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Highest Paying Science Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Science Jobs Summary

There have been 66,982 listed Science Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	65,415	97.66 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,076	1.61 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	491	0.73 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,288 new Science Jobs posted each week, or 5,582 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,257	5,451
Contract	30	130

The busiest month for new permanent Science Jobs in the UK is January, whilst the quietest month is May.

The busiest month for new contract Science Jobs is September, and the quietest month is February.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Science Jobs

Last 12 Month UK Contract Science Jobs

Last 12 Month Total Listed Science Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
June 2024	180
May 2024	177
April 2024	1,555
March 2024	1,283
February 2024	1,995
January 2024	2,713
December 2023	1,622
November 2023	968
October 2023	1,470
September 2023	1,644
August 2023	1,204
July 2023	2,129

The Highest Paying Science Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Research Scientist	22	£50,035.00	£54,630.00	£59,235.00
Senior Scientist	112	£47,145.00	£53,120.00	£59,095.00
Scientist	1,275	£46,525.00	£51,315.00	£56,115.00
Metallurgist	5	£42,500.00	£46,250.00	£50,000.00
Regulatory Affairs	124	£42,015.00	£45,520.00	£49,030.00
Life Science	273	£40,850.00	£44,790.00	£48,730.00
Regulatory Affairs Associate	6	£40,825.00	£44,750.00	£48,675.00
Principal Ecologist	123	£39,555.00	£44,745.00	£49,940.00
Laboratory Manager	229	£40,310.00	£43,860.00	£47,410.00
Physicist	2	£32,250.00	£42,675.00	£53,100.00
Biomedical	33	£36,405.00	£39,690.00	£42,970.00
Researcher	3,726	£37,165.00	£39,440.00	£41,725.00
Biomedical Scientist	22	£35,715.00	£39,290.00	£42,880.00
Senior Ecologist	310	£33,970.00	£39,140.00	£44,315.00
Ecologist	978	£33,700.00	£37,805.00	£41,920.00
Regulatory Affairs Officer	2	£33,000.00	£37,750.00	£42,500.00
Toxicology	4	£34,750.00	£37,475.00	£40,200.00
Physics	930	£34,000.00	£37,445.00	£40,875.00
Ecology	830	£33,515.00	£37,215.00	£40,910.00
Analytical Scientist	13	£31,750.00	£37,000.00	£42,250.00
Organic Chemist	31	£31,600.00	£36,790.00	£41,975.00
Chemistry	716	£32,190.00	£36,735.00	£41,275.00
Chemist	864	£32,580.00	£36,025.00	£39,470.00
Materials Scientist	14	£30,465.00	£35,725.00	£41,000.00
Development Scientist	51	£31,505.00	£35,375.00	£39,235.00
Water Hygiene Risk Assessor	6	£35,250.00	£35,250.00	£35,250.00
Polymer Chemistry	13	£30,890.00	£35,110.00	£39,335.00
Environmental Science	13	£29,985.00	£35,065.00	£40,160.00
Science Lecturer	8	£32,285.00	£34,740.00	£37,190.00
Synthetic Organic Chemist	15	£30,335.00	£34,250.00	£38,165.00
Acoustics Consultant	255	£29,765.00	£34,210.00	£38,655.00
Biomedical Engineer	20	£30,000.00	£34,000.00	£38,000.00
Research Associate	24	£30,220.00	£33,800.00	£37,375.00
Food Technologist	62	£31,540.00	£33,690.00	£35,840.00
Development Chemist	95	£29,980.00	£33,365.00	£36,755.00
Legionella Risk Assessor	76	£31,990.00	£33,345.00	£34,700.00
Formulation Scientist	19	£30,250.00	£33,275.00	£36,290.00
Regulatory Officer	24	£32,050.00	£33,180.00	£34,300.00
Data Researcher	2	£29,425.00	£33,175.00	£36,925.00
Research Executive	5	£30,750.00	£32,690.00	£34,625.00
Research Assistant	13	£30,795.00	£32,450.00	£34,115.00
Specification Technologist	68	£30,555.00	£32,095.00	£33,640.00
Food Science	35	£30,210.00	£30,815.00	£31,415.00
Development Technologist	21	£28,550.00	£30,225.00	£31,900.00
Laboratory	2,300	£28,375.00	£30,080.00	£31,785.00
Analytical Chemist	124	£27,085.00	£29,865.00	£32,645.00
Laboratory Team Leader	26	£28,390.00	£29,605.00	£30,815.00
Environmental Scientist	4	£27,325.00	£28,825.00	£30,350.00
Geologist	20	£24,800.00	£26,300.00	£27,800.00
Laboratory Technician	879	£23,990.00	£25,180.00	£26,360.00
Lab Assistant	28	£23,640.00	£24,635.00	£25,630.00
Science Graduate	31	£23,290.00	£23,965.00	£24,650.00
Laboratory Assistant	85	£22,010.00	£22,315.00	£22,630.00
Water Treatment Technician	8	£19,600.00	£21,365.00	£23,125.00