FMEA Job Trends in the West Midlands

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring FMEA skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 218 173
Rank change year-on-year +43 -45 -27
Permanent jobs citing FMEA 2 10 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.058% 0.16% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.068% 0.20% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £52,150
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.37%
75th Percentile - - £53,225
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £54,500 £52,150
% change year-on-year -3.67% +4.51% +13.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

FMEA 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,942 5,002 4,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.71% 78.56% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,850 2,901 2,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,119 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,207 £62,325
% change year-on-year -3.86% -8.21% +3.87%

FMEA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing FMEA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for FMEA in the West Midlands

FMEA
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing FMEA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing FMEA

FMEA
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMEA within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Birmingham - 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £50,000 - 1
FMEA
England

FMEA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (50.00%) RS-232
1 1 (50.00%) RS-485
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) ZigBee
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (50.00%) Hazard Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) QMS
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) MathWorks