NEBOSH Contracts in the UK excluding London

NEBOSH
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring NEBOSH skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NEBOSH over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 367 418
Rank change year-on-year +5 +51 +100
Contract jobs citing NEBOSH 5 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.044% 0.023%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.19% 0.32% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £328 £354 £430
25th Percentile £350 £416 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +8.33% +4.96%
75th Percentile £450 £541 £500
90th Percentile £473 £546 £530
UK median daily rate £450 £488 £438
% change year-on-year -7.69% +11.43% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £37.50
75th Percentile - - £38.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 - £37.50
% change year-on-year - - +38.89%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

NEBOSH falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,665 2,496 3,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.37% 13.63% 14.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,678 1,431 2,060
10th Percentile £235 £233 £257
25th Percentile £363 £363 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £508 £525
% change year-on-year -1.57% -3.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 263 195
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £13.45
25th Percentile £15.50 £13.39 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.04 £25.77 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% -27.42% +64.47%
75th Percentile £65.63 £61.88 £64.38
90th Percentile £87.43 £70.00 £78.22
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £26.56 £36.75
% change year-on-year +6.10% -27.73% +47.00%

NEBOSH
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for NEBOSH in the UK excluding London

NEBOSH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for NEBOSH in the UK excluding London

NEBOSH
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NEBOSH in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NEBOSH in the UK excluding London

NEBOSH
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for NEBOSH in the UK excluding London

NEBOSH
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 NEBOSH within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +31 2 £400 -27.27% 4
West Midlands -12 1 - - 2
Midlands -12 1 - - 5
Scotland -13 1 - - 3
North of England -14 1 - - 10
North East - 1 - - 2
NEBOSH
UK

NEBOSH
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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Environmental Health
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) COSHH
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 14001
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Openreach
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft