A Biochemist is responsible for researching the causes of disease and potential new treatment methods.
A degree is essential for the majority of Biochemistry jobs, but increasingly, employers are also seeking candidates with relevant laboratory experience. In the NHS, graduates with a first degree in Biochemistry can enter into Trainee Clinical Biochemist positions and study for a Master's degree on the job.
The NHS and private Bioscience companies are the main employers of Biochemists in the UK. Employment opportunities can often be found through specialist recruitment agencies. The majority of jobs involve working 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday. Those working in NHS hospitals may be required to perform on-call work.
Starting salaries are around £24,000 a year. As Biochemists progress in their field, they may be provided with the opportunity to take on Supervisory or Management posts.
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85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London, London, W1W 7LT
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290 Witan Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK9 1EJ
Established in 1981, Wolviston Recruitment is a provider of full recruitment services to the Chemical, Petrochemical, Power Generation, Biofuel, Life Sciences, and associated industries, with a focus on long-term supplier agreements. The agency also offers executive search, pre-employment occupational testing, and third-party procurement services.
1-3 The Courtyard, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 8PB
DNA Talent focuses on providing specialised recruitment services to an extensive client group in the Life Sciences industry nationwide and globally. They aid in filling a plethora of assignments at all levels and cover various disciplines. These include Biotechnology, Healthcare, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals. Headquartered in Bristol, they also offer consultation services for qualified candidates.
31 Berkeley Square, Bristol, Avon, BS8 1HP
X4 Life Sciences is part of the X4 Group and recruits for Scientific, Clinical, MedTech, Communications and Regulatory roles. They provide services for permanent and contract jobs, in areas such as Biometrics, Quality Assurance, Project Management, Software Engineering, Marketing, Data & Analytics, and Commissioning.
58 Victoria Embankment, Covent Garden, London, EC4Y 0DS
Hanison Green is a recruitment company that specialises in finding professionals for the NeuroTech and Medical Technology industries across the UK. They place personnel on a wide variety of appointments at all levels and provide consultation to an extensive client portfolio. They have been supplying staffing solutions since 2020.
71-75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
Discover International is an expert in recruitment within the Life Sciences industry. Focusing solely on a single niche, they have been the preferred workforce supplier of various blue chip organisations such as Moderna, Merck, Biogen, GSK, Takeda, and Regenron. With multiple office locations across London, Miami, Poland, Barbados, and the Netherlands, they take pride in a wide network of clients and candidates worldwide.
10 Lower Thames St, City of London, London, EC3R 6AF
Lava Recruitment performs executive search in Clinical Development, connecting with Clinical Project Managers, Clinical Development Directors, Chief Medical Officers and the like. Their Haslemere consultants have international experience and have been providing both retained search and inhouse managed service solutions to the BioTech industry since 2012, focusing on aiding growth-stage Venture Capital-backed firms and publicly listed companies.
99 Wey Hill, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1HT
This agency specialises in the Data Science, Biometrics, Clinical Research and Translational Research and Procurement & Technical Operations sectors across the UK, Europe and North America. They also assist candidates and clients with temporary, contract and permanent requirements in the Pharmaceutical industry.
Regal House, 70 London Rd, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3QS
Apsida Life Science, founded in 2019, focuses on Life Science recruitment, supporting ventures in Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and more. Utilising their consultants' recruitment experience of over 25 years, the services they extend consist of contingent search for fast turnaround requirements, retained search for talents with niche skills, and temporary and contract worker search. They work from locations in Redhill, London and Boston in the US.
62 High Street, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1SH
Contracts IT Consulting, launched in 1999, matches Technology talent with both public and private organisations. They handle permanent, temporary and contract requirements for executive leaders and experienced staff in Application Services, Cloud, Infrastructure & Security and more. They can be found in Stockwell and have a 89% repeat business rate.
6 Houghton Square, Stockwell, London, SW9 9AN
Turner Regulatory Recruitment are industry experts that place Regulatory Affairs professionals in the UK's Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sectors. Based in Hertfordshire and London, they recruit for permanent and contract roles such as Project Manager, Team Leader, and Associate Director. Established in 2005, they work with a diverse client portfolio which includes Roche, Norgine, BioMarin, Vertex, Shire, ReNeuron, and Seqirus/CSL.
