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Role explorer

How is your role developing?

Search for a job title and combine it with filters: the baito Index shows you the weekly trend of postings, work modes, employer types and salaries.

Roles are based on ESCO, the EU's occupation taxonomy. It's the same taxonomy we use to classify every job on baito.

How we classify roles:

Forschungsleiter:in

Time series: all postings for this role – independent of the filters.

−68%
050Dec 29Feb 2Mar 9Apr 13May 18Jun 22
27
Overall 1,188

Data as of June 28, 2026·Source: baito job data·based on 720 postings · incl. 15 related roles

– – Overall: all new postings, own scale

Current snapshot

Rolling 90 days – responds to your filters.

Supporting
Postings, last 90 days392incl. postings that have since closed
Of which live now130open on baito right now

Work modes

  • Hybrid56%220
  • On-site42%165
  • Remote2%7

Source: baito job data·based on 392 postings with a stated mode

Employment type

  • Full-time72%272
  • Part-time32%123
  • Temporary Work14%52
  • Student Jobs9%34
  • 4 days job4%16
  • Internship3%12

Source: baito job data·based on 380 postings with a stated mode

Multiple mentions possible – one posting can count more than once.

Seniority

  • Entry Level7%25
  • Junior16%55
  • Mid-Level45%151
  • Senior26%87
  • Lead8%27

Source: baito job data·based on 339 postings with a stated mode

Multiple mentions possible – one posting can count more than once.

Top organization types

  • Private Sector28%108
  • NGO20%80
  • Association16%64
  • Think Tank12%46
  • Government11%42

Source: baito job data·based on 392 postings

Multiple mentions possible – one posting can count more than once.

Top SDGs

  • 9 – Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure31%121
  • 13 – Climate Action28%109
  • 4 – Quality Education26%100
  • 7 – Affordable & Clean Energy20%79
  • 10 – Reduced Inequalities19%73

Source: baito job data·based on 392 postings

Multiple mentions possible – one posting can count more than once.

Top cities

  • Berlin27%105
  • Hamburg13%52
  • München8%30
  • Stuttgart4%14
  • Dresden3%13
  • Frankfurt am Main3%13

Source: baito job data·based on 392 postings

Multiple mentions possible – one posting can count more than once.

Salary

Annual salary (median) of postings stating one

baitoReference value: €73,853
€0k€23k€45k€68k€90k
Entry€49,425
Median€67,261
Peak€67,261

Pay transparency

37%state salary or tariff
  • Salary only27%106
  • Salary and tariff2%7
  • Tariff only8%32
  • Not disclosed63%247

Source: baito job data·based on 113 postings

Collective agreement

How many postings name a collective agreement

10%

of postings name a collective agreement

Most common agreements

  • TVöD26%10
  • TV-L21%8
  • TVöD Bund21%8
  • Tarifvertrag (allgemein)5%2
  • TV-H5%2
  • BAT-KF3%1

Source: baito job data·based on 39 postings with a collective agreement

Contract shares relative to postings naming a collective agreement.

AI index

How much of this occupation AI touches today, and whether it assists or takes over

Augmentation (AI assists)10%
Automation (AI takes over)6%

AI usage is recorded on 7 of 16 tasks; 56% of them carry no AI signal yet.

Assistance and independent task completion are roughly balanced in this occupation right now.

Since Dec 2024: automation +17 pts, augmentation -27 pts

Trend across releasesAugmentationAutomation

Split within the AI-used tasks over time, not the share of the whole role.

0%50%100%
Dec 24Aug 25Nov 25Feb 26

Data basis: Natural Sciences Managers · Match: high · As of: Feb 2026

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (CC-BY 4.0)

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All figures come from the baito Index: postings on baito since January 2023 – not a statistic on the entire German labor market. More on the methodology

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