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Highest Paying Science Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Science Jobs Summary

There have been 69,530 listed Science Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	67,860	97.60 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,153	1.66 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	517	0.74 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,337 new Science Jobs posted each week, or 5,794 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,304	5,654
Contract	32	139

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 July, 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
October 2024	1,311
September 2024	313
August 2024	199
July 2024	191
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

The Highest Paying Science Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Senior Scientist	115	£49,985.00	£55,280.00	£60,575.00
Research Scientist	20	£50,920.00	£54,665.00	£58,420.00
Scientist	1,100	£48,610.00	£53,375.00	£58,145.00
Regulatory Affairs	106	£43,735.00	£47,770.00	£51,815.00
Laboratory Manager	155	£42,570.00	£46,475.00	£50,380.00
Metallurgist	5	£42,500.00	£46,250.00	£50,000.00
Life Science	243	£39,395.00	£45,715.00	£52,040.00
Principal Ecologist	51	£39,885.00	£45,055.00	£50,230.00
Regulatory Affairs Associate	6	£40,825.00	£44,750.00	£48,675.00
Physicist	2	£32,250.00	£42,675.00	£53,100.00
Biomedical	48	£37,990.00	£40,990.00	£43,975.00
Researcher	3,082	£37,775.00	£40,215.00	£42,660.00
Analytical Scientist	13	£36,210.00	£40,040.00	£43,875.00
Senior Ecologist	209	£34,425.00	£39,555.00	£44,690.00
Biomedical Scientist	22	£35,715.00	£39,290.00	£42,880.00
Regulatory Officer	22	£38,085.00	£38,965.00	£39,835.00
Development Scientist	42	£32,640.00	£38,375.00	£44,100.00
Chemistry	703	£33,045.00	£38,365.00	£43,690.00
Ecologist	642	£34,130.00	£38,235.00	£42,340.00
Biomedical Engineer	36	£35,100.00	£38,040.00	£40,985.00
Ecology	688	£34,255.00	£37,965.00	£41,675.00
Chemist	802	£34,120.00	£37,885.00	£41,645.00
Regulatory Affairs Officer	2	£33,000.00	£37,750.00	£42,500.00
Acoustics Consultant	160	£31,215.00	£36,230.00	£41,245.00
Organic Chemist	26	£29,900.00	£36,000.00	£42,090.00
Materials Scientist	14	£30,465.00	£35,725.00	£41,000.00
Physics	979	£32,490.00	£35,680.00	£38,860.00
Polymer Chemistry	13	£30,890.00	£35,110.00	£39,335.00
Food Technologist	98	£32,915.00	£34,955.00	£36,995.00
Legionella Risk Assessor	148	£32,260.00	£34,310.00	£36,355.00
Water Hygiene Risk Assessor	7	£32,440.00	£33,815.00	£35,190.00
Environmental Science	20	£28,780.00	£33,630.00	£38,495.00
Development Chemist	99	£29,515.00	£33,555.00	£37,600.00
Research Associate	22	£29,625.00	£33,400.00	£37,165.00
Synthetic Organic Chemist	13	£30,000.00	£33,375.00	£36,750.00
Formulation Scientist	19	£30,250.00	£33,275.00	£36,290.00
Science Lecturer	6	£30,440.00	£32,600.00	£34,750.00
Research Executive	1	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Research Assistant	13	£30,795.00	£32,450.00	£34,115.00
Specification Technologist	116	£30,840.00	£32,370.00	£33,900.00
Laboratory	1,786	£30,165.00	£31,740.00	£33,320.00
Development Technologist	34	£28,750.00	£30,365.00	£31,990.00
Analytical Chemist	111	£27,225.00	£30,105.00	£32,975.00
Geologist	18	£26,315.00	£29,220.00	£32,125.00
Environmental Scientist	4	£27,325.00	£28,825.00	£30,350.00
Laboratory Team Leader	8	£27,335.00	£28,500.00	£29,665.00
Food Science	58	£27,595.00	£28,235.00	£28,870.00
Laboratory Technician	564	£25,015.00	£26,340.00	£27,670.00
Lab Assistant	18	£24,860.00	£26,040.00	£27,225.00
Science Graduate	14	£24,825.00	£25,890.00	£26,960.00
Laboratory Assistant	51	£23,430.00	£23,580.00	£23,735.00
Water Treatment Technician	7	£14,475.00	£14,475.00	£14,475.00