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 | 1105 jobs Machine Learning | 918 jobs Python | 846 jobs Computer Science | 733 jobs Engineering | 724 jobs PhD | 669 jobs PyTorch | 507 jobs Deep Learning | 485 jobs LLMs | 418 jobs Statistics | 359 jobs Physics | 350 jobs NeurIPS | 338 jobs Architecture | 333 jobs Mathematics | 330 jobs NLP | 320 jobs Computer Vision | 320 jobs TensorFlow | 294 jobs R | 289 jobs Generative AI | 283 jobs ICLR | 271 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 | 897 jobs Conferences | 533 jobs Health care | 500 jobs Equity / stock options | 492 jobs Salary bonus | 313 jobs Competitive pay | 216 jobs Parental leave | 209 jobs Flex hours | 197 jobs Insurance | 189 jobs Medical leave | 178 jobs Startup environment | 159 jobs Flex vacation | 144 jobs 401(k) matching | 139 jobs Team events | 130 jobs Wellness | 76 jobs Transparency | 60 jobs Relocation support | 40 jobs Fitness / gym | 34 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 18 jobs Home office stipend | 17 jobs

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