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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 374 420
Rank change year-on-year +15 +46 +96
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Chemistry 7 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.046% 0.022% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.027% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £292 - £558
25th Percentile £369 £363 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -37.50% -
75th Percentile £475 £388 £644
90th Percentile - - £663
UK median daily rate £450 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.29 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.29 - -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,714 15,073 19,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.21% 82.86% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,246 9,035 12,983
10th Percentile £239 £250 £260
25th Percentile £368 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,368 1,488 1,200
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.45 £17.41
Median hourly rate £23.30 £42.50 £36.13
Median % change year-on-year -45.18% +17.65% +65.86%
75th Percentile £45.89 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.87
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £41.00
% change year-on-year -38.57% -0.15% +54.72%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Chemistry

Chemistry
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Chemistry in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Chemistry in the UK excluding London

Chemistry
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Chemistry

Chemistry
DemandTrendContract 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 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands - 4 £450 - 12
West Midlands - 4 £450 - 4
North of England - 2 £240 - 9
Yorkshire - 2 £240 - 3
South East - 1 - - 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 2 (28.57%) Chatbot
1 2 (28.57%) Simulink
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Automotive
4 1 (14.29%) Electronics
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Trainer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) QC Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) CAE
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Conversational UI
2 2 (28.57%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 2 (28.57%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma
2 2 (28.57%) Statistics
2 2 (28.57%) Use Case
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Test Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
2 2 (28.57%) PhD
3 1 (14.29%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) COSHH
1 1 (14.29%) GLP
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) PayPal