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Highest Paying Science Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Science Jobs Summary

There have been 79,534 listed Science Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	77,313	97.21 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,590	2.00 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	631	0.79 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,530 new Science Jobs posted each week, or 6,628 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,487	6,442
Contract	42	185

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

The busiest month for new contract Science Jobs is February, and the quietest month is October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Science Jobs

Permanent Science Jobs

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

500

Up 16.2% vs last year

Average salary

£39,170.00

Down 3.3% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Science Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 53.1% vs last year

Average day rate

£455.00

Down 16.5% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 82.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£575.00

Up 17.0% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed Science Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
September 2026	500
August 2026	373
July 2026	396
June 2026	385
May 2026	409
April 2026	577
March 2026	685
February 2026	537
January 2026	731
December 2025	235
November 2025	198
October 2025	203

The Highest Paying Science Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Chemical Process Engineer	2	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Senior Scientist	4	£50,550.00	£55,390.00	£60,240.00
Scientist	171	£49,365.00	£53,385.00	£57,405.00
Life Science	72	£46,030.00	£52,290.00	£58,555.00
Toxicology	4	£45,750.00	£51,940.00	£58,125.00
Biomedical	4	£45,050.00	£51,025.00	£57,000.00
Regulatory Affairs	10	£45,625.00	£50,065.00	£54,500.00
Principal Ecologist	28	£42,590.00	£47,590.00	£52,590.00
Biomedical Engineer	26	£45,335.00	£46,790.00	£48,250.00
Research Scientist	4	£44,100.00	£45,540.00	£46,975.00
Researcher	1,592	£41,255.00	£44,410.00	£47,565.00
Chemistry	89	£37,830.00	£43,310.00	£48,795.00
Laboratory Manager	19	£40,190.00	£43,290.00	£46,395.00
Acoustics Consultant	164	£38,185.00	£41,875.00	£45,560.00
Head of Chemistry	1	£40,000.00	£40,000.00	£40,000.00
Regulatory Officer	2	£36,500.00	£39,500.00	£42,500.00
Senior Ecologist	189	£34,550.00	£39,095.00	£43,645.00
Physics	713	£35,280.00	£38,495.00	£41,715.00
Ecology	747	£33,585.00	£37,795.00	£42,005.00
Analytical Scientist	6	£33,500.00	£37,500.00	£41,500.00
Laboratory	377	£34,820.00	£36,860.00	£38,890.00
Development Technologist	20	£35,425.00	£36,665.00	£37,900.00
Development Chemist	9	£33,000.00	£36,565.00	£40,125.00
Ecologist	716	£32,135.00	£36,410.00	£40,695.00
Analytical Chemist	8	£33,275.00	£35,775.00	£38,275.00
Environmental Science	12	£35,110.00	£35,690.00	£36,275.00
Chemist	142	£32,735.00	£35,650.00	£38,560.00
Science Lecturer	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Legionella Risk Assessor	64	£31,680.00	£34,565.00	£37,450.00
Specification Technologist	22	£32,580.00	£34,530.00	£36,480.00
Food Technologist	6	£30,625.00	£34,500.00	£38,375.00
Geologist	56	£31,365.00	£33,940.00	£36,520.00
Data & Insight Analyst	5	£32,850.00	£32,850.00	£32,850.00
Water Treatment Technician	18	£27,875.00	£30,565.00	£33,250.00
Data Researcher	9	£29,175.00	£30,500.00	£31,825.00
New Product Development Technologist	2	£29,000.00	£30,250.00	£31,500.00
Lab Assistant	5	£29,075.00	£29,075.00	£29,075.00
Laboratory Assistant	5	£29,075.00	£29,075.00	£29,075.00
Laboratory Technician	51	£27,135.00	£28,505.00	£29,875.00
Food Science	5	£24,775.00	£24,775.00	£24,775.00