Hybrid/Remote Experimental Design Job Trends

Design of Experiments (Experimental Design)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Experimental Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 423 542
Rank change year-on-year +144 +119 +6
Permanent jobs citing Experimental Design 98 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.61% 0.019% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.020% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43,500
25th Percentile £70,000 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.93%
75th Percentile £90,000 - £55,000
90th Percentile - - £56,500
UK median annual salary £67,000 £72,500 £29,858
% change year-on-year -7.59% +142.81% -34.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,835 15,102 25,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.68% 94.55% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8,819 8,974 20,920
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,759
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,478
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.73% -6.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Experimental Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Experimental Design and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Experimental Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Experimental Design
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Experimental Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 97 (98.98%) Chatbot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.02%) LTE
1 1 (1.02%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (1.02%) Wireless
General
1 1 (1.02%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (98.98%) Trainer
2 44 (44.90%) Research Scientist
3 22 (22.45%) Biostatistician
4 17 (17.35%) Biologist
5 1 (1.02%) Data Engineer
5 1 (1.02%) Data Scientist
5 1 (1.02%) Instructor
5 1 (1.02%) Research Engineer
5 1 (1.02%) RF Engineer
5 1 (1.02%) Senior
5 1 (1.02%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (1.02%) Senior Data Scientist
5 1 (1.02%) Senior RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.02%) NumPy
1 1 (1.02%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.02%) SciPy
1 1 (1.02%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 97 (98.98%) Molecular Biology
2 1 (1.02%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (100.00%) AI
2 97 (98.98%) Biochemistry
2 97 (98.98%) Biology
2 97 (98.98%) Biotechnology
2 97 (98.98%) Conversational UI
2 97 (98.98%) Data Interpretation
3 22 (22.45%) Biostatistics
4 1 (1.02%) Anomaly Detection
4 1 (1.02%) Batch Processing
4 1 (1.02%) Data Analysis
4 1 (1.02%) Data Collection
4 1 (1.02%) Data Science
4 1 (1.02%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (1.02%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (1.02%) Machine Learning
4 1 (1.02%) Open Source
4 1 (1.02%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (1.02%) Prototyping
4 1 (1.02%) Signal Processing
4 1 (1.02%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.02%) C++
1 1 (1.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 97 (98.98%) Degree
1 97 (98.98%) Master's Degree
1 97 (98.98%) PhD
Vendors
1 97 (98.98%) PayPal
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft