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Highest Paying Science Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Science Jobs Summary

There have been 71,373 listed Science Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	69,607	97.53 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,219	1.71 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	547	0.77 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,373 new Science Jobs posted each week, or 5,948 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,339	5,800
Contract	33	147

The busiest month for new permanent Science Jobs in the UK is April, 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
March 2025	848
February 2025	365
January 2025	277
December 2024	185
November 2024	666
October 2024	1,311
September 2024	313
August 2024	199
July 2024	191
June 2024	180
May 2024	177
April 2024	1,555

The Highest Paying Science Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Senior Scientist	27	£58,300.00	£64,425.00	£70,555.00
Scientist	308	£54,885.00	£59,535.00	£64,185.00
Regulatory Affairs	46	£47,935.00	£54,425.00	£60,925.00
Data & Insight Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
Laboratory Manager	33	£45,800.00	£49,475.00	£53,160.00
Life Science	71	£40,170.00	£47,675.00	£55,180.00
Principal Ecologist	19	£40,700.00	£46,005.00	£51,315.00
Regulatory Affairs Associate	6	£40,825.00	£44,750.00	£48,675.00
Biomedical Engineer	16	£42,750.00	£44,100.00	£45,465.00
Biomedical	22	£38,685.00	£40,990.00	£43,285.00
Researcher	2,095	£38,750.00	£40,980.00	£43,215.00
Biomedical Scientist	5	£36,850.00	£40,250.00	£43,650.00
Regulatory Officer	2	£39,000.00	£40,250.00	£41,500.00
Senior Ecologist	171	£35,810.00	£40,175.00	£44,540.00
Chemist	230	£36,330.00	£40,155.00	£43,975.00
Chemistry	210	£33,845.00	£39,870.00	£45,895.00
Analytical Scientist	2	£38,375.00	£39,625.00	£40,875.00
Ecology	532	£35,690.00	£39,060.00	£42,425.00
Physics	859	£36,465.00	£38,900.00	£41,325.00
Ecologist	454	£33,605.00	£37,580.00	£41,550.00
Development Chemist	7	£31,415.00	£36,875.00	£42,335.00
Research Assistant	2	£34,450.00	£36,875.00	£39,325.00
Acoustics Consultant	143	£32,190.00	£36,820.00	£41,440.00
Food Technologist	52	£33,270.00	£35,275.00	£37,280.00
Legionella Risk Assessor	96	£30,880.00	£33,795.00	£36,710.00
Specification Technologist	61	£31,700.00	£33,315.00	£34,935.00
Laboratory	565	£31,760.00	£33,165.00	£34,570.00
Development Scientist	2	£28,900.00	£33,125.00	£37,325.00
Analytical Chemist	7	£28,750.00	£32,400.00	£36,040.00
Research Associate	5	£31,000.00	£32,000.00	£33,000.00
Development Technologist	19	£29,165.00	£30,735.00	£32,310.00
Geologist	8	£27,000.00	£30,125.00	£33,250.00
Formulation Scientist	3	£27,000.00	£29,500.00	£32,000.00
Water Hygiene Risk Assessor	1	£24,000.00	£29,500.00	£35,000.00
Environmental Science	10	£24,590.00	£28,665.00	£32,750.00
Food Science	27	£26,285.00	£27,240.00	£28,200.00
Laboratory Technician	131	£25,145.00	£26,690.00	£28,230.00
Science Graduate	8	£23,500.00	£24,900.00	£26,310.00
Laboratory Assistant	10	£23,935.00	£24,015.00	£24,100.00