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Research Engineer

Hackajob Ltd • Charing Cross, Central London

Salary

£62k – £62k

Posted

30 September 2026

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Hackajob Ltd is hiring a Research Engineer in Charing Cross, a it role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £62k – £62k. Hackajob Ltd 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.

Our client is a global technology company. At our client, research-focused Software Engineers are embedded throughout the company, allowing them to setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly. Ideas may come from internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world. From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, engineers work on real-world…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Hackajob Ltd — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £62k – £62k
How this salary compares: about 8% above the £57,000 median across 1,245 it roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Charing Cross, Central London
Similar roles nearby: 11 other live it roles in Charing Cross — browse them
Posted: 30 September 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

IT and technology roles are one of the most consistently sponsored categories in the UK. Software engineers, data scientists, cloud architects, DevOps specialists, and cybersecurity professionals are in demand across finance, retail, the public sector, and specialist tech firms. Many large IT employers maintain established sponsorship processes through their HR and talent teams.