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Where Britain is hiring

282

Live innovation roles

Verified against employer sources.

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Movement over 30 days

Not enough daily observations yet to state a trend.

£41,872

Median advertised salary

Median of 24 live opportunities disclosing salary.

Clean energy

Largest live demand

91 live opportunities.

Figures are computed from live UKIZ vacancy records at 08/09/2026, 10:33:56. Nothing here is hard-coded. Where a sample is too small to be credible, the figure is withheld rather than estimated. Trend statements need 7 more daily snapshots before UKIZ will make them.

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Where the work is.

Mapped by actual work location, never by the employer's registered office.

London · 73Culham · 35Cambridge · 24Oxford · 13Grangemouth · 5Manchester · 4West Burton · 3Edinburgh · 2Harwell · 1Rotherham · 1

Plotted from the work location on each live record.

London

73 live opportunities

AI & machine learning · Data science · Software engineering · Life sciences

Only 2 live opportunities disclose salary, too few to publish a median.

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Culham

35 live opportunities

Data science · Clean energy · Programme delivery · Advanced materials

No live opportunity discloses salary, so no median can be published.

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Cambridge

24 live opportunities

Quantum · Semiconductors · Life sciences · AI & machine learning

Only 1 live opportunity discloses salary, too few to publish a median.

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Oxford

13 live opportunities

Programme delivery · Manufacturing engineering · Semiconductors · Laboratory & technical

Median advertised salary £36,529

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Grangemouth

5 live opportunities

Programme delivery · Engineering biology · Clean energy · Life sciences

No live opportunity discloses salary, so no median can be published.

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Manchester

4 live opportunities

Life sciences · Engineering biology · Laboratory & technical · Advanced materials

Only 4 live opportunities disclose salary, too few to publish a median.

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West Burton

3 live opportunities

Programme delivery

No live opportunity discloses salary, so no median can be published.

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Edinburgh

2 live opportunities

Laboratory & technical · Engineering biology · Clean energy · Life sciences

No live opportunity discloses salary, so no median can be published.

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What Britain needs next

Clean energy

91

Trend not yet evidenced

Culham · Grangemouth · Edinburgh · Manchester

Only 2 live opportunities disclose salary, too few to publish a median.

AI & machine learning

87

Trend not yet evidenced

London · Cambridge · Culham · Oxford

Only 4 live opportunities disclose salary, too few to publish a median.

Programme delivery

59

Trend not yet evidenced · median advertised £34,819

Culham · Oxford · Grangemouth · West Burton

Median of 5 live opportunities disclosing salary.

Space systems

56

Trend not yet evidenced

London

No live opportunity discloses salary, so no median can be published.

Data science

53

Trend not yet evidenced

Culham · London · Cambridge · Manchester

Only 2 live opportunities disclose salary, too few to publish a median.

Manufacturing engineering

52

Trend not yet evidenced

Oxford · Rotherham · Culham

Only 1 live opportunity discloses salary, too few to publish a median.

Advanced materials

40

Trend not yet evidenced

Culham · Manchester · Oxford · Rotherham

Only 2 live opportunities disclose salary, too few to publish a median.

Life sciences

27

Trend not yet evidenced

London · Grangemouth · Cambridge · Manchester

Only 4 live opportunities disclose salary, too few to publish a median.

Quantum

24

Trend not yet evidenced

Cambridge · London

No live opportunity discloses salary, so no median can be published.

Software engineering

23

Trend not yet evidenced

London · Cambridge · Culham · Manchester

Only 2 live opportunities disclose salary, too few to publish a median.

Who's building

Isomorphic Labs

London · AI & machine learning

44

opportunities

AI & machine learning · Life sciences · Software engineering · Cybersecurity

Rolls-Royce

Clean energy

39

opportunities

Clean energy · Space systems · Manufacturing engineering · Programme delivery

Synthesia

London · AI & machine learning

36

opportunities

AI & machine learning · Programme delivery

UKAEA

Culham · Programme delivery

34

opportunities

Programme delivery · Data science · Advanced materials · Clean energy

University of Manchester

Manchester · Programme delivery

15

opportunities

Programme delivery · Life sciences · Laboratory & technical · Advanced materials

Riverlane

Cambridge · Quantum

10

opportunities

Quantum · Programme delivery

Nu Quantum

Quantum

10

opportunities

Quantum · Software engineering · Semiconductors

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Rotherham · Programme delivery

10

opportunities

Programme delivery · Data science · Clean energy · Advanced materials

AAC Clyde Space

Space systems

9

opportunities

Space systems · Software engineering · Manufacturing engineering · Laboratory & technical

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Digital Design Engineer

Riverlane · Cambridge, UK

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Senior Compiler Engineer

Riverlane · Cambridge, UK

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Senior Technician (Synthetic Biology and Genomics)

