Functional Safety Contracts in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 427 502
Rank change year-on-year +43 +75 -68
Contract jobs citing Functional Safety 11 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.044% 0.013%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.48% 0.29% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £507 - -
25th Percentile £511 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile £539 - -
UK median daily rate £590 £600 -
% change year-on-year -1.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year +35.71% - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,297 3,437 4,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.34% 15.00% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,707 2,498 2,979
10th Percentile £213 £292 £250
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £560 £565
% change year-on-year -8.48% -0.88% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 125 120
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £12.65
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £14.81
Median hourly rate £34.25 £40.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +102.50% -13.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £27.75
90th Percentile £72.21 £75.30 £50.84
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £52.93 £21.89
% change year-on-year -48.98% +141.78% -45.28%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Safety in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Functional Safety in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Safety in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Safety in the UK excluding London

Functional Safety
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Midlands +19 5 £526 - 32
West Midlands +12 5 £526 - 25
North of England +28 3 - - 14
North East - 3 - - 3
South East - 2 - - 10
East of England - 1 - - 13
Functional Safety
UK

Functional Safety
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (36.36%) CANalyzer
2 2 (18.18%) Simulink
3 1 (9.09%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) J1939
2 4 (36.36%) Ethernet
2 4 (36.36%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) CANoe
2 1 (9.09%) ClearCase
2 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 10 (90.91%) Automotive
2 9 (81.82%) Electronics
3 5 (45.45%) Manufacturing
4 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
5 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Embedded Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Integration Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Software Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Software Integration Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Process Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Process Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) CAN bus
2 4 (36.36%) Infotainment
3 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Power Management
2 4 (36.36%) Prototyping
2 4 (36.36%) Software Deployment
3 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (18.18%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Validation
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Benchmarking
5 1 (9.09%) Data Acquisition
5 1 (9.09%) FMEA
5 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning
5 1 (9.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) C
1 5 (45.45%) Embedded C
1 5 (45.45%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) VBA
3 2 (18.18%) MATLAB
4 1 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 26262
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) MathWorks