Chemistry Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Chemistry
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Chemistry skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 53 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 -6 -
Permanent jobs citing Chemistry 1 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.21% 0.53% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.56% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £65,000 £112,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -42.22% +257.14% -40.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 345 537 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 71.43% 95.38% 75.16%
Number of salaries quoted 223 87 241
10th Percentile £28,350 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,200 £33,152
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,750 £93,750
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -9.09%

Chemistry
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Chemistry job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Chemistry
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Chemistry.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Chemistry

Chemistry
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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
Bedford - 1 £65,000 - 1
Chemistry
East of England

Chemistry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Market Surveillance
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft