Postdoc and research fellow jobs

Postdoctoral research associate, research fellow and early-career fellowship posts — usually fixed-term and attached to a funded project or group.

There are 63 live vacancies across 16 institutions, including The University of Southampton, The University of Bath and University of Nottingham. Advertised salaries range from £32,080 to £56,535 a year.

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Senior Research Associate

The University of Lancaster · School of Mathematical Sciences

Lancaster Fixed-term £39,906–£46,049 / year
Posted 19 Oct
Closes 29 Nov 2026
Posted 19 Oct
Closes 29 Nov 2026

Research Fellow in Quantum Simulations of Gauge Theories

The University of Leeds

Leeds Fixed-term £41,064–£48,822 / year
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days

Research Fellow in Topological Quantum Matter

The University of Leeds

Leeds Fixed-term £41,064–£48,822 / year
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days

Research Fellows in Quantum Many-Body Physics (3 separate projects)

The University of Leeds

Leeds Fixed-term £41,064–£48,822 / year
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days

Research Fellow in Quantum Criticality and Conformal Field Theory

The University of Leeds

Leeds Fixed-term £41,064–£48,822 / year
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days

BHF Research Fellow

The University of Leeds · Leeds Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine

Leeds Fixed-term £41,064–£48,822 / year
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days

Research fellow in Circular Manufacturing (0.5 Full time equivalent) (24 months fixed-term contract) - Internal only

The University of Brighton

Brighton Fixed-term £41,064–£48,822 / year
Posted 16 Oct
Closes 5 Nov 2026
Posted 16 Oct
Closes 5 Nov 2026

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Gene Therapy

The Royal Veterinary College · Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences

London Fixed-term £41,339–£52,499 / year
Posted 15 Oct
Closes in 9 days
Posted 15 Oct
Closes in 9 days

Research Fellow A in Computational Linguistics

The University of Surrey · Surrey Morphology Group

Guildford Fixed-term £38,448–£41,885 / year
Posted 15 Oct
Closes in 11 days
Posted 15 Oct
Closes in 11 days

Research Fellow in Morphological typology

The University of Surrey · Surrey Morphology Group

Guildford Fixed-term £38,448–£45,641 / year
Posted 15 Oct
Closes in 11 days
Posted 15 Oct
Closes in 11 days

Research Fellow in Lung Remodelling

The University of Southampton · Faculty of Medicine

Southampton Fixed-term £37,369–£37,369 / year
Posted 15 Oct
Closes in 2 days
Posted 15 Oct
Closes in 2 days

Research Associate/Fellow (Internal only, Fixed-term)

University of Nottingham · Resilience Engineering Group

Nottingham Fixed-term Not specified
Posted 14 Oct
Closes in 8 days
Posted 14 Oct
Closes in 8 days

Research Associate/ Fellow in 3D Printing of Biocatalytic Flow Reactors (Fixed Term)

University of Nottingham · Faculty of Engineering

Nottingham · Hybrid Fixed-term Research Associate/Fellow scale
Posted 14 Oct
Closes in 11 days
Posted 14 Oct
Closes in 11 days

Research Associate/Fellow in Optimisation for 3D Printing (Fixed Term)

University of Nottingham · Faculty of Engineering

Nottingham · Hybrid Fixed-term Research Associate/Fellow grade
Posted 14 Oct
Closes in 11 days
Posted 14 Oct
Closes in 11 days

Research Associate

The University of Bath · Education & Research

Bath Fixed-term £38,784–£46,049 / year
Posted 13 Oct
Closes today
Posted 13 Oct
Closes today

Research Fellow

The University of Southampton · School of Chemistry

Southampton · Hybrid Fixed-term £39,560–£41,885 / year
Posted 13 Oct
Closes 10 Nov 2026
Posted 13 Oct
Closes 10 Nov 2026

Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed-term)

University of Nottingham · School of Biosciences

Sutton Bonington · Hybrid Fixed-term Not specified
Posted 13 Oct
Closes 9 Nov 2026
Posted 13 Oct
Closes 9 Nov 2026

Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed-term)

University of Nottingham · Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre (NTEC)

Nottingham · Hybrid Fixed-term Grade not specified — see role profile
Posted 13 Oct
Closes 2 Nov 2026
Posted 13 Oct
Closes 2 Nov 2026

Research Associate/Fellow In Mechanical Systems in The Quantum Regime

University of Nottingham · School of Physics and Astronomy

Nottingham Fixed-term Research Associate/Fellow grade
Posted 13 Oct
Closes in 10 days
Posted 13 Oct
Closes in 10 days

Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Privacy

The University of Greenwich · Centre for Sustainable Cyber Security

Greenwich Fixed-term £38,784–£44,746 / year
Posted 13 Oct
Closes in 7 days
Posted 13 Oct
Closes in 7 days

GCARE Research Fellow in Air Pollution Modelling & Monitoring

The University of Surrey · Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE)

Guildford Fixed-term £37,694–£38,784 / year
Posted 12 Oct
Closes in 7 days
Posted 12 Oct
Closes in 7 days

Research Fellow - Offshore Geotechnics

The University of Southampton · School of Engineering / Centre of Excellence for Intelligent & Resilient Ocean Engineering

Southampton Fixed-term £37,369–£45,641 / year
Posted 12 Oct
Closes 16 Nov 2026
Posted 12 Oct
Closes 16 Nov 2026

Research Fellow in Sustainable batteries for seamless textile electronics for healthcare

The University of Southampton

Southampton Fixed-term £37,369–£45,641 / year
Posted 12 Oct
Closes 16 Nov 2026
Posted 12 Oct
Closes 16 Nov 2026

Research Fellow in Digital Health

The University of Southampton · School of Psychology

Southampton Fixed-term £37,369–£45,641 / year
Posted 12 Oct
Closes 9 Nov 2026
Posted 12 Oct
Closes 9 Nov 2026

Research Fellow in Neuroscience

The University of Leeds · Faculty of Biological Sciences

Leeds Fixed-term £41,064–£48,822 / year
Posted 12 Oct
Closes 3 Nov 2026
Posted 12 Oct
Closes 3 Nov 2026