Functional Safety Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Functional Safety
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Functional Safety skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Functional Safety over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 581 652
Rank change year-on-year +170 +71 +186
Permanent jobs citing Functional Safety 4 2 24
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.026% 0.006% 0.056%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.22% 0.051% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £61,500 £73,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.75% +21.67% +33.33%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,803 3,930 6,794
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.77% 11.62% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,337 2,987 4,804
10th Percentile £40,848 £37,101 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,875 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -6.40% -0.79%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £67,626 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.71% -11.11% -3.57%

Functional Safety
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Functional Safety as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Functional Safety trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Functional Safety
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Functional Safety.

Functional Safety salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (25.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (25.00%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Deadline-Driven
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) IEC 61508