Safety Engineer
UK

The median Safety Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 855 962 1195
Rank change year-on-year +107 +233 -297
Permanent jobs requiring a Safety Engineer 29 13 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.013% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.014% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 40
10th Percentile £49,500 £55,075 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -7.41% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £72,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% -7.41% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Safety Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Safety Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Safety Engineer in the UK

Safety Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Safety Engineer.

Salary trend for Safety Engineer in the UK

Safety Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Safety Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Safety Engineer in the UK

Safety Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Safety Engineer within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -1 20 £50,000 -20.00% 58
Work from Home +94 15 £70,000 +12.00% 27
England +86 14 £50,000 -20.00% 71
Scotland - 12 - - 3
Midlands -4 5 £50,000 - 7
London - 4 £50,000 - 14
East Midlands - 3 £50,000 - 2
West Midlands +13 2 - - 5
South East +9 2 £55,000 -8.33% 18
East of England +3 1 - - 9

Safety Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Safety Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Safety Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (20.69%) AutoCAD
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
2 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Server
3 4 (13.79%) Azure
3 4 (13.79%) Requirements Engineering
3 4 (13.79%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) Remedy
3 4 (13.79%) Windows
3 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
3 4 (13.79%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Aviation
3 4 (13.79%) Functional Safety
3 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (10.34%) Aerospace
4 3 (10.34%) Software Engineering
5 2 (6.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.90%) QMS
5 2 (6.90%) CAE
5 2 (6.90%) MTS
5 2 (6.90%) ISO 9001
5 2 (6.90%) Finance
5 2 (6.90%) Safety Engineering
5 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.90%) Data Acquisition
5 2 (6.90%) Programme Delivery

Safety Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) MTS
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) AutoCAD
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
General
1 4 (13.79%) Aviation
1 4 (13.79%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
2 3 (10.34%) Aerospace
2 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
3 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Windows
1 4 (13.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
1 4 (13.79%) Requirements Engineering
2 3 (10.34%) Software Engineering
2 3 (10.34%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (6.90%) CAE
3 2 (6.90%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis
3 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.90%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (6.90%) QMS
3 2 (6.90%) Safety Engineering
4 1 (3.45%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (3.45%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.45%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (3.45%) Hazard Analysis
4 1 (3.45%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (3.45%) Integration Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.45%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (3.45%) Risk Management
4 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) Degree
3 2 (6.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Remedy