Highest Paying Jobs.co.uk

Britain's Top-Earning Careers Dashboard

Highest Paying Science Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Science Jobs Summary

There have been 73,395 listed Science Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	71,563	97.50 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,271	1.73 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	561	0.76 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,411 new Science Jobs posted each week, or 6,116 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,375	5,963
Contract	35	152

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

The busiest month for new contract Science Jobs is January, and the quietest month is May.

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
August 2025	303
July 2025	259
June 2025	229
May 2025	413
April 2025	589
March 2025	848
February 2025	365
January 2025	277
December 2024	185
November 2024	666
October 2024	1,311
September 2024	313

The Highest Paying Science Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Senior Scientist	18	£61,005.00	£67,415.00	£73,835.00
Scientist	154	£55,700.00	£60,380.00	£65,055.00
Regulatory Affairs Associate	15	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Regulatory Affairs	39	£55,430.00	£59,190.00	£62,950.00
Chromatography	16	£46,110.00	£51,665.00	£57,225.00
Data & Insight Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
Regulatory Affairs Officer	4	£46,150.00	£49,275.00	£52,425.00
Regulatory Officer	4	£46,150.00	£49,275.00	£52,425.00
Principal Ecologist	51	£43,595.00	£47,340.00	£51,085.00
Laboratory Manager	8	£44,635.00	£47,300.00	£49,985.00
Life Science	36	£39,320.00	£45,090.00	£50,860.00
Biomedical Engineer	20	£41,835.00	£44,400.00	£46,975.00
Biomedical	21	£39,735.00	£42,575.00	£45,400.00
Chemistry	104	£34,240.00	£41,115.00	£47,990.00
Researcher	1,915	£38,195.00	£40,760.00	£43,325.00
Physics	891	£38,075.00	£40,000.00	£41,925.00
Analytical Scientist	2	£38,375.00	£39,625.00	£40,875.00
Senior Ecologist	228	£34,995.00	£38,605.00	£42,215.00
Ecology	632	£34,525.00	£38,545.00	£42,555.00
Development Chemist	11	£33,165.00	£37,665.00	£42,165.00
Ecologist	643	£33,315.00	£37,400.00	£41,490.00
Acoustics Consultant	120	£33,390.00	£37,310.00	£41,220.00
Laboratory	388	£34,185.00	£35,785.00	£37,375.00
Research Executive	2	£32,500.00	£35,250.00	£38,000.00
Specification Technologist	52	£32,900.00	£34,715.00	£36,525.00
Development Technologist	19	£31,690.00	£34,705.00	£37,730.00
Analytical Chemist	3	£31,000.00	£34,675.00	£38,325.00
Food Technologist	50	£31,975.00	£33,785.00	£35,590.00
Chemist	112	£30,700.00	£33,445.00	£36,185.00
Legionella Risk Assessor	76	£29,940.00	£33,220.00	£36,495.00
Geologist	10	£28,500.00	£31,750.00	£35,000.00
Food Science	28	£30,470.00	£31,145.00	£31,820.00
Water Hygiene Risk Assessor	1	£24,000.00	£29,500.00	£35,000.00
Laboratory Technician	60	£27,745.00	£29,195.00	£30,645.00
Environmental Science	10	£24,590.00	£28,665.00	£32,750.00
Laboratory Assistant	4	£26,950.00	£26,950.00	£26,950.00
Science Graduate	4	£22,950.00	£24,765.00	£26,575.00