HAZOP Contract Job Trends

Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring HAZOP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 660 542 575
Rank change year-on-year -118 +33 +106
Contract jobs citing HAZOP 1 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.009% 0.012%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.011% 0.056% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.41%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £70.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.50 -

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 8,930 5,392 5,830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.96% 16.58% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,710 3,472 3,594
10th Percentile £338 £279 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £615
90th Percentile £700 £716 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £475
% change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 240 403
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.59 £11.48
25th Percentile £19.22 £17.75 £13.69
Median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +20.23% +24.07% -38.66%
75th Percentile £69.00 £62.24 £51.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.30 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 £26.93 £24.18
% change year-on-year +43.81% +11.35% -30.91%

HAZOP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HAZOP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

HAZOP job vacancy trend in the UK

HAZOP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HAZOP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HAZOP

HAZOP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HAZOP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HAZOP

HAZOP
Top 3 Contract Job 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 17 July 2026. 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 -98 1 £500 - 4
England -122 1 £500 - 4
South East - 1 £500 - 1

HAZOP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FMEA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Safety Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) FMEA
1 1 (100.00%) Hazard Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared