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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 751 664 677
Rank change year-on-year -87 +13 +129
Permanent jobs citing NEBOSH 36 30 143
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.060% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.32% 0.39% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 25
10th Percentile £38,500 £45,377 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,625 £50,625 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.17% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £69,375 £62,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £63,125 £76,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £55,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -29.09% +13.40% +7.78%

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 11,387 7,659 10,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.82% 15.43% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7,125 4,323 6,730
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £27,743
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.59%
75th Percentile £76,201 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.26%

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 8 August 2026.

Salary histogram for NEBOSH in the UK

NEBOSH
Top 14 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 8 August 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 -87 32 £39,000 -29.09% 35
England -106 26 £39,000 -32.17% 34
North of England -52 8 £65,000 +8.33% 8
Scotland - 8 - - 5
North West -12 6 £65,000 +8.33% 5
Work from Home -28 6 £39,000 -7.46% 5
South East -32 6 £39,000 -22.00% 9
West Midlands -19 5 £39,000 -7.46% 1
Midlands -25 5 £39,000 -7.46% 5
South West -66 4 £75,000 +20.00% 7
London -39 3 £57,500 -0.86% 6
North East -51 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3
Wales - 1 £48,500 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.89%) SharePoint
1 5 (13.89%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) Converged Networks
General
1 21 (58.33%) Finance
2 18 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (36.11%) Legal
4 7 (19.44%) Manufacturing
5 6 (16.67%) Telecoms
6 5 (13.89%) Back Office
6 5 (13.89%) French Language
6 5 (13.89%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (13.89%) Law
6 5 (13.89%) Local Government
6 5 (13.89%) Military
6 5 (13.89%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (13.89%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (36.11%) Project Manager
2 8 (22.22%) SAP Manager
2 8 (22.22%) SAP Project Manager
3 6 (16.67%) Facilities Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 6 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (2.78%) Business Manager
4 1 (2.78%) Development Manager
4 1 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 14 (38.89%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 6 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
3 6 (16.67%) Internal Audit
3 6 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 6 (16.67%) Project Management
4 5 (13.89%) Incident Management
4 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
4 5 (13.89%) Resource Management
4 5 (13.89%) User Experience
5 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.56%) Project Delivery
7 1 (2.78%) Business Strategy
7 1 (2.78%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 1 (2.78%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (2.78%) Design for Manufacturing
7 1 (2.78%) Digital Innovation
7 1 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (2.78%) PQQ
Qualifications
1 13 (36.11%) Degree
2 6 (16.67%) PMP
2 6 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (13.89%) DV Cleared
3 5 (13.89%) HNC
3 5 (13.89%) HND
4 1 (2.78%) CCNA
4 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.78%) IRCA
4 1 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.78%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.67%) COSHH
1 6 (16.67%) GMP
1 6 (16.67%) ISO 14001
1 6 (16.67%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.78%) GRC
2 1 (2.78%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (22.22%) SAP
2 5 (13.89%) NEC
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft