Biomedical Scientist Salary in Scotland

What most biomedical scientists actually earn

Half of biomedical scientists in Scotland earn between £29,066 and £53,646. Earning above £53,646 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.

ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Natural and Social Science Professionals” group in Scotland.

Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group

Biochemists and biomedical scientists

SOC 2020 code

2113

Measure

Gross annual pay, all employees

Edition

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

ONS publishes a sampling error of 17.4% for this figure and asks that anything above 10% is treated as imprecise — too few people in this region answered the survey for this occupation. The figure is shown because it is the one ONS published, but it is not firm enough to rank Scotland against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.

ONS doesn't measure “biomedical scientist” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Biochemists and biomedical scientists”, which includes this role alongside others. ONS group combines biochemists and biomedical scientists.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.