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Highest Paying Science Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Science Jobs Summary

There have been 73,939 listed Science Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	72,076	97.48 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,293	1.75 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	570	0.77 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,422 new Science Jobs posted each week, or 6,162 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,386	6,006
Contract	35	155

The busiest month for new permanent Science Jobs in the UK is March, 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
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
December 2024	185
November 2024	666

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
Scientist	118	£56,615.00	£61,460.00	£66,300.00
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
Chromatography	16	£46,110.00	£51,665.00	£57,225.00
Life Science	15	£45,585.00	£51,270.00	£56,960.00
Data & Insight Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
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
Principal Ecologist	53	£44,335.00	£47,710.00	£51,085.00
Biomedical	4	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Laboratory Manager	11	£42,255.00	£44,880.00	£47,520.00
Biomedical Engineer	6	£38,000.00	£42,375.00	£46,750.00
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
Physics	730	£39,640.00	£41,360.00	£43,085.00
Researcher	1,650	£38,490.00	£40,695.00	£42,900.00
Ecology	472	£34,650.00	£38,530.00	£42,405.00
Acoustics Consultant	78	£34,265.00	£38,290.00	£42,310.00
Senior Ecologist	143	£34,885.00	£38,200.00	£41,510.00
Laboratory	205	£36,110.00	£37,960.00	£39,805.00
Ecologist	468	£32,675.00	£36,805.00	£40,940.00
Specification Technologist	6	£34,500.00	£35,915.00	£37,335.00
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
Legionella Risk Assessor	28	£29,855.00	£32,710.00	£35,565.00
Food Science	9	£30,780.00	£31,280.00	£31,780.00
Laboratory Technician	15	£27,805.00	£29,840.00	£31,870.00