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Apprenticeship, Assistant Scientist

Natural Resources Wales • Swansea, Wales

Salary

£26k – £26k

Posted

14 July 2026

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Natural Resources Wales is hiring a Apprenticeship, Assistant Scientist in Swansea, a scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £26k – £26k. Natural Resources Wales holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

The role This is a Level 4 Apprenticeship opportunity within Natural Resources Wales' (NRW) Analytical Services team. During your apprenticeship, you will combine academic study with practical, hands-on experience in a professional laboratory environment, developing the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for a successful career in analytical science. Based at NRW's laboratory at Swansea University, you will spend time working across all three Analytical Services departments: Service Deli…

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Employer: Natural Resources Wales — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £26k – £26k
How this salary compares: about 37% below the £41,185 median across 546 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Swansea, Wales
Posted: 14 July 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Scientific and quality assurance roles span pharmaceutical, biotech, clinical research, and laboratory sectors. The UK life sciences industry actively recruits internationally for research scientists, QA managers, regulatory affairs specialists, and clinical trial coordinators, with many employers maintaining well-established sponsor licence operations.