Chemistry Jobs

Chemistry
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 707 832
Rank change year-on-year +356 +125 -173
Permanent jobs citing Chemistry 402 189 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.22% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12 100 26
10th Percentile £28,550 £30,325 £37,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,872 £53,000 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.63% +15.85% -8.50%
75th Percentile £93,750 £70,625 £53,438
90th Percentile £116,250 £76,250 £69,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,743 £52,500 £45,750
% change year-on-year +15.70% +14.75% +1.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Chemistry
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Chemistry in the UK

Chemistry
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Chemistry in the UK

Chemistry
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chemistry over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Chemistry in the UK

Chemistry
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +311 383 £70,000 +32.08% 192
UK excluding London +346 371 £60,743 +15.70% 157
Midlands +206 212 £30,000 +11.11% 34
Work from Home +310 145 £50,000 -0.50% 134
West Midlands +174 141 £30,000 +39.53% 17
North of England +169 93 - - 41
East Midlands +82 71 - - 16
North West +80 56 - - 23
South East +61 27 - - 45
Yorkshire - 27 - - 16
London +110 26 £70,000 -3.45% 49
South West +110 13 - - 8
East of England +46 12 £112,500 +257.14% 27
Scotland +138 10 £60,743 +10.44% 5
North East +58 10 - - 2
Wales - 3 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

Chemistry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 132 (32.84%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Pipeline Pilot
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.00%) AWS
2 3 (0.75%) GitHub
3 2 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.25%) Azure
4 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.25%) GCP
4 1 (0.25%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.25%) KNIME
1 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Git
General
1 195 (48.51%) Law
2 142 (35.32%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (6.22%) Electronics
4 24 (5.97%) Manufacturing
5 23 (5.72%) Social Skills
6 16 (3.98%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (2.24%) Agriculture
8 8 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.00%) Banking
9 4 (1.00%) Legal
10 3 (0.75%) Finance
10 3 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.50%) Dutch Language
11 2 (0.50%) German Language
11 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.50%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.25%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 190 (47.26%) Principal Engineer
1 190 (47.26%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 132 (32.84%) Trainer
3 41 (10.20%) Senior
4 27 (6.72%) Systems Engineer
5 13 (3.23%) Research Scientist
6 8 (1.99%) Engineering Manager
6 8 (1.99%) Senior Manager
7 7 (1.74%) QA Manager
7 7 (1.74%) Quality Manager
8 6 (1.49%) Developer
8 6 (1.49%) Lecturer
9 5 (1.24%) Analyst
10 3 (0.75%) Graduate
10 3 (0.75%) QA Specialist
10 3 (0.75%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 2 (0.50%) Django Developer
11 2 (0.50%) Full-Stack Developer
11 2 (0.50%) Graduate Product Manager
11 2 (0.50%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.50%) CSS
1 2 (0.50%) Django
1 2 (0.50%) HTML
1 2 (0.50%) React
2 1 (0.25%) .NET
2 1 (0.25%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (0.25%) Entity Framework
2 1 (0.25%) Lambda Expressions
2 1 (0.25%) LINQ
2 1 (0.25%) MACH
2 1 (0.25%) REST
2 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (2.99%) Life Science
2 5 (1.24%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (0.50%) LIMS
3 2 (0.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.25%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.25%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.25%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.25%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (60.70%) Physics
2 222 (55.22%) Mathematics
3 214 (53.23%) Systems Engineering
4 195 (48.51%) Collaborative Working
5 190 (47.26%) Logistics
5 190 (47.26%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 143 (35.57%) Artificial Intelligence
7 132 (32.84%) Conversational UI
8 31 (7.71%) Change Management
9 30 (7.46%) Validation
10 29 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (5.97%) Monte Carlo Method
12 20 (4.98%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (3.98%) Biotechnology
14 15 (3.73%) Biology
15 12 (2.99%) Internal Audit
16 11 (2.74%) Economics
17 10 (2.49%) Biochemistry
18 9 (2.24%) Document Management
18 9 (2.24%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.49%) Python
2 4 (1.00%) C#
2 4 (1.00%) SQL
3 3 (0.75%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.25%) C++
4 1 (0.25%) Go
4 1 (0.25%) Java
4 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 392 (97.51%) Degree
2 176 (43.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 139 (34.58%) PhD
4 133 (33.08%) Master's Degree
5 24 (5.97%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (1.00%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.47%) GMP
1 22 (5.47%) QA
2 7 (1.74%) GLP
3 4 (1.00%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.75%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (1.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 132 (32.84%) PayPal
2 9 (2.24%) Google
3 7 (1.74%) SAP
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft