veterinary scientist
Veterinary scientist develop and do research in animal models, compare basic biology across animals, and translate research findings to different species, including humans.
veterinary scientist veterinary scientist develop and do research in animal models, compare basic biology across animals, and translate research findings to different species, including humans. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include veterinary terminology, fundamental veterinary sciences, anatomy of animals, draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation, manage research data.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £51,058 a year for Veterinarians (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2240). ONS rates this estimate acceptable: it rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
No official India pay figure is available for this career.
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Medicine and Dentistry
- Biology
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Education and Training
- Chemistry
- Personnel and Human Resources
What you'd actually do
- Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery.
- Inoculate animals against various diseases, such as rabies or distemper.
- Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries.
- Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis.
- Operate diagnostic equipment, such as radiographic or ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images.
- Educate the public about diseases that can be spread from animals to humans.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does veterinary scientist do?
Veterinary scientist develop and do research in animal models, compare basic biology across animals, and translate research findings to different species, including humans.
What skills does veterinary scientist need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include veterinary terminology, fundamental veterinary sciences, anatomy of animals, draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation, manage research data, perform laboratory testing on samples of animals. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace veterinary scientist?
Our AI-durability model gives veterinary scientist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.