HAZOP Job Trends in the South West

Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring HAZOP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 - 272
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Permanent jobs citing HAZOP 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.015% - 0.013%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.16% - 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £39,500
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year - +39.24% -36.80%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

HAZOP 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 629 435 1,133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.53% 16.08% 14.27%
Number of salaries quoted 362 236 830
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £41,942 £36,875 £34,929
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,396
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.97% +4.79%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,063 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,875 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.09%

HAZOP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing HAZOP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

HAZOP job vacancy trend in the South West

HAZOP
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing HAZOP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing HAZOP

HAZOP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HAZOP within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 March 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
Bristol - 1 £50,000 -
HAZOP
England

HAZOP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Concurrent Programming
1 1 (100.00%) FMEA
1 1 (100.00%) Hazard Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 1 (100.00%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 62304
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware