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Senior Scientist (Bioscience – Translational Biology)

Cancer Research UK • UK

Salary

£42k – £51k

Posted

9 August 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Cancer Research UK is hiring a Senior Scientist (Bioscience – Translational Biology) in UK, a full-time scientific & qa role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £42k – £51k. Cancer Research UK 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 (Bioscience – Translational Biology) £41,700 - £51,300 plus benefits Reports to: Principal Scientist Directorate: Research & Innovation Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time 35 hours per week Location: Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge (Lab Based – Low flex with a minimum of 3 days per week on-site). Closing date: Sunday 23rd August 23:55pm Recruitment process: Initial screening call via MS Teams, followed by an in person competency-based interview with presentation task. Inte…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Cancer Research UK — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £42k – £51k
How this salary compares: about 28% above the £40,000 median across 1,023 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: UK · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 157 other live scientific & qa roles in UK — browse them
Posted: 9 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.