Chemistry Job Trends in the North West

Chemistry
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Chemistry skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 235 211
Rank change year-on-year +93 -24 +96
Permanent jobs citing Chemistry 107 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.09% 0.065% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 0.083% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £29,500 £51,242 £55,500
% change year-on-year -42.43% -7.67% +11.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,578 6,014 4,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 89.31% 77.85% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,176 3,441 3,211
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -8.99% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.33%

Chemistry
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Chemistry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Chemistry in the North West

Chemistry
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Chemistry.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Chemistry

Chemistry
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Merseyside - 58 - - 7
Manchester +79 48 £62,500 - 12
Cheshire - 1 - -
Chemistry
England

Chemistry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 96 (89.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Shopify
General
1 99 (92.52%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (9.35%) Manufacturing
3 6 (5.61%) Social Skills
4 4 (3.74%) Retail
5 1 (0.93%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 100 (93.46%) Trainer
2 7 (6.54%) Lecturer
3 6 (5.61%) Coordinator
4 1 (0.93%) Developer
4 1 (0.93%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (0.93%) Research Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) CSS
1 1 (0.93%) HTML
1 1 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.61%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.74%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (93.46%) Artificial Intelligence
2 96 (89.72%) Conversational UI
3 6 (5.61%) Business Continuity
3 6 (5.61%) Cost Reduction
4 4 (3.74%) Biochemistry
4 4 (3.74%) Data Privacy
4 4 (3.74%) Generative AI
4 4 (3.74%) LLM
4 4 (3.74%) Machine Learning
4 4 (3.74%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (3.74%) Red Team
5 1 (0.93%) Economics
5 1 (0.93%) Front End Development
5 1 (0.93%) Personalization
5 1 (0.93%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 100 (93.46%) Degree
2 96 (89.72%) Master's Degree
2 96 (89.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.61%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 96 (89.72%) PayPal
2 4 (3.74%) Adobe
2 4 (3.74%) Databricks
2 4 (3.74%) Google