Experimental Design Job Trends

Design of Experiments (Experimental Design)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Experimental Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 523 679 636
Rank change year-on-year +156 -43 +274
Permanent jobs citing Experimental Design 123 37 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.063% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.072% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 20
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,000 £43,500 £23,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £75,000 £29,858
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +151.19% -39.06%
75th Percentile £57,000 £102,500 £60,000
90th Percentile - £107,000 £70,875
UK excluding London median annual salary - £49,000 £23,850
% change year-on-year - +105.45% -51.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Experimental Design 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 48,535 51,647 46,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.52% 88.55% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 28,396 26,504 35,505
10th Percentile £28,432 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £99,899
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.49% +4.37% -2.51%

Experimental Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Experimental Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Experimental Design job vacancy trend in the UK

Experimental Design
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Experimental Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Experimental Design within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London +160 113 - - 52
Work from Home +187 111 - - 54
England +163 108 - - 54
North of England - 57 - - 13
Midlands - 46 - - 6
Yorkshire - 36 - - 4
West Midlands - 27 - - 4
East Midlands - 19 - - 2
North West - 11 - - 8
South West - 10 - - 6
North East - 10 - - 1
Scotland +14 4 - - 3
Wales +7 3 - - 2
London +53 2 - - 10

Experimental Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 110 (89.43%) Chatbot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) MySQL
1 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Git
General
1 9 (7.32%) Finance
1 9 (7.32%) Manufacturing
1 9 (7.32%) Marketing
2 3 (2.44%) Law
3 1 (0.81%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (0.81%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 110 (89.43%) Trainer
2 43 (34.96%) Research Scientist
3 33 (26.83%) Biostatistician
4 17 (13.82%) Biologist
5 9 (7.32%) Development Manager
5 9 (7.32%) Product Development Manager
5 9 (7.32%) Product Manager
6 3 (2.44%) Senior
7 2 (1.63%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (1.63%) Senior Automation Engineer
8 1 (0.81%) Developer
8 1 (0.81%) Instructor
8 1 (0.81%) Senior Statistician
8 1 (0.81%) Statistician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.81%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 110 (89.43%) Molecular Biology
2 9 (7.32%) FMCG
3 3 (2.44%) Life Science
3 3 (2.44%) Omics
4 2 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.63%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.63%) Unix
2 1 (0.81%) Linux
2 1 (0.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (91.87%) Biology
2 111 (90.24%) Biotechnology
3 110 (89.43%) AI
3 110 (89.43%) Biochemistry
3 110 (89.43%) Conversational UI
3 110 (89.43%) Data Interpretation
4 33 (26.83%) Biostatistics
5 10 (8.13%) Decision-Making
6 9 (7.32%) Coaching
6 9 (7.32%) Commercialisation
6 9 (7.32%) Community of Practice
6 9 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (7.32%) Project Delivery
6 9 (7.32%) Project Management
7 4 (3.25%) Data Analysis
8 3 (2.44%) Bioinformatics
8 3 (2.44%) Data Science
8 3 (2.44%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (2.44%) Statistics
9 2 (1.63%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.25%) Python
1 4 (3.25%) R
2 1 (0.81%) C
2 1 (0.81%) C#
2 1 (0.81%) C++
2 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 122 (99.19%) Degree
2 113 (91.87%) Master's Degree
2 113 (91.87%) PhD
System Software
1 2 (1.63%) Docker
Vendors
1 110 (89.43%) PayPal