Research Assistant Salary

The average salary for a Research Assistant in the UK is:

£25,456

Job profile for a Research Assistant

RA position comprises primarily of laboratory based work. Cell biology, molecular biology, neurobiology and developmental biology. Experiments might include microscope work, flow cytometry, bacterial and molecular cloning, PCR, tissue culture, animal studies, sequencing, gene expression analysis, ChIP, Chip-seq and sequencing. Other duties include, ordering, preparation of presentations/explanation of data, planning research approach, literature search/reading and contributing to the writing for research and review papers. Other skills necessary for the job: Good time management, critical thinking, slight of hand, motivation, imagination and a lot of hard work. Most RAs are required to have a PhD.

- Research Assistant Job Profile

More Job Profiles >>>

If you are a Research Assistant and you would like to share your current salary with us just like hundreds of other professional workers do every day, please do so with our salary calculator.

Add a comment on this job

Research Assistant Salary Comparison

In 2008, the average salary for this job was £19,086.

The average salary in 2009 was £25,705, based on 61 respondents (a difference of 35% from the 2008 figure.

The average salary in 2010 was £25,920, based on 61 respondents (a difference of 1% from the 2009 figure.

The average salary in 2011 was £24,571, based on 39 respondents (a difference of -5% from the 2010 figure.

The average salary in 2012 was £23,376, based on 20 respondents (a difference of -5% from the 2011 figure.

The median salary for a Research Assistant based on all salary survey responses is: £25,000

Back to list of jobs beginning with R

Back to Salary Survey Home

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 Research Assistant is £12.73.

Assorted Research Assistant Salary Information

Salary Location Date £32,000 London 30-July-16 £31,300 South West 29-June-15 £32,000 London 26-February-14 £20,000 London 6-September-13 £28,390 London 12-August-13 £32,100 London 6-August-13 £26,050 Midlands 21-May-13 Chart to the right shows ten most recent raw datapoints. Outlying points may be discarded.

Research Assistant Salary By UK Region

Salary Region £23,604 South East £24,926 South West £26,444 London £28,134 Midlands £19,910 North West £24,828 Wales £31,000 East of England £18,045 Yorkshire and North East £26,834 Scotland £19,400 Northern Ireland

With regard to age and impact on salary for a Research Assistant, 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: £19,092 for a worker in their 20s, £24,947 (30s), £29,529 (40s) and £29,529 (50s).

View full salary data FAQs Press enquiries Information on using the salary data and granularity

The average salary figure above for a Research Assistant 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.

View Jobs By Other Letter:

Number
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z