71-75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
Life Science Medics hires across Life Science operations, such as Clinical Development, Drug Safety and Medical Affairs. Their searches are executed by consultants who have at least 10 years of experience. Since they opened their doors in 2016, they have been recruiting Medical Doctors and Industry Physicians from entry-level Specialists up to Chief Medical Officers. Their network extends throughout Europe through offices in Soho and Switzerland.
71-75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
Lead Candidate exclusively deals with Pharmaceutical and BioTech recruitment, focusing on Drug Development, Manufacturing and Contract Services worldwide. Their team has a combined experience of over 50 years, led by directors who come from Pharma and Bio Supply Chain backgrounds. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, they mainly support developing businesses and scaling organisations like MedPharm Ltd, INCOG BioPharma Services and AES Clean Technology.
Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, NE1 6UF
AKS Recruitment recruits across the Pharmaceutical, Contract Research Organisation, Medical Devices and Biotechnology markets. Since they started their operations in 2006, they have gathered candidate contacts from over 20 countries and made it to the Preferred Supplier Lists of over 40 companies. These are made possible by their services such as executive search, permanent staffing and contract recruitment. Their office can be found in Leeds.
Willow Grove, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS14 6GP
ARTO delivers specialised staffing solutions to employers in the Life Sciences industry. They source job seekers for contract, interim, and permanent jobs. Since their foundation in 2020, they have been offering services to the following areas: Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Commercial, Medical Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, and R&D Preclinical.
Innovation House, Innovation Wy, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9FF
Springboard Worldwide, situated in Verwood, helps fulfil Sales, Marketing and Professional recruitment requirements in the Technology, Engineering, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology sectors. Generating a wealth of experience since they started in 1999, their previous successes include global placements across Europe, Asia and US.
27 Vicarage Road, Verwood, Dorset, BH31 6DR
Mason Harding is a specialist Life Science recruitment company covering disciplines such as Research, Diagnostic and Biotechnology. Their competitive advantage is in spearheading single-hire, multi-hire and long-term projects, both in the UK and overseas, via bespoke models, in addition to offering free services to job seekers. Based in Leeds, their client portfolio includes Integrated DNA Technologies, Sony Biotechnology and Veranome Biosystems.
46 Park Place, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 2RY
AssureBio provides Life Science recruitment solutions to Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies. With an office in Wilmslow, they cover the entirety of the UK and Europe in sourcing for permanent, interim and executive Quality Assurance roles. Their experience in recruitment dates back to 2015, and they perform retained and contingent search. Fields they manage include Quality Management System, Inspection Readiness and Internal & External Audit.
Bollin House, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 1DP
EPM Scientific sources Life Sciences professionals for vacancies across the entire product life cycle, from Research and Development, Biometrics, Clinical Development, and Clinical Operations, through to Market Launch and Pharmacovigilance. Since they began in 2012, they have catered to permanent, contract, and multi-hire recruitment mandates of 71 world-leading companies. They have 14 office locations across Europe, Asia, and the United States.
Ground Floor, 21 Lombard Street, City of London, London, EC3V 9AH
Star OUTiCO matches Healthcare professionals with ventures in Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Medtech and Biotech. Incorporated in 2002, they have a customer portfolio that comprises Pfizer, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Nestle Health Science and more. With six locations in Europe, including offices in Rugby, Bath and Manchester, they open permanent, temporary and contract vacancies like Respiratory Specialist and Clinical Technical Advisor.
11 Davy Court Castle Mound Way Central Park, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 0UZ
Mediatum supports multiple fields such as Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Consulting, Academic and Industrial. They also assist Not-for-Profit organisations. Recruiting both in the UK and abroad, they have teams in the City of London, three cities in Germany, Austria and the US that conduct executive search and onboarding coaching. They were incorporated in 2001.
33 Cannon Street, City of London, London, EC4M 5SB
CT19 is a multi-vertical talent solutions partner for diverse clients nationwide and globally. Their expertise extends to the Biotechnology, Chemicals & Renewables, Life Sciences, and Pharmaceuticals sectors. Since its foundation in 2019, they have been conducting contract, permanent, and temporary recruitment for all levels of vacancies. These include Bioprocessing Scientist, Prototype Engineer, Research Engineer, and Software Engineer.
Hersham Farm Business Park, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 0DN
Albion Rye Associates delivers global recruitment solutions in Life Sciences with a focus on mid-to-executive appointments. Bringing in a collective experience of over 50 years from various backgrounds, they have been partnering with customers in Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology since 2018, with the help of their Crawley site.
Explorer 2, Second Floor, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9GT
Blackfield Associates - International Life Sciences Staffing Solutions are experts in providing skilled staff in the following sectors: Engineering, Health Economics, Medical Affairs, Clinical, Scientific, Bioinformatics, and Manufacturing across England. They have been placing candidates in permanent roles for over four years. They also work in partnership with Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC).
1, Quay Point, Northarbour Rd, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3TD
Wentworth Life Sciences, located in Tunbridge Wells, sources executive leaders in Life Sciences. With the help of multilingual consultants, appointments they help make are not only within the UK, but abroad as well. Since they were formed in 2006, their past clients include Biotechnology start-ups, HealthTech companies and Pharma firms.
Foundation House, Coach & Horses Passage, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5NP
ArkTalent Group recruits for the Life Science, Healthcare and Chemical industries, covering Quality Assurance, Commercial, Clinical Research and more. They accommodate permanent and contract assignments as well as needs for executive leaders. They utilise their experience, which dates back to 2012, in working with enterprises internationally. They have offices in Manchester and Oxford. They are also a supplier to the MSDUK, a supplier diversity organisation.
2 Castle Street, Manchester, Lancashire, M3 4LZ
Populus Select Recruitment operates primarily within the Sustainable Technology, Engineering, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, and Renewable Energy sectors. They are headquartered in Durham, with more offices located in Darlington and London. They were established in 2007 and have a global reach that allows them to place professionals such as Executives and CEOs.
The Coach House 140 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7RT
Flowtec Group recruits for three distinct areas, which are Engineering, IT Solutions and BioTech & Life Sciences. Their services include executive search & selection, where they conduct detailed background checks, and retained project delivery, which is ideal for situations like site movements and new office openings. They have a worldwide reach through locations in Sutton Coldfield, two across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain and the US.
50 Victoria Rd, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1SW
Delta Consultants, launched in 1988, supports hires of Scientific, Medical and Engineering professionals internationally. Specific areas they support include Biotech, Forensics and Pharmaceutical for all levels of expertise from trainee to senior appointments. They extend their contingency and executive search services to ventures from local startups to global organisations through a team in St. Ives. They are members of the Institute of Biomedical Science.
Norfolk House, 4 Station Road, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5AF
Carrot Pharma specialises in Pharma and Life Sciences. Launched in 2006, the agency sources staff for permanent or contract positions, including executive roles, via their Manchester office.
Pentland House Village Way, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 2GH
ENG Bauen operates across Power, Energy & Infrastructure, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, and Industrial Process & Manufacturing, sourcing Project Management, Project Controls, Construction and Engineering talent recruitment globally. With 36 years of experience and teams in Bristol and the Netherlands, they have gathered over 13,000 contacts in their candidate database. They are also partners of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies.
Spectrum Building, Bond Street, Bristol, Avon, BS1 3LG
Taylorollinson is a Scientific recruitment firm founded in 2013 with offices in Manchester Science Park and Milton Park, Oxford. They specialise in these industry sectors: Biotechnology, Chemical, Environmental, Food/Beverage, Medical Devices, Oil/Gas, Pharmaceutical, and more.
Innovation Centre, 99 Park Drive, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RY
Plymtree Careers operates across the Oil & Gas, Energy, Construction, Engineering, Marine, Life Science, Technology, Finance, and Power & Mining industries. They are headquartered in Devon and have been operating since 2009. They also offer executive headhunting services for roles such as Managing Director, Operations Director, Regional Director, Country Manager, Recruitment Manager, and more senior positions.
