Hybrid/Remote HAZOP Job Trends

Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring HAZOP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	452	418	473
Rank change year-on-year	-34	+55	+22
Permanent jobs citing HAZOP	11	3	1
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options	0.044%	0.018%	0.005%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.27%	0.10%	0.032%
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£72,500	-	£71,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	-	£72,500
75^th Percentile	£77,500	-	£73,750
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK median annual salary	£50,500	£75,000	£67,500
% change year-on-year	-32.67%	+11.11%	+3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	4,033	2,885	3,083
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option	16.02%	17.57%	14.92%
Number of salaries quoted	2,486	1,631	1,701
10^th Percentile	£33,500	£33,125	£36,250
25^th Percentile	£44,447	£47,500	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,723	£62,500	£62,500
Median % change year-on-year	-7.64%	-	+3.74%
75^th Percentile	£76,201	£78,750	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£93,634	£96,250	£105,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£57,500	£58,465
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-1.65%	-2.56%

HAZOP Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing HAZOP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

HAZOP Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing HAZOP.

HAZOP Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, HAZOP job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options and a requirement for HAZOP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	90.9%	10
2	HND	81.8%	9
2	Mentoring	81.8%	9
4	HNC	63.6%	7
4	Servant Leadership	63.6%	7
6	Acceptance Criteria	18.2%	2
6	Defect Management	18.2%	2
6	Functional Safety	18.2%	2
6	Functional Testing	18.2%	2
6	Performance Testing	18.2%	2
6	Project Delivery	18.2%	2
6	Stakeholder Management	18.2%	2
13	ARP4754	9.1%	1
13	ISO/IEC 15288	9.1%	1
13	IT Strategy	9.1%	1
13	Maple	9.1%	1
13	Model-Based Systems Engineering	9.1%	1
13	Problem-Solving	9.1%	1
13	Prototyping	9.1%	1
13	Risk Register	9.1%	1
13	SC Cleared	9.1%	1
13	Security Cleared	9.1%	1
13	Systems Engineering	9.1%	1
13	Systems Thinking	9.1%	1
13	Technical Leadership	9.1%	1
13	Technology Strategy	9.1%	1
13	Validation	9.1%	1
13	Verification and Validation	9.1%	1

HAZOP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ARP4754	9.1%	1
1	ISO/IEC 15288	9.1%	1