COSHH Job Trends

COSHH
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring COSHH skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 701 711
Rank change year-on-year +267 +10 +316
Permanent jobs citing COSHH 221 13 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.024% 0.004%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.80% 0.14% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile £39,875 - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +168.57%
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 - £47,000
% change year-on-year - - +168.57%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,883 8,976 7,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.29% 16.24% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,394 4,022 5,709
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £76,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

COSHH
Job Vacancy Trend

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

COSHH job vacancy trend in the UK

COSHH
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing COSHH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing COSHH

COSHH
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing COSHH over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for COSHH in the UK

COSHH
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COSHH within the UK over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +262 217 £42,500 - 7
UK excluding London +253 215 £42,500 - 8
Midlands - 201 £42,500 - 3
West Midlands - 201 £42,500 - 2
North of England +27 7 - - 2
Yorkshire - 7 - - 2
East of England - 5 - -
South East +27 2 £42,000 - 1
Work from Home - 1 £26,000 -

COSHH
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.36%) WebEx
General
1 197 (89.14%) Finance
1 197 (89.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 18 (8.14%) Back Office
2 18 (8.14%) Law
2 18 (8.14%) Local Government
2 18 (8.14%) Military
3 4 (1.81%) Social Skills
4 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (89.14%) Facilities Engineer
1 197 (89.14%) Systems Engineer
2 18 (8.14%) Project Manager
3 16 (7.24%) Traffic Manager
4 1 (0.45%) Administrator
4 1 (0.45%) Head of Operations
4 1 (0.45%) Mechanical Engineer
4 1 (0.45%) Support Engineer
4 1 (0.45%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (0.45%) Technical Support
4 1 (0.45%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.36%) Onboarding
2 1 (0.45%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.45%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (89.14%) Inventory Management
1 197 (89.14%) Mentoring
1 197 (89.14%) Preventative Maintenance
2 3 (1.36%) Data Protection
2 3 (1.36%) Risk Management
3 2 (0.90%) Coaching
4 1 (0.45%) Asset Management
4 1 (0.45%) Customer Service
4 1 (0.45%) Decision-Making
4 1 (0.45%) Line Management
4 1 (0.45%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (0.45%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (0.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (0.45%) Statistical Analysis
Qualifications
1 198 (89.59%) NVQ Level 3
2 197 (89.14%) City & Guilds
2 197 (89.14%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.36%) GDPR