Chemistry
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Chemistry skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Chemistry over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 697 842 677
Rank change year-on-year +145 -165 +184
Permanent jobs citing Chemistry 193 153 657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.15% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.16% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 99 28 51
10th Percentile £29,900 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £45,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -8.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £76,250 £68,125 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.75% +1.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Chemistry is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Chemistry
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Chemistry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Chemistry in the UK

Chemistry
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chemistry.

Salary trend for Chemistry in the UK

Chemistry
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chemistry over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Chemistry in the UK

Chemistry
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +118 187 £53,000 +15.85% 144
UK excluding London +24 164 £52,500 +14.75% 125
South East +65 73 £58,750 -2.08% 29
Midlands +46 43 £39,750 - 21
East Midlands - 41 £52,500 - 14
London +128 26 £72,500 +20.83% 27
East of England +17 23 £31,500 -40.00% 20
Work from Home +54 22 £50,000 -11.11% 29
South West -30 12 £50,000 +9.29% 12
North of England -15 9 £37,500 - 36
North West +6 7 £37,500 - 21
Scotland -57 4 £55,000 - 5
West Midlands +13 2 £21,500 - 7
North East - 2 - - 2

Chemistry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.15%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.22%) AWS
2 11 (5.70%) Azure
2 11 (5.70%) GCP
3 3 (1.55%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.04%) Amazon SageMaker
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.52%) Asana
5 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.52%) IBM Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.15%) Hadoop
2 4 (2.07%) Tableau
3 3 (1.55%) Looker
3 3 (1.55%) Power BI
4 2 (1.04%) EDMS
4 2 (1.04%) MySQL
4 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.52%) Big Data
5 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.52%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Git
1 1 (0.52%) Redmine
General
1 106 (54.92%) Analytical Skills
2 56 (29.02%) Social Skills
3 55 (28.50%) Pharmaceutical
4 48 (24.87%) Manufacturing
5 28 (14.51%) Marketing
6 19 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.18%) Retail
8 8 (4.15%) Law
8 8 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.11%) Legal
10 4 (2.07%) Advertising
10 4 (2.07%) Electronics
11 3 (1.55%) Finance
12 2 (1.04%) Automotive
12 2 (1.04%) Games
12 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.52%) French Language
13 1 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (21.76%) Senior
2 32 (16.58%) Analyst
3 30 (15.54%) Lead
4 21 (10.88%) Developer
4 21 (10.88%) Scientific Software Developer
4 21 (10.88%) Software Developer
5 20 (10.36%) Technical Leader
6 18 (9.33%) Research Analyst
7 12 (6.22%) Data Scientist
8 11 (5.70%) Junior
8 11 (5.70%) Senior Developer
8 11 (5.70%) Senior Software Developer
9 10 (5.18%) Senior Data Scientist
10 9 (4.66%) Computer Scientist
10 9 (4.66%) Research Scientist
10 9 (4.66%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (4.15%) Design Engineer
11 8 (4.15%) QA Manager
12 7 (3.63%) QA Specialist
12 7 (3.63%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.11%) HTML
2 4 (2.07%) .NET
2 4 (2.07%) CSS
2 4 (2.07%) Node.js
2 4 (2.07%) OpenID
2 4 (2.07%) SAML
3 3 (1.55%) Pandas
4 1 (0.52%) NumPy
4 1 (0.52%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.52%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.62%) Algorithms
2 31 (16.06%) Life Science
3 19 (9.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (8.81%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.63%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.63%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.11%) Biopharmaceutical
7 3 (1.55%) Blog
7 3 (1.55%) Robotics
7 3 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.55%) Social Media
8 2 (1.04%) Cybercrime
8 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.04%) iPad
8 2 (1.04%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.04%) Mobile Games
8 2 (1.04%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.52%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.52%) Molecular Biology
9 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (35.23%) Physics
2 51 (26.42%) Computer Science
2 51 (26.42%) Mathematics
3 50 (25.91%) Validation
4 45 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (13.99%) Machine Learning
6 25 (12.95%) Parallel Programming
7 18 (9.33%) Acceptance Criteria
8 17 (8.81%) Agile
8 17 (8.81%) Coaching
8 17 (8.81%) Complexity Analysis
8 17 (8.81%) Data Analysis
8 17 (8.81%) OO
8 17 (8.81%) OOD
9 14 (7.25%) Statistics
10 12 (6.22%) Analytics
10 12 (6.22%) Data Science
11 10 (5.18%) Project Management
12 9 (4.66%) Quality Management
12 9 (4.66%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 49 (25.39%) Python
2 31 (16.06%) Fortran
3 18 (9.33%) C
4 15 (7.77%) C++
4 15 (7.77%) SQL
5 10 (5.18%) R
6 4 (2.07%) C#
7 3 (1.55%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.52%) Bash
8 1 (0.52%) Java
8 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 139 (72.02%) Degree
2 35 (18.13%) PhD
3 30 (15.54%) Master's Degree
4 11 (5.70%) Security Cleared
5 8 (4.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.52%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (16.58%) GMP
2 26 (13.47%) QA
3 24 (12.44%) GLP
4 6 (3.11%) Good Clinical Practice
5 4 (2.07%) GxP
6 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (4.15%) QAD
2 7 (3.63%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.55%) Bloomberg
4 2 (1.04%) Sage
5 1 (0.52%) Facebook
5 1 (0.52%) Google
5 1 (0.52%) IBM
5 1 (0.52%) SAP
5 1 (0.52%) Snapchat
5 1 (0.52%) YouTube