Research Scientist Salary in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Research Scientist Salary in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 284,210

✏️ This salary info is based on 17 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Research Scientist salary lies between USD 57,594 and USD 341,772 in the United Kingdom. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Research Scientist
Experience
all levels
Region
United Kingdom
Salary year
2025
Sample size
17
Top 10%
$ 430,379
Top 25%
$ 341,772
Median
$ 284,210
Bottom 25%
$ 57,594
Bottom 10%
$ 54,696

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Research Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Research Scientist job listings are Research, Machine Learning and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Research | 964 jobs Machine Learning | 797 jobs Python | 748 jobs Computer Science | 634 jobs Engineering | 623 jobs PhD | 575 jobs PyTorch | 442 jobs Deep Learning | 426 jobs LLMs | 353 jobs Statistics | 320 jobs Physics | 315 jobs NeurIPS | 292 jobs Mathematics | 287 jobs Computer Vision | 286 jobs NLP | 283 jobs Architecture | 283 jobs TensorFlow | 259 jobs R | 251 jobs Generative AI | 243 jobs ICLR | 233 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Research Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Research Scientist job listings are Career development, Conferences and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 783 jobs Conferences | 460 jobs Health care | 441 jobs Equity / stock options | 426 jobs Salary bonus | 271 jobs Parental leave | 183 jobs Competitive pay | 183 jobs Flex hours | 177 jobs Insurance | 165 jobs Medical leave | 150 jobs Startup environment | 137 jobs Flex vacation | 128 jobs 401(k) matching | 121 jobs Team events | 114 jobs Wellness | 68 jobs Transparency | 57 jobs Relocation support | 31 jobs Fitness / gym | 27 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 14 jobs Home office stipend | 13 jobs

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