Research Scientist Jobs in United Kingdom.
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Total jobs
57
positions indexed
New today
2
last 24 hours
Companies
34
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere
How many Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom are there right now?
There are 57 open Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom on JobsRadar right now, from 34 companies hiring directly. 20 of them disclose pay, with a median of $150,000 a year and most offers between $116,000 and $256,250. 2 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on September 19, 2026 at 14:14 UTC.
Research Scientist salary range in United Kingdom
$116k
25th
$150k
Median
$256.3k
75th
$95.2k
$295.4k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $94.7k – $502.6k · outliers off-axis
Based on 20 disclosed live listings
Updated Sep 19, 2026 from live listings
Senior Research Scientist, Health Economic Modelling
Precision AQ
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Senior Research Scientist, Health Economic Modelling
Precision Medicine Group
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Research Scientist - Large Geometry Models
PhysicsX
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1d ago
Senior Research Associate / Associate Scientist, Molecular Biology – High Throughput Platform
Flagship Pioneering, Inc.
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Research Scientist/Engineer (Agentic Systems)
White Circle
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2d ago
Research Scientist, Condensed Matter Theory
Periodic Labs
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3d ago
Alignment Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist
AI Security Institute
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3d ago
Misuse Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist
AI Security Institute
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3d ago
Control Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist
AI Security Institute
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3d ago
Principal Research Scientist - Machine Learning
IMC
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3d ago
Research Scientist
Example Corp
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4d ago
Senior Laboratory Research Scientist
The Francis Crick Institute
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5d ago
Research Data Scientist - Dashboards & Applications
Rand Europe
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1w ago
Research Scientist (Control)
Apolloresearch
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1w ago
Senior Scientist, Research Informatics & Data Science
AstraZeneca
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1w ago
Research Scientist - AI Safety
Faculty
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2w ago
Senior Research Scientist - AI Safety Evaluations
Faculty
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2w ago
Senior Research Scientist - AI Safety
Faculty
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2w ago
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Senior Scientist Upstream Process Research Mammalian Cell Culture and Single-Use Bioreactors - Client-dedicated
Thermo Fisher Scientific
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2w ago
Associate Data Scientist - Operations Research
Wheely
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2w ago
Associate Data Scientist - Operations Research
Wheely
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2w ago
Research Scientist/Engineer (Science of Scheming)
Apolloresearch
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2w ago
Research Scientist/Engineer (Evaluations)
Apolloresearch
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Senior Research Scientist (Architectures Research)
Nebius
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2w ago
[Expression of Interest] Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment - London
Anthropic
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3w ago
Frequently asked questions
- How many Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom are open right now?
- 57 Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom are open across 34 companies, as of September 19, 2026.
- What do Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom pay?
- Across the 20 Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom that disclose pay, the median is $150,000 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $116,000 and $256,250.
- Which companies are hiring Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom?
- Precision AQ, Precision Medicine Group, PhysicsX, Flagship Pioneering, Inc. and White Circle are among the 34 companies currently hiring Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom.
- How current are these listings?
- Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on September 19, 2026 at 14:14 UTC.