Chemistry Contracts

Chemistry
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Chemistry skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Chemistry over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 679 834
Rank change year-on-year +103 +155 -124
Contract jobs citing Chemistry 8 17 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.030% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.033% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 5
10th Percentile - £374 -
25th Percentile £350 £391 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £443 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.08% -19.55% +25.00%
75th Percentile £388 £514 £600
90th Percentile - £536 £602
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £518 £585
% change year-on-year -29.95% -11.54% +32.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24.40
25th Percentile - - £25.00
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £41.38
90th Percentile - - £45.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £27.00
% change year-on-year - - +66.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Chemistry is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,644 51,414 79,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 35,622 55,798
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,693 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.99 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -5.27%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Chemistry.

Daily rate trend for Chemistry in the UK

Chemistry
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Chemistry.

Hourly rate trend for Chemistry in the UK

Chemistry
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +98 8 £363 -18.08% 183
UK excluding London +48 8 £363 -29.95% 157
North of England - 4 £350 - 54
East of England - 4 £375 - 25
North West - 4 £350 - 31

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:

General
1 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Android Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Author
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Author
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Android Development
1 4 (50.00%) Biotechnology
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile First
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Kotlin
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) GMP
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Nokia