Health and Safety Manager Contract Job Trends

Health & Safety Manager
UK

The median Health & Safety Manager daily rate in the UK is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 533 -
Rank change year-on-year -40 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Health and Safety Manager 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.003% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 33,883 29,520 39,341
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 92.72% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,433 18,105 26,194
10th Percentile £300 £288 £280
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,985 889 1,660
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.05 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% -23.53% +21.43%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.29 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.62% -30.47% +55.17%

Health and Safety Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Health and Safety Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Health and Safety Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Health and Safety Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Health and Safety Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Health and Safety Manager job vacancies in the UK

Health and Safety Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Health and Safety Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Health and Safety Manager job vacancies in the UK

Health and Safety Manager
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Health and Safety Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Work from Home +5 3 £675 - 1
England -48 3 £675 - 2
UK excluding London -62 3 £675 - 2
South East -15 2 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 £675 -
Midlands - 1 £675 -

Health and Safety Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Health and Safety Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Health and Safety Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (40.00%) BCP
2 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) NEBOSH
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Trend Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Application Rationalisation
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (20.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (20.00%) Facilities Management
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMO
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management

Health and Safety Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) BCP
2 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Trend Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Application Rationalisation
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (20.00%) Facilities Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (40.00%) NEBOSH
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) PMO