Bioinformatics Jobs in the UK 2026
Computational biology, genomics and biostatistics roles across the UK life-sciences sector.
The UK is one of the world's leading hubs for genomics and computational biology, anchored by the life-sciences "Golden Triangle" of Cambridge, Oxford and London and by the Wellcome Sanger Institute at Hinxton. Employers hiring bioinformaticians here range from major pharma (AstraZeneca, GSK) and sequencing companies (Oxford Nanopore, Illumina) to research institutes and fast-growing biotechs. Below are the current openings on CompBioