Chemistry Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Chemistry
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Chemistry skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 186 182
Rank change year-on-year +61 -4 +29
Permanent jobs citing Chemistry 51 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.35% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £54,000 - -
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,022 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £51,242 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +36.61% -4.67% +106.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £52,462 £81,250
90th Percentile £86,000 - £83,500
South East median annual salary £70,000 £51,242 £53,000
% change year-on-year +36.61% -3.32% +63.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,165 3,530 3,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.93% 87.16% 93.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,682 1,739 2,158
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,763
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,510 £59,518 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.18% +8.21% -
75th Percentile £66,063 £75,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,525 £54,763
% change year-on-year -11.54% +3.22% -0.43%

Chemistry
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Chemistry job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Chemistry
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Chemistry.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Chemistry

Chemistry
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chemistry in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Chemistry in the Thames Valley

Chemistry
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 December 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
Berkshire +25 27 - -
Buckinghamshire - 20 - -
Oxfordshire +31 4 £70,000 +36.61% 1
Chemistry
South East

Chemistry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 48 (94.12%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
General
1 48 (94.12%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (1.96%) Digital Health
2 1 (1.96%) Electronics
2 1 (1.96%) Finance
Job Titles
1 48 (94.12%) Trainer
2 1 (1.96%) Customer Engineer
2 1 (1.96%) Customer Service Engineer
2 1 (1.96%) Head of IT
2 1 (1.96%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (94.12%) AI
1 48 (94.12%) Conversational UI
2 2 (3.92%) Biology
2 2 (3.92%) Physics
3 1 (1.96%) Biochemistry
3 1 (1.96%) Customer Service
3 1 (1.96%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (1.96%) Data Privacy
3 1 (1.96%) Decision-Making
3 1 (1.96%) Mentoring
3 1 (1.96%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 48 (94.12%) Degree
1 48 (94.12%) Master's Degree
1 48 (94.12%) PhD
2 1 (1.96%) HNC
2 1 (1.96%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.96%) GDPR
Vendors
1 48 (94.12%) PayPal
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.96%) Siemens