COSHH Job Trends in the North of England

COSHH
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring COSHH skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 - 390
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Permanent jobs citing COSHH 22 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.11% - 0.035%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.29% - 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £28,500
75th Percentile £43,750 - £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £29,000 £42,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -30.95% -13.40% +5.02%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

COSHH falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,708 1,273 2,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.50% 15.35% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,224 566 1,664
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,031 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £46,734
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +11.27% -6.53%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.61% +9.52% -8.70%

COSHH
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing COSHH relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

COSHH job vacancy trend in the North of England

COSHH
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing COSHH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing COSHH

COSHH
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COSHH within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 21 £42,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -
COSHH
England

COSHH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 21 (95.45%) Back Office
1 21 (95.45%) Law
1 21 (95.45%) Local Government
1 21 (95.45%) Military
2 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (95.45%) Project Manager
1 21 (95.45%) Traffic Manager
2 1 (4.55%) Build Engineer
2 1 (4.55%) Server Build Engineer
2 1 (4.55%) Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (4.55%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (4.55%) Data Migration
1 1 (4.55%) Migration
1 1 (4.55%) Server Building
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Cisco
1 1 (4.55%) Dell
1 1 (4.55%) HP
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.55%) Panasonic
1 1 (4.55%) Riverbed
1 1 (4.55%) VMware
1 1 (4.55%) Xerox