Scientific & QA Jobs

Research Assistant

University of Edinburgh • UK

Salary

£35k – £41k

Posted

3 November 2026

Work mode

Part-time

Sponsor match

high

International SportspersonWorker (A rating)

Role overview

University of Edinburgh is hiring a Research Assistant in UK, a part-time scientific & qa role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £35k – £41k. University of Edinburgh holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the International Sportsperson route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Description Grade UE06 £35,302 - £40,704 (pro-rata) Business School / Strategy Group Part time, 330 guaranteed hours Fixed term, 12 months. The Opportunity: Research Assistant (RA) Role The research assistant’s role is to support the Principal Investigators (PIs) in conducting a comparative qualitative analysis of relevant case studies. The research assistant will be responsible for the systematic retrieval, digitisation, and iterative structural organisation of primary and secondary data, buil…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: University of Edinburgh — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: International Sportsperson
Advertised salary: £35k – £41k
How this salary compares: in line with the £42,324 median across 815 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: UK · Part-time
Similar roles nearby: 292 other live scientific & qa roles in UK — browse them
Posted: 3 November 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.