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Highest Paying Science Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Science Jobs Summary

There have been 78,089 listed Science Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	75,941	97.25 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,531	1.96 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	617	0.79 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,502 new Science Jobs posted each week, or 6,507 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,460	6,328
Contract	41	178

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: June 2026

Jobs listed

385

Down 3.8% vs last year

Average salary

£42,385.00

Up 5.2% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Science Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

Up 87.7% vs last year

Average day rate

£545.00

Up 3.9% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

Up 22.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£540.00

Up 10.8% 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
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
September 2025	436
August 2025	303
July 2025	259

The Highest Paying Science Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Senior Scientist	5	£58,500.00	£63,000.00	£67,500.00
Chemical Process Engineer	3	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Regulatory Affairs Associate	12	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Biomedical	2	£49,125.00	£56,525.00	£63,950.00
Life Science	47	£48,625.00	£55,260.00	£61,905.00
Regulatory Affairs	31	£51,895.00	£54,625.00	£57,355.00
Scientist	143	£50,100.00	£54,385.00	£58,670.00
Chromatography	14	£46,665.00	£52,500.00	£58,340.00
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
Research Scientist	2	£45,500.00	£48,375.00	£51,250.00
Principal Ecologist	38	£42,505.00	£47,350.00	£52,195.00
Biomedical Engineer	22	£42,000.00	£44,190.00	£46,375.00
Researcher	1,409	£41,185.00	£44,085.00	£46,990.00
Chemistry	67	£36,885.00	£42,820.00	£48,760.00
Acoustics Consultant	166	£37,890.00	£41,500.00	£45,110.00
Development Technologist	9	£38,500.00	£41,315.00	£44,125.00
Physics	717	£36,735.00	£40,010.00	£43,285.00
Head of Chemistry	1	£40,000.00	£40,000.00	£40,000.00
Senior Ecologist	205	£34,485.00	£38,700.00	£42,915.00
Laboratory Manager	12	£36,065.00	£38,565.00	£41,065.00
Ecology	779	£33,600.00	£37,675.00	£41,755.00
Analytical Scientist	6	£33,500.00	£37,500.00	£41,500.00
Laboratory	334	£35,770.00	£37,490.00	£39,215.00
Ecologist	690	£32,065.00	£36,270.00	£40,480.00
Environmental Science	12	£35,110.00	£35,690.00	£36,275.00
Food Science	5	£35,000.00	£35,665.00	£36,335.00
Science Lecturer	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Specification Technologist	20	£32,250.00	£33,940.00	£35,625.00
Legionella Risk Assessor	50	£31,495.00	£33,915.00	£36,330.00
Geologist	45	£30,815.00	£33,455.00	£36,105.00
Development Chemist	2	£31,500.00	£33,250.00	£35,000.00
Chemist	87	£29,695.00	£33,015.00	£36,335.00
Data & Insight Analyst	5	£32,850.00	£32,850.00	£32,850.00
Food Technologist	7	£29,000.00	£30,750.00	£32,500.00
Water Treatment Technician	12	£27,835.00	£30,500.00	£33,165.00
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	33	£27,205.00	£28,400.00	£29,600.00