Neuroscience Jobs

Neuroscience
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Neuroscience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Neuroscience over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 705 828 941
Rank change year-on-year +123 +113 +246
Permanent jobs citing Neuroscience 7 62 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.062% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.073% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £49,371 -
25th Percentile £28,750 £52,177 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £66,749 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -51.31% -4.64% -26.32%
75th Percentile £36,250 £85,625 £75,000
90th Percentile - £89,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year -35.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Neuroscience 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 52,420 85,138 94,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.82% 85.22% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,605 59,872 55,912
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,089 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Neuroscience
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Neuroscience in the UK

Neuroscience
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Neuroscience in the UK

Neuroscience
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Neuroscience within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
UK excluding London +154 6 £32,500 -35.00% 13
England +91 6 £32,500 -51.31% 32
East of England - 4 £32,500 - 7
Work from Home +102 3 - - 24
London +90 1 - - 22
South East +57 1 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Neuroscience
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:

General
1 7 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 6 (85.71%) Law
2 6 (85.71%) Manufacturing
3 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) QA Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Product Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) MFC
1 1 (14.29%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Chemistry
1 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (71.43%) Tech Ops
1 5 (71.43%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Biochemistry
2 3 (42.86%) Biotechnology
2 3 (42.86%) Internal Audit
2 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (42.86%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Biology
3 2 (28.57%) Change Control
3 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Data Conversion
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C++
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) GMP
1 5 (71.43%) QA
2 3 (42.86%) GxP
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP