Chemistry Jobs in England

Chemistry
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Chemistry skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Chemistry over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 665 751
Rank change year-on-year +370 +86 -85
Permanent jobs citing Chemistry 502 185 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.02% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 14 95 26
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,200 £39,375
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £55,000 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +20.22% -8.50%
75th Percentile £78,125 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £76,250 £69,375
UK median annual salary £30,000 £53,750 £45,750
% change year-on-year -44.19% +17.49% -12.86%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Chemistry
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Chemistry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Chemistry in England

Chemistry
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chemistry in England.

Salary trend for Chemistry in England

Chemistry
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chemistry in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Chemistry in England

Chemistry
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +196 229 £30,000 -24.53% 6
North of England +178 161 - - 18
West Midlands +179 149 £30,000 +39.53% 2
East Midlands +78 80 - - 4
North West +70 76 - - 14
Yorkshire - 70 - - 4
South East +65 58 - - 12
London +101 23 £65,000 -10.34% 34
South West +116 16 - - 6
North East +63 15 - - 1
East of England +43 15 £112,500 +257.14% 19
Chemistry
UK

Chemistry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 227 (45.22%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.20%) Pipeline Pilot
Cloud Services
1 4 (0.80%) AWS
2 3 (0.60%) GitHub
3 2 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.20%) Azure
4 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.20%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.20%) KNIME
1 1 (0.20%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Git
General
1 288 (57.37%) Analytical Skills
2 168 (33.47%) Law
3 62 (12.35%) Manufacturing
4 49 (9.76%) Retail
5 25 (4.98%) Electronics
6 15 (2.99%) Social Skills
7 14 (2.79%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (1.79%) Agriculture
9 7 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.60%) Banking
10 3 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.40%) Legal
12 1 (0.20%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.20%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.20%) Finance
Job Titles
1 276 (54.98%) Trainer
2 164 (32.67%) Principal Engineer
2 164 (32.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 36 (7.17%) Systems Engineer
4 31 (6.18%) Senior
5 14 (2.79%) Research Scientist
6 12 (2.39%) Lecturer
7 8 (1.59%) Developer
8 7 (1.39%) QA Manager
8 7 (1.39%) Quality Manager
9 6 (1.20%) Analyst
9 6 (1.20%) Data Analyst
9 6 (1.20%) Support Analyst
10 4 (0.80%) Graduate
11 3 (0.60%) QA Specialist
11 3 (0.60%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 2 (0.40%) Django Developer
12 2 (0.40%) Full-Stack Developer
12 2 (0.40%) Graduate Product Manager
12 2 (0.40%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.40%) CSS
1 2 (0.40%) Django
1 2 (0.40%) HTML
1 2 (0.40%) React
2 1 (0.20%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.76%) Robotics
2 4 (0.80%) Biopharmaceutical
3 3 (0.60%) Life Science
4 2 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (0.40%) LIMS
4 2 (0.40%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.20%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.20%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.20%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.20%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (58.17%) Artificial Intelligence
2 227 (45.22%) Conversational UI
3 214 (42.63%) Physics
4 201 (40.04%) Mathematics
5 188 (37.45%) Systems Engineering
6 168 (33.47%) Collaborative Working
7 164 (32.67%) Logistics
7 164 (32.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 61 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (11.95%) Biochemistry
10 56 (11.16%) Machine Learning
11 50 (9.96%) Data Privacy
12 49 (9.76%) Generative AI
12 49 (9.76%) LLM
12 49 (9.76%) Red Team
13 31 (6.18%) Change Management
14 28 (5.58%) Validation
15 24 (4.78%) Monte Carlo Method
16 18 (3.59%) Biology
17 16 (3.19%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.59%) SQL
2 7 (1.39%) C#
3 6 (1.20%) Python
4 3 (0.60%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.20%) C++
5 1 (0.20%) Go
5 1 (0.20%) Java
5 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 493 (98.21%) Degree
2 234 (46.61%) PhD
3 228 (45.42%) Master's Degree
4 185 (36.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (4.78%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (0.80%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.20%) HNC
7 1 (0.20%) HND
7 1 (0.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.19%) GMP
1 11 (2.19%) QA
2 7 (1.39%) GLP
3 3 (0.60%) GxP
4 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (0.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 227 (45.22%) PayPal
2 62 (12.35%) Google
3 49 (9.76%) Adobe
3 49 (9.76%) Databricks
4 7 (1.39%) SAP
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle
6 1 (0.20%) Siemens