University of Manchester · Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

Jobs

UoM Grade 5 £33,002 - £36,636 per annum depending on relevant experience

Research Project Coordinator

University of Manchester · Oxford Road

Jobs

£33,002 to £33,951 per annum depending on relevant experience

Research Associate (Actinide Materials Recycle and Solution Process Chemistry)

University of Manchester · Manchester

Research

£37,694 - £46,049 per annum depending on relevant experience

DMEx Project Coordinator

University of Manchester · Oxford Road

Jobs

£33,002 - £36,636 per annum (depending on relevant experience)

Hardware Development Engineer

Oxford Ionics · Cambridge, UK

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Senior Quantum Scientist

Oxford Ionics · London, UK

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Microwave Plasma Technologist

Space Forge · Wales, Cardiff

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Team Coordinator, President Team, London

Isomorphic Labs · London

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Talent Partner (Data), London

Isomorphic Labs · London

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Software Engineer (TechOps), London

Isomorphic Labs · London

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Software Engineer (LLM Engineering), London

Isomorphic Labs · London

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Senior Technical Program Manager (InfoSec), London

Isomorphic Labs · London

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Senior Security Engineer (AI Safety), London, Lausanne

Isomorphic Labs · Lausanne; London

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Senior Clinical Trial Manager, Cambridge, MA

Isomorphic Labs · Cambridge, MA

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Senior Alliance Manager, London

Isomorphic Labs · London

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Security Engineering Manager, London or Lausanne

Isomorphic Labs · Lausanne; London

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Research Scientist (Machine Learning), London

Isomorphic Labs · London

Research

Salary not advertised

Research Scientist (Applied LLMs), London

Isomorphic Labs · London

Research

Salary not advertised

Research Leader / Senior Scientist (Computational Drug Design), Cambridge, MA

Isomorphic Labs · Cambridge, MA

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Research Leader (DMPK), Cambridge, MA

Isomorphic Labs · Cambridge, MA

Jobs

Salary not advertised

Program Manager, People Team, London

Isomorphic Labs · London

Jobs

Salary not advertised

ML Research Engineer, London

Isomorphic Labs · London

Jobs

Salary not advertised

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Labour market evidence

180,000

Specialist AI job postings

Up 61% from 112,000 in 2024

PwC UK AI Jobs Barometer 2026 · UK, 2025 · last verified 2026-08-17

34.2%

Average wage premium for specialist AI skills

Up from 11% in 2024

PwC UK AI Jobs Barometer 2026 · UK, 2025 · last verified 2026-08-17

~1.8 million

Priority occupations projected growth

24% growth across identified priority occupations

Skills England Annual Skills Report 2026 · UK, 2025-2035 · last verified 2026-08-17

70.6%

Clean-energy priority workforce growth

Fastest percentage growth among listed priority sectors

Skills England Annual Skills Report 2026 · UK, 2025-2035 · last verified 2026-08-17

44.0%

Life-sciences priority workforce growth

66,000 additional priority workers projected

Skills England Annual Skills Report 2026 · UK, 2025-2035 · last verified 2026-08-17

58.1%

Defence priority workforce growth

53,000 additional priority workers projected

Skills England Annual Skills Report 2026 · UK, 2025-2035 · last verified 2026-08-17

239,000

Digital & technologies additional priority workers

27.3% priority occupation growth

Skills England Annual Skills Report 2026 · UK, 2025-2035 · last verified 2026-08-17

192,000

Programmers and software developers additional workers

One of the largest projected priority-occupation increases

Skills England Annual Skills Report 2026 · UK, 2025-2035 · last verified 2026-08-17

54,000+

UK tech and IT postings

Software development and testing led with 14,850; transformation project services 13,867

Robert Half 2026 hiring trends · UK, Q2 2026 · last verified 2026-08-17

£62,700

AI Expert median advertised salary

42% premium over wider IT roles

DSIT AI Job Vacancy Analysis · UK research dataset · last verified 2026-08-17

£55,000

AI Specialist median advertised salary

25% premium over wider IT roles

DSIT AI Job Vacancy Analysis · UK research dataset · last verified 2026-08-17

60%

AI Expert vacancy concentration

Clusters also identified in the East, North West, South West, Scotland and Yorkshire & Humber

DSIT AI Job Vacancy Analysis · London and South East, 2023 · last verified 2026-08-17

8,683

Live apprenticeships visible

Government Find an Apprenticeship search

Find an Apprenticeship · England, current search snapshot · last verified 2026-08-17

44

UKAEA live vacancies

Fusion, engineering, data, project and commercial roles

UKAEA Careers · UKAEA current board · last verified 2026-08-17

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