Workplace Safety and Hazard Management
Implement workplace safety measures and manage hazards to protect employees and maintain compliance.
Skill demand · ONS UK online job adverts
How common is occupational health and safety?
This requirement appears in 0.4% of UK new online job adverts in 2025. Its share was broadly unchanged compared with 2024.
The latest year is partial. Comparisons with full years need care. 2026 figures have not been published yet.Share of new adverts0.4%UK · 2025
Change in share0.0 pp2024 to 2025
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What this skill category covers
Official detailed requirements in this ONS group
Ergonomics Knowledge
Knowledge of ergonomics principles for designing safe and efficient work environments.
ONS Table 1 detailed requirements · SCO18.02. Shares can overlap because an advert may mention several requirements.
Roles that often need this skill category
Occupations where occupational health and safety appears most often in UK new adverts
| # | Occupation | Share of occupation adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health and safety managers and officers Example titles: Health and safety manager · Safety man · Ehs adviser · EHS manager | 11.2% | |
| 2 | Plasterers Example titles: Plasterer · Dry liner · Rough caster · Fibrous fixer | 5.7% | |
| 3 | Roofers, roof tilers and slaters Example titles: Roof tiler · Felt fixer · Felt layer · Roof fixer | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Construction and building trades supervisors Example titles: Building supervisor · Gang master · Leading hand · Navvy ganger | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Production managers and directors in construction Example titles: Production manager · Site agent · Area manager · Site director | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Street cleaners Example titles: Street cleaner · Road cleaner · Road orderly · Road sweeper | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Security system installers and repairers Example titles: Security installer · Alarm fitter · CCTV engineer · Alarm engineer | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Telecoms and related network installers and repairers Example titles: Repairer · BT engineer · In engineer · 1 technician | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Construction operatives n.e.c. Example titles: Construction operative · Ames taper · Hard corer · Main layer | 3.5% | |
| 10 | Groundworkers Example titles: Groundworker · Pipe tester · Drain tester · Ground worker | 3.4% |
How related skills compare
Skills within Human Resources
| # | Skill | Share of adverts | Change (pp) | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recruitment, Payroll and Employee Performance Adaptability and Empowerment Skills · Materials Science and Recruitment Processes · Interviewing Technique Skills | 26.5% | +4.2 pp | |
| 2 | Organizational Development Coaching and Mentoring · Workplace Skill Development · Supervision and Onsite Management Practices | 20.0% | +1.1 pp | |
| 3 | Occupational Health and Safety Selected skill · Workplace Safety and Hazard Management · Ergonomics Knowledge | 0.4% | 0.0 pp | |
| 4 | Legal and HR Compliance Disability and Leave Management Skills · Employment Liability Knowledge · Equal Opportunity Policy Compliance | 0.3% | 0.0 pp |
About these figures
How to interpret skill demand
Source: Office for National Statistics, UK online job adverts. Shares describe new adverts reporting the requirement. An advert may mention several skills, so their shares do not add up to 100%. A rise from 10% to 12% is an increase of 2 percentage points.
These figures do not establish a salary premium, proficiency level, or which skills are requested together. This page has no published skill-specific salary or location breakdown.
ONS · 2025 · partial year · 2026 figures have not been published yet. · Open Government Licence v3.0. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.