HAZOP Contracts

Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring HAZOP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HAZOP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 580 710
Rank change year-on-year +63 +130 +144
Contract jobs citing HAZOP 3 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.005% 0.013%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.066% 0.032% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £435
25th Percentile - - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +83.96%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - £560
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £488
% change year-on-year - - +83.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £62.55 - £40.50
25th Percentile £64.50 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.50 - £42.50
75th Percentile £78.00 - £43.75
90th Percentile £80.85 - £44.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.50 - £42.50

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

HAZOP 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,564 6,247 7,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.59% 14.34% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,922 3,954 5,483
10th Percentile £265 £296 £275
25th Percentile £400 £403 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 382 225
10th Percentile £18.04 £10.95 £13.21
25th Percentile £22.21 £13.18 £18.70
Median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £83.01 £67.14 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.78 £18.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year +126.53% -50.34% +72.21%

HAZOP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HAZOP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HAZOP in the UK

HAZOP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HAZOP.

Daily rate trend for HAZOP in the UK

HAZOP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HAZOP.

Hourly rate trend for HAZOP in the UK

HAZOP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HAZOP over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HAZOP in the UK

HAZOP
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HAZOP within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
UK excluding London +63 2 - - 29
England +58 2 - - 34
Work from Home - 2 - - 21
North of England - 1 - - 13
North West - 1 - - 5
South West - 1 - - 3

HAZOP
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP EHS
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Process Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Safety Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Line Management
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens