Chemistry Contract Job Trends in London

Chemistry
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Chemistry skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 378 416
Rank change year-on-year +12 +38 +163
Contract jobs citing Chemistry 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.006% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.007% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £350
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +57.14% -
75th Percentile - - £375
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £433 £550 £350
% change year-on-year -21.36% +57.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,998 13,962 17,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.90% 89.74% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,565 9,018 12,564
10th Percentile £338 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 164 235
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.65
25th Percentile £24.53 £23.80 £21.63
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.25 £36.28
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% +2.67% -9.30%
75th Percentile £47.50 £53.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.53 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.14%

Chemistry
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Chemistry job vacancy trend in London

Chemistry
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Chemistry

Chemistry
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Chemistry

Chemistry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) KNIME
1 1 (33.33%) Spotfire
General
1 3 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Life Science
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (33.33%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Biology
1 3 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Bioinformatics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cheminformatics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Informatics
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CBAP