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Highest Paying Science Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Science Jobs Summary

There have been 74,460 listed Science Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	72,569	97.46 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,316	1.77 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	575	0.77 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,432 new Science Jobs posted each week, or 6,205 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,395	6,047
Contract	36	157

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

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
December 2025	235
November 2025	198
October 2025	203
September 2025	436
August 2025	303
July 2025	259
June 2025	229
May 2025	413
April 2025	589
March 2025	848
February 2025	365
January 2025	277

The Highest Paying Science Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Senior Scientist	16	£64,705.00	£71,150.00	£77,600.00
Chemical Process Engineer	1	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Regulatory Affairs Associate	15	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Regulatory Affairs	41	£55,430.00	£59,060.00	£62,690.00
Scientist	112	£52,905.00	£57,525.00	£62,155.00
Chromatography	16	£46,110.00	£51,665.00	£57,225.00
Regulatory Affairs Officer	6	£46,150.00	£49,275.00	£52,425.00
Regulatory Officer	6	£46,150.00	£49,275.00	£52,425.00
Life Science	19	£40,875.00	£47,330.00	£53,780.00
Principal Ecologist	59	£41,770.00	£45,915.00	£50,055.00
Biomedical	4	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Biomedical Engineer	9	£40,335.00	£44,085.00	£47,835.00
Development Chemist	5	£40,250.00	£42,375.00	£44,500.00
Development Technologist	9	£38,000.00	£42,125.00	£46,250.00
Chemistry	32	£34,130.00	£41,720.00	£49,305.00
Laboratory Manager	16	£39,620.00	£41,720.00	£43,830.00
Researcher	1,505	£39,305.00	£41,650.00	£43,990.00
Physics	733	£37,125.00	£39,060.00	£40,995.00
Acoustics Consultant	129	£33,900.00	£37,850.00	£41,800.00
Laboratory	225	£36,130.00	£37,695.00	£39,250.00
Ecology	550	£33,695.00	£37,600.00	£41,500.00
Senior Ecologist	155	£33,855.00	£37,465.00	£41,070.00
Ecologist	509	£32,035.00	£36,035.00	£40,030.00
Specification Technologist	6	£34,500.00	£35,915.00	£37,335.00
Food Science	5	£35,000.00	£35,665.00	£36,335.00
Environmental Science	5	£35,500.00	£35,500.00	£35,500.00
Research Executive	2	£32,500.00	£35,250.00	£38,000.00
Chemist	72	£30,285.00	£33,490.00	£36,685.00
Geologist	12	£30,000.00	£33,250.00	£36,500.00
Food Technologist	15	£31,405.00	£33,205.00	£35,000.00
Data & Insight Analyst	5	£32,850.00	£32,850.00	£32,850.00
Legionella Risk Assessor	34	£29,390.00	£32,220.00	£35,045.00
Water Treatment Technician	1	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
Laboratory Technician	20	£28,060.00	£29,685.00	£31,310.00
Lab Assistant	5	£29,075.00	£29,075.00	£29,075.00
Laboratory Assistant	5	£29,075.00	£29,075.00	£29,075.00