NEBOSH Job Trends

NEBOSH
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring NEBOSH skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 450 732
Rank change year-on-year -148 +282 +242
Permanent jobs citing NEBOSH 37 253 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.059% 0.48% 0.073%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.46% 3.00% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 17 25 32
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +27.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £47,500 £54,875 £63,250
90th Percentile £48,500 £58,264 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -17.05% +27.65% -10.53%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

NEBOSH 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 8,050 8,426 9,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.81% 16.12% 14.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,478 3,763 7,197
10th Percentile £30,370 £32,296 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £39,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,514 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -

NEBOSH
Job Vacancy Trend

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

NEBOSH job vacancy trend in the UK

NEBOSH
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NEBOSH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NEBOSH

NEBOSH
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NEBOSH over the 6 months to 27 January 2026.

Salary histogram for NEBOSH in the UK

NEBOSH
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NEBOSH within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -151 34 £45,000 -17.05% 12
England -151 32 £45,000 -17.05% 12
Work from Home +75 16 £45,000 - 2
South West -2 14 £45,000 -18.16% 2
North West +20 9 - - 1
North of England -27 9 - - 1
South East +5 5 £45,000 -17.05% 4
Northern Ireland - 5 - -
London +50 3 £40,000 -14.89% 2
East Midlands -110 1 - - 1
Midlands -120 1 - - 3

NEBOSH
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:

Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) PPP
General
1 18 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Environmental Health
3 5 (13.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (13.51%) Law
3 5 (13.51%) Local Government
3 5 (13.51%) Military
3 5 (13.51%) Telecoms
4 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Finance
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Consultant
2 5 (13.51%) Coordinator
2 5 (13.51%) Delivery Manager
2 5 (13.51%) Project Manager
2 5 (13.51%) Senior
2 5 (13.51%) Service Delivery Manager
2 5 (13.51%) Service Manager
3 4 (10.81%) Lead
4 3 (8.11%) Auditor
5 2 (5.41%) Operations Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Business Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Business Operations Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Facilities Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Field Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Senior Field Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Senior Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) Industry 4.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
2 6 (16.22%) Logistics
2 6 (16.22%) Service Delivery
3 5 (13.51%) Business Strategy
3 5 (13.51%) Change Control
3 5 (13.51%) Statistics
4 4 (10.81%) Mentoring
5 3 (8.11%) Technology Transformation
6 2 (5.41%) Budget Management
6 2 (5.41%) Facilities Management
7 1 (2.70%) Agile
7 1 (2.70%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 1 (2.70%) Customer Experience
7 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.70%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (2.70%) Process Improvement
7 1 (2.70%) Project Management
7 1 (2.70%) Six Sigma
7 1 (2.70%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 17 (45.95%) Degree
2 5 (13.51%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) NVQ Level 3
3 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (32.43%) ISO 14001
2 5 (13.51%) SLA
3 3 (8.11%) GRC
3 3 (8.11%) ISO 9001
3 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) TOWER Software
2 1 (2.70%) Allen-Bradley