Principal Scientist Salary

The average salary for a Principal Scientist in the UK is:

£47,979

Job profile for a Principal Scientist

A Principal Scientist tends to be PhD educated. Some can be lab-based, but most will be either partly lab-based or office-based and manages projects and a number of reportee (who tends to be lab-based scientist). A Principal Scientist is expected to be the front-man for a project.

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Principal Scientist Salary Comparison

In 2008, the average salary for this job was £38,676.

The average salary in 2009 was £43,100, based on 5 respondents (a difference of 11% from the 2008 figure.

The average salary in 2010 was £54,824, based on 16 respondents (a difference of 27% from the 2009 figure.

The average salary in 2011 was £45,393, based on 14 respondents (a difference of -17% from the 2010 figure.

The average salary in 2012 was £42,100, based on 2 respondents (a difference of -7% from the 2011 figure.

The median salary for a Principal Scientist based on all salary survey responses is: £45,000

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About the Salary Survey Data in this survey is based on over 368,000 individual salary records. The date period for which job information was gathered varies, but is usually between 2008 - 2012. For precise date related information, custom reports may be ordered with greater granularity. Working 8 hours a day, 250 days of the year, the data suggests the hourly rate for Principal Scientist is £23.99.

Assorted Principal Scientist Salary Information

Salary Location Date £49,000 South West 25-August-16 £34,816 Scotland 22-September-15 £40,000 Midlands 18-January-15 £40,000 Midlands 18-January-15 £40,000 Midlands 18-January-15 £40,000 Midlands 18-January-15 £41,000 Unknown 23-September-14 £36,000 South East 16-June-14 £54,500 London 11-May-13 Chart to the right shows ten most recent raw datapoints. Outlying points may be discarded.

Principal Scientist Salary By UK Region

These figures use non-job specific statistical weighting from our salary data pool and also include for comparison the salaries for a Principal Scientist job in US Dollars based on a recent exchante rate (last rate update 02/05/2013 with a pound to dollar exchange rate 1.56) for comparisons for our international visitors

Salary US Dollars Region £42222 $65866.32 North West £52298 $81584.88 London £38384 $59879.04 Yorkshire and North East £41742 $65117.52 South West £49419 $77093.64 South East £40783 $63621.48 Scotland £43182 $67363.92 Northern Ireland £40303 $62872.68 Wales £44621 $69608.76 Midlands £39823 $62123.88 East of England

With regard to age and impact on salary for a Principal Scientist, a statistical average weighting (that is based on how salary varies by age and not for a specific job which may vary considerably) suggests these figures: £35,985 for a worker in their 20s, £47,020 (30s), £55,656 (40s) and £55,656 (50s).

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The average salary figure above for a Principal Scientist is considered highly likely to be representative of the UK market average due to the high number of respondents who had this exact job title.

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