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Skills that raise your pay

• Instrument specialisation

  Mass spectrometry and chromatography. Being the person who can fix and validate the instrument is worth real money.

• Method validation and quality systems

  The paperwork side that regulated labs live on. Rare and valued.

• Formulation

  Designing products rather than testing them. Moves you from cost centre to product team.

• Process chemistry

  Scaling a reaction from a flask to a plant. Where chemistry meets engineering pay.