Salary guide
The 49 researcher jobs with a salary advertised on UniJobs in the last 12 months typically paid £41,000 to £45,700. Half of them had a mid-point between £41,000 and £48,800.
| Typical salary | Middle half | Jobs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine & Dentistry | £46,300 to £58,000 | £48,800 to £57,100 | 8 |
| Economics | £41,100 to £48,800 | £42,900 to £48,800 | 5 |
| Nursing & Allied Health | £40,000 to £45,700 | – | 3 |
| Sociology, Social Policy & Social Work | £39,800 to £45,300 | £41,900 to £46,100 | 4 |
| Computer Science | £40,400 to £42,000 | £40,900 to £44,300 | 10 |
| Engineering | £38,500 to £41,700 | £38,300 to £41,800 | 4 |
| Psychology | £37,300 to £40,400 | £33,700 to £44,500 | 6 |
| Typical salary | Middle half | Jobs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater London | £41,100 to £46,600 | £42,900 to £48,800 | 19 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | £42,000 to £52,000 | £44,900 to £57,600 | 7 |
| North West England | £32,500 to £36,200 | £33,300 to £41,100 | 6 |
| South East England | £41,200 to £43,500 | £41,100 to £48,800 | 6 |
| East Midlands | £38,300 to £42,000 | £38,400 to £41,000 | 4 |
| West Midlands | £41,000 to £41,000 | – | 3 |
Based on 49 adverts on UniJobs in the last 12 months, a typical researcher job paid £41,000 to £45,700 a year, with a typical mid-point of £42,900.
Universities set their own grades. In adverts on UniJobs, researcher jobs were most often advertised at Grade 5 or Grade 6.
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