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Senior Scientist – Analytical Lead

AstraZeneca • Macclesfield, Cheshire

Salary

£63k – £63k

Posted

10 October 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

AstraZeneca is hiring a Senior Scientist – Analytical Lead in Macclesfield, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £63k – £63k. 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.

Introduction to role: Are you ready to lead analytical control strategies that accelerate medicines from lab to clinic and beyond? Based in Macclesfield, you will shape how we design, validate and deploy analytical methods that directly determine product robustness, speed to patients and regulatory success. You will serve as the analytical lead for oral solid dosage and/or parenteral products across development phases, partnering closely with formulation, engineering, manufacturing, QA and Regu…

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Employer: AstraZeneca — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £63k – £63k
How this salary compares: about 56% above the £40,231 median across 1,239 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 8 other live scientific & qa roles in Macclesfield — browse them
Posted: 10 October 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.