Research jobs

Research roles of every level — postdocs, research assistants, research software engineers, data scientists and research managers.

There are 94 live vacancies across 21 institutions, including The University of Southampton, The University of Bath and University of Nottingham. Advertised salaries range from £12,331 to £72,402 a year.

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Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (AKT) Associate: User Research and Interface Design (Project STRUM) - 3 month fixed term contract, 0.5FTE

The University of West London · London College of Music

Ealing · Hybrid Fixed-term From £40,834 / year
Posted 19 Oct
Closes in 7 days
Posted 19 Oct
Closes in 7 days

Research Assistant for Lunar In-Situ Resource Propellant Extraction

The University of Surrey · Surrey Space Centre

Guildford Fixed-term £12,331–£12,331 / year
Posted 19 Oct
Closes in 6 days
Posted 19 Oct
Closes in 6 days

Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (AKT) Associate in Human Factors, Behaviour & Human-AI Teaming

The University of Bath · Education & Research

Bath Fixed-term £43,099–£43,099 / year
Posted 19 Oct
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Posted 19 Oct
Closes in 6 days

Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (AKT) Associate - Real-Time 3D British Sign Language Avatar Developer

The University of Bath · Education & Research

Bath Fixed-term £40,704–£40,704 / year
Posted 19 Oct
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Posted 19 Oct
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Temperate Rainforest Restoration Research Assistant

The University of Leeds

Leeds · Hybrid Fixed-term £33,951–£39,906 / year
Posted 19 Oct
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Posted 19 Oct
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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

Servitization and Service Innovation Lead – KTP Associate

Aston University · Teaching & Research

Birmingham · Hybrid Fixed-term £35,000–£37,000 / year
Posted 16 Oct
Closes 6 Nov 2026
Posted 16 Oct
Closes 6 Nov 2026

Research Assistant - ITE

York St John University

York Casual / Sessional £18–£21 / hour
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 13 days
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 13 days

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
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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
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Posted 16 Oct
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Research Fellow in Quantum Criticality and Conformal Field Theory

The University of Leeds

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

Research Assistant

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · Public Health, Environments and Society

London Fixed-term £40,784–£46,643 / year
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days
Posted 16 Oct
Closes in 11 days

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

Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Associate (AKT)

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College · Department of Physical Sciences and Engineering

Egham Fixed-term £41,374–£41,374 / year
Posted 15 Oct
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Posted 15 Oct
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Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (AKT) - Associate in Veterinary Translational Research (fixed term up to 3 months)

Harper Adams University · Support Staff

Newport Fixed-term Up to £42,250 / year
Posted 15 Oct
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Posted 15 Oct
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Research Fellow A in Computational Linguistics

The University of Surrey · Surrey Morphology Group

Guildford Fixed-term £38,448–£41,885 / year
Posted 15 Oct
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Posted 15 Oct
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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
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Research Fellow in Lung Remodelling

The University of Southampton · Faculty of Medicine

Southampton Fixed-term £37,369–£37,369 / year
Posted 15 Oct
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Posted 15 Oct
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Senior Research Fellow - Flagship Delivery Manager

The University of Southampton

Southampton Fixed-term £46,970–£59,390 / year
Posted 15 Oct
Closes 12 Nov 2026
Posted 15 Oct
Closes 12 Nov 2026

Research and Innovation Associate — Researching the Hidden Workforce (6 Month Fixed Term Contract)

The University of West London · London School of Film, Media and Design

London Fixed-term £39,806–£39,806 / year
Posted 14 Oct
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Posted 14 Oct
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Research Fellow

The University of Southampton

Southampton Fixed-term £37,369–£45,641 / year
Posted 14 Oct
Closes 11 Nov 2026
Posted 14 Oct
Closes 11 Nov 2026

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

University of Nottingham · Resilience Engineering Group

Nottingham Fixed-term Not specified
Posted 14 Oct
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Posted 14 Oct
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