Medical Researcher
6AI EXPOSURE TODAY6
20-YEAR SCENARIO
NOT A FORECAST51%
NOT A FORECAST51%
THE DOOR · ENTRY DIFFICULTY TODAYB
STARTING PAY£25,000 - £35,000
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Medical Researcher
As a Medical Researcher, you are at the forefront of pioneering discoveries that can transform healthcare and improve patient outcomes across the globe. Your work not only contributes to scientific knowledge but also has the potential to save lives, making it an incredibly rewarding career path in the UK and beyond.
THE DOOR: ENTRY DIFFICULTY TODAY, graded A (easy) to E (extremely hard). A Careermash rule-of-thumb index built from our AI exposure index and the job's moat class. It is not a forecast and not a count of job openings.
AI EXPOSURE TODAY is a Careermash index from 0 to 100 of how exposed this job's everyday tasks are to AI today. We estimate it by matching published research on how people use AI to this job, usually by keyword or subject area, and we lower it where the work is protected (for example by physical, personal or legal requirements). It is not a direct measurement of how much people in this job use AI.
AI helps here, but has not taken over
AI exposure for this job is below 50 on our index, and the day-to-day work still leans on a person to decide, check and take responsibility. Nothing formally protects this job though, so the safest move is to keep building the judgement AI cannot yet copy.
Organisations in this field
Organisations known to employ people in this area of work. This is not a list of current vacancies.
University of OxfordLeading Research University
GlaxoSmithKlineGlobal Pharmaceutical Company
Wellcome TrustBiomedical Research Charity
AstraZenecaPharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Company
Imperial College LondonTop Research University