Research Engineer Jobs in London

Research Engineer
England > London

The median Research Engineer salary in London is £87,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 600 870
Rank change year-on-year +101 +270 -264
Permanent jobs requiring a Research Engineer 4 18 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.017% 0.052% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.055% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 5
10th Percentile £75,875 £48,750 £42,617
25th Percentile £80,938 £56,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £70,000 £49,167
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +42.37% +48.99%
75th Percentile £92,188 £100,000 -
90th Percentile £93,875 £124,000 £73,667
England median annual salary £49,995 £75,000 £49,167
% change year-on-year -33.34% +52.54% -12.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 22,236 32,601 64,987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 95.01% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16,671 24,034 34,497
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Research Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Research Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Research Engineer in London

Research Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Research Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Research Engineer in London

Research Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Research Engineer in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Research Engineer in London

Research Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Research Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Research Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (75.00%) Data Science
1 3 (75.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (75.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Law
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Docker
3 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (25.00%) Experimental Design
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) LangChain
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline

Research Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Law
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Data Science
1 3 (75.00%) LLM
1 3 (75.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Commercialisation
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Experimental Design
2 1 (25.00%) Human-in-the-Loop
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes