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Research and development manager jobs in Cardiff
The 2021 census counted 981 residents working as research and development managers and other research professionals living in Cardiff.
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Published figures for Cardiff
What the official data says about Cardiff
At the 2021 census, 981 people living in Cardiff were in work as research and development managers and other research professionals. It was 0.61% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Cardiff 1st of 22 areas in Wales, where the middle area recorded 99. Swansea was the next area down.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Cardiff, every occupation counted together, had a median of £38,225. That is 3rd of 22 in Wales, against a regional middle of £35,578. Work of this kind pays £41,050 across the region, which is £2,825 more than the typical Cardiff job, about 7% above it.
Research and development is concentrated in far fewer places than most work: Cardiff had 3,900 employee jobs in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research in 2024, out of 227,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 1.72% of every job here, that ranks 6th of 22 in Wales, where the middle area sits at 1%.
- Residents in work as research professionals (SOC 216)
- 981
- Median full-time pay for research professionals across Wales
- £41,050
- Employee jobs in the area in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research
- 3,900
- Research professionals, share of everyone in work in the area
- 0.61%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £38,225
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 160,442
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 227,000
The research and development manager role
Leading the work on what a business sells next: the research programme, the budget behind it, and the scientists or engineers doing it.
Research and development manager jobs in Cardiff: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Cardiff?
981 residents of Cardiff were in work as research professionals at the 2021 census, which was 0.61% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.
What does this work pay around Cardiff?
Across Wales, £41,050 is the median for research professionals. In Cardiff itself the median across all occupations together is £38,225. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.
Is there much of this work based in Cardiff?
3,900 of the 227,000 employee jobs in Cardiff are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.