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Senior Scientist (12-Month Fixed Term Contract), Oncology Research

AstraZeneca • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Salary

£58k – £58k

Posted

28 August 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

AstraZeneca is hiring a Senior Scientist (12-Month Fixed Term Contract), Oncology Research in Cambridge, a full-time scientific & qa role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £58k – £58k. AstraZeneca 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.

Senior Scientist ( 12-Month Fixed Term Contract ) , Oncology Research Location: Cambridge (Discovery Centre) Introduction to the Role: At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. We’re passionate about the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world. We commit to those areas where we believe we can really change the course of medicine and…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: AstraZeneca — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £58k – £58k
How this salary compares: about 43% above the £40,675 median across 718 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 36 other live scientific & qa roles in Cambridge — browse them
Posted: 28 August 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.