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Principal Scientist (Functional Genomics)

Cancer Research UK • UK

Salary

£62k – £62k

Posted

25 July 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Cancer Research UK is hiring a Principal Scientist (Functional Genomics) in UK, a full-time scientific & qa role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £62k – £62k. Cancer Research UK 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.

Principal Scientist - Functional Genomics Salary : £ 57,000 - £ 64,400 per annum (dependent on experience) plus benefits Reports to: Group leader Directorate: Research & Innovation Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time 35 hours per week Location: Cambridge, UK, joint AstraZeneca - CRUK Functional Genomics Centre, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AA (Lab based low - flex , with a minimum of 3 days per week on-site). Closing date: Sunday 9 th August 2026 23:55 p…

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Employer: Cancer Research UK — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £62k – £62k
How this salary compares: about 55% above the £40,188 median across 953 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: UK · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 153 other live scientific & qa roles in UK — browse them
Posted: 25 July 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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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.