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Senior Scientist – Diagnostic Deployment

AstraZeneca • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Salary

£53k – £53k

Posted

13 August 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

AstraZeneca is hiring a Senior Scientist – Diagnostic Deployment in Cambridge, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £53k – £53k. 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.

Job Title: Senior Scientist – Diagnostic Deployment Location: Cambridge, UK Introduction to role: Precision Diagnostics Development (PDD) within AstraZeneca focuses on matching medicines to those patients who will benefit most and delivering companion or complementary diagnostic assays aligned to drug development to enable personalised healthcare across our clinical portfolio. We are seeking a Senior Scientist to join our Accredited Diagnostic Development Laboratory (ADDL) at the Cambridge Biom…

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Employer: AstraZeneca — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £53k – £53k
How this salary compares: about 30% above the £40,643 median across 945 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 25 other live scientific & qa roles in Cambridge — browse them
Posted: 13 August 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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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.