%) DoDAF
3 1 (8.33%) Domain Models
3 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (8.33%) Microservices
3 1 (8.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (8.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) HNC
3 2 (16.67%) HND
4 1 (8.33%) APMP
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) NEBOSH
2 2 (16.67%) IEC 61508
3 1 (8.33%) AQAP
3 1 (8.33%) ARP4754
3 1 (8.33%) ARP4761
3 1 (8.33%) Def Stans
3 1 (8.33%) HAZOP
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Functional Safety