Functional Safety Job Trends in Wales

Functional Safety
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.031% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.76% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +40.00% -22.78%

All Systems Management Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 132 43 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.04% 5.08% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 124 39 24
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £39,005
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,875 £44,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £54,205
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +24.53% +20.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,375 £80,000 £66,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in Wales

Functional Safety
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Functional Safety.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Functional Safety

Functional Safety
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Safety within the Wales region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
South Wales - 1 £65,000 - 4
Functional Safety
UK

Functional Safety
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 (100.00%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Production Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC