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Senior Scientist in Trace Analysis Mass Spectrometry

AstraZeneca • Macclesfield, Cheshire

Salary

£45k – £45k

Posted

30 October 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

AstraZeneca is hiring a Senior Scientist in Trace Analysis Mass Spectrometry in Macclesfield, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £45k – £45k. 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 in Trace Analysis Mass Spectrometry Location: Macclesfield Salary: Competitive Introduction to role: Are you ready to use separation science and mass spectrometry to quantify trace impurities that protect patients and accelerate medicines to market? Based at our Macclesfield, UK campus, you will apply your expertise to generate decisive, high-quality data that directly shapes product understanding and control strategies. You will join an analytical team that partners…

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Employer: AstraZeneca — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £45k – £45k
How this salary compares: about 7% above the £41,941 median across 1,209 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 7 other live scientific & qa roles in Macclesfield — browse them
Posted: 30 October 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.