Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring HAZOP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited HAZOP over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 595 887 965
Rank change year-on-year +292 +78 +222
Permanent jobs citing HAZOP 122 7 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.007% 0.016%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.31% 0.051% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,000 - £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.58% -36.80% -7.41%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £66,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £39,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +26.58% -36.80% -7.41%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,336 13,639 19,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.93% 13.74% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,778 9,278 8,843
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,290 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.90%

HAZOP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HAZOP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HAZOP in the UK

HAZOP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HAZOP.

Salary trend for HAZOP in the UK

HAZOP
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HAZOP within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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
UK excluding London +271 116 £50,000 +26.58% 32
England +230 88 £50,000 +26.58% 37
South East +123 32 £50,000 - 12
Scotland - 23 - -
South West +122 17 - - 2
North of England - 17 - - 12
Yorkshire - 12 - - 5
East Midlands - 11 - - 3
Midlands - 11 - - 4
East of England - 11 - - 1
Wales - 5 - - 1
North West - 5 - - 6

HAZOP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (2.46%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 118 (96.72%) Senior
2 4 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (2.46%) Control Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (96.72%) Hazard Analysis
2 4 (3.28%) FMEA
2 4 (3.28%) Validation
3 2 (1.64%) Model Validation
3 2 (1.64%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (0.82%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.28%) MATLAB
2 3 (2.46%) C
2 3 (2.46%) C++
Qualifications
1 118 (96.72%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.64%) ISO 26262
Systems Management
1 118 (96.72%) Functional Safety