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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 546 708
Rank change year-on-year -86 +162 +233
Permanent jobs citing Safety Engineering 21 155 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.035% 0.29% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.32% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 3
10th Percentile £52,000 £62,875 £74,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,313 £78,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £73,750 £87,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.64% -15.23% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £85,313 £87,500
90th Percentile - £89,625 £87,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - £87,500

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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Safety Engineering over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram 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 14 January 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 -63 20 £60,000 - 11
England -81 11 £53,750 -27.12% 11
Work from Home +74 9 £60,000 -29.41% 4
Scotland +15 9 £60,000 -
North West +20 4 - - 4
North of England +9 4 - - 4
South East -24 4 £55,000 - 3
South West - 3 £41,000 - 4

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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Wireless
General
1 2 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Advertising
2 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Senior
2 9 (42.86%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (42.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 9 (42.86%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 9 (42.86%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 9 (42.86%) Senior Software Engineer
2 9 (42.86%) Software Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Safety Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) RAMS Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Systems Safety Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) CAN bus
1 9 (42.86%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (42.86%) Embedded Software Development
1 9 (42.86%) SDLC
1 9 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 6 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
4 2 (9.52%) Mathematics
4 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (4.76%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.76%) FMEA
5 1 (4.76%) FMECA
5 1 (4.76%) Physics
5 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) C
1 9 (42.86%) C++
2 1 (4.76%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (38.10%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) HNC
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.76%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) IEC 61508
2 9 (42.86%) MISRA
2 9 (42.86%) MISRA C
3 2 (9.52%) Def Stans
4 1 (4.76%) ARP4754
4 1 (4.76%) ARP4761
4 1 (4.76%) DO-178B
4 1 (4.76%) DO-254
4 1 (4.76%) HAZOP
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Functional Safety
2 2 (9.52%) BMC PATROL