Chemistry Contract Job Trends in England

Chemistry
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Chemistry skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 504 550
Rank change year-on-year -27 +46 +177
Contract jobs citing Chemistry 14 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.044% 0.004% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.004% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £279 - -
25th Percentile £336 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £550 £350
Median % change year-on-year -21.36% +57.14% -27.84%
75th Percentile £529 - £375
90th Percentile £587 - -
UK median daily rate £433 £550 £350
% change year-on-year -21.36% +57.14% -27.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
Median hourly rate £29.61 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.61 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Chemistry falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,126 25,301 32,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.47% 88.70% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,892 15,616 22,141
10th Percentile £301 £311 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,807 836 1,442
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.98 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.79 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

Chemistry
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Chemistry relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Chemistry job vacancy trend in England

Chemistry
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Chemistry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Chemistry

Chemistry
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Chemistry in England over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Chemistry in England

Chemistry
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Chemistry.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Chemistry

Chemistry
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the England region over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 10 - - 10
London -8 3 £625 +13.64% 26
Yorkshire - 1 £240 - 5
North of England - 1 £240 - 22
Chemistry
UK

Chemistry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Chatbot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) KNIME
1 1 (7.14%) Spotfire
General
1 10 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Trainer
2 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Life Science
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) AI
2 7 (50.00%) Conversational UI
3 6 (42.86%) Biology
4 3 (21.43%) Biotechnology
4 3 (21.43%) Data Science
4 3 (21.43%) Physics
5 2 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (7.14%) Bioinformatics
6 1 (7.14%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Change Management
6 1 (7.14%) Cheminformatics
6 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.14%) Data Governance
6 1 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
6 1 (7.14%) Informatics
6 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
6 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
6 1 (7.14%) Project Management
6 1 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
2 7 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 7 (50.00%) PhD
3 1 (7.14%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) COSHH
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) PayPal