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Research Associate

Wild BioscienceElfield Park, Milton Keynes

Salary
£47k – £47k
Posted
4 September 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

Wild Bioscience is hiring a Research Associate in Elfield Park, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £47k – £47k. Wild Bioscience 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.

Description Are you someone who enjoys hands-on lab work and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative research environment? We're looking for a motivated Research Associate to join our plant genotyping team, playing a key role in our molecular biology and genotyping pipelines. The ideal candidate is happy at the lab bench and equally comfortable with the computational analysis of genotyping data. Who we are At Wild Bio we are radically enhancing crops to feed the world sustainably and promote a w…
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  • Employer: Wild Bioscience — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Skilled Worker
  • Advertised salary: £47k – £47k
  • How this salary compares: about 15% above the £40,667 median across 770 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: Elfield Park, Milton Keynes · Full-time
  • Posted: 4 September 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.

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