Functional Safety Contracts in the Midlands

Functional Safety
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Functional Safety skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Safety over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 147 197
Rank change year-on-year +15 +50 -45
Contract jobs citing Functional Safety 5 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.19% 0.24% 0.079%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.81% 1.90% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £507 - -
25th Percentile £511 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile £539 - -
England median daily rate £590 £600 -
% change year-on-year -1.67% - -

All Systems Management Skills
Midlands

Functional Safety is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 277 420 547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.31% 12.74% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 284 358
10th Percentile £190 £302 £206
25th Percentile £318 £363 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £505 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% +12.22% +11.11%
75th Percentile £561 £631 £540
90th Percentile £645 £700 £627
England median daily rate £515 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -10.40% - +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 17
10th Percentile £20.52 £17.72 £10.68
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.56 £12.66
Median hourly rate £25.77 £21.97 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.30% +33.12% -8.33%
75th Percentile £26.15 £40.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £40.57 £53.13 £23.75
England median hourly rate £25.77 £52.13 £21.50
% change year-on-year -50.58% +142.47% -13.13%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Functional Safety as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in the Midlands

Functional Safety
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Functional Safety in the Midlands

Functional Safety
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Safety in the Midlands

Functional Safety
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Safety within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +18 5 £526 - 26
Functional Safety
England

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 4 (80.00%) CANalyzer
2 1 (20.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (80.00%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) CANoe
General
1 4 (80.00%) Automotive
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Integration Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Software Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Integration Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Process Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Process Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Infotainment
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Power Management
1 4 (80.00%) Prototyping
1 4 (80.00%) Software Deployment
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (20.00%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (20.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) VBA
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 26262