Chemistry Contracts in the UK excluding London

Chemistry
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Chemistry skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Chemistry over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 376 438
Rank change year-on-year +44 +62 +65
Contract jobs citing Chemistry 3 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.039% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.047% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £422 - £476
25th Percentile £437 £350 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £363 £518
Median % change year-on-year +30.69% -29.95% -11.54%
75th Percentile £510 £388 £538
90th Percentile £524 - £545
UK median daily rate £436 £363 £443
% change year-on-year +20.28% -18.08% -19.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 17,190 21,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.48% 84.41% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,199 10,232 14,530
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.62% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 830 2,049 1,280
10th Percentile £14.19 £12.30 £10.99
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.23 £15.43
Median hourly rate £25.23 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.17 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.84% +1.39% +40.19%

Chemistry
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Chemistry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Chemistry in the UK excluding London

Chemistry
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Chemistry in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Chemistry in the UK excluding London

Chemistry
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Chemistry in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Chemistry in the UK excluding London

Chemistry
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
North of England +17 1 £523 +49.29% 39
North West +10 1 £523 +49.29% 16
South East - 1 - - 39
West Midlands - 1 £425 - 17
Midlands - 1 £425 - 23
Chemistry
UK

Chemistry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Simulink
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) QC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Biology
1 1 (33.33%) CAE
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Statistics
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) GLP
2 1 (33.33%) GxP
2 1 (33.33%) HIPAA