Simmonds Place, Kingsmill Industrial Estate, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1BS
Care4Health is a staffing provider for the Healthcare industry. They cover roles such as Dietitian, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Social Worker, Doctor, and a whole lot more. Their headquarters is located in Worcester. Care4Health also supports SAFERjobs and is a corporate member of the REC.
8 Millhouse, Elgar Business Centre, Moseley Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR2 6NJ
Cranleigh Scientific sources employment opportunities and candidates on behalf of the STEM and Sustainability sectors in the UK, Europe and America. Born and bred in 2001 in Guildford, they deliver roles in Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Chemical, Clinical, Environmental, Medical Device, and Food and Beverage at all levels. As an REC corporate member, Cranleigh deals with all types of businesses ranging from start-ups to multinational enterprises.
PM House, Riverway Estate, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1LZ
Bolt Staffing Solutions has been working across numerous markets including, but not limited to, Customer Service, Sales, Help Desk, Office Support, Clerical, Call Centre, Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance Tech and Warehouse & Distribution since 2021. Partnering with public and private organisations of all sizes, they work on permanent, temporary and contract qualified, professional and skilled staffing needs. They are located in Wigton.
20 New Street, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9AL
CY Partners Recruitment Specialists provides staffing solutions for clients in the Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Life Sciences, Biotech and Clinical industries. Established in 2008, they recruit for temporary, contract and permanent positions for jobs such as Fermentation Scientist, Product Development Chemist and Regulatory Associate.
Suite 4 Second Floor The Curve Newburn Riverside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, NE15 8NZ
PDR Group is a national market recruiter that delivers staffing services to an extensive client portfolio in the Commercial and Industrial sectors. They cover a broad range of industries, including Administration, Aviation, Charity, Construction, Engineering, HR, IT, Legal, Logistics, Marketing, Operations, Sales, Technology, and Warehouse. The agency has been filling various permanent, temporary, and contract appointments for over 12 years.
First Floor 33 Mount Pleasant Rd, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1PN
Orbit Search is a talent specialist that caters to the Commercial and Life Sciences sectors nationwide. From its Bewdley office, the firm sources on a permanent, contract, and temporary basis for various roles. These include Contract Managers, Procurement Consultants, and Tax Accountants. They also cover an array of disciplines, such as AI & Machine Learning, Finance & Accounting, Pharmacogenetics, and Sports & Leisure.
Bridge House, River Side North, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 1AB
First Engineering Services LTD provides Engineering employment services to a variety of industries. The agency has a wide range of expertise from working in markets such as BioTech, Aircraft Engineering, Energy & Utilities, and Environment. They operate globally in strategic locations across America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Their clients range from medium businesses to major multinational companies.
206 Turners Hill, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 9DE
WP Recruitment is a staffing business that provides contract, temporary, and permanent staff to multiple industry sectors in the UK. The agency recruits for a variety of roles like Office Supervisor, Kitchen Production Assistant, Electrician, Supply Chain Coordinator, Marine Engineer, Works Planners, and more. They are members of the REC and the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce. The agency was founded in 1989.
Corner House, 68-70 Lugley Street, Newport, Isle Of Wight, PO30 5ET
Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS) exclusively operates within the Life Science sector. Founded by Ricky Martin in partnership with Lord Alan Sugar, HRS covers recruitment solutions in the Science, Engineering, Technical and Commercial sectors, working with a range of establishments such as pharmaceutical companies and FMCG business. With offices in Essex, Scotland and Manchester, they assist candidates and employers globally.
92-98 Fountainbridge, 1 Lochrin Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 9QA
Biotech Rec provides specialist contract and perm Life Science Recruitment Services, globally. Our experience and partnerships with blue chip pharmaceutical and biopharma companies, has gained us a reputation for delivering reliable services. We take time to understand your unique company needs and what an individual is looking for in their job search. Using our established methods, we can meet the requirements for both client and candidate
The Workstation, Suite 1, Three Gables, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 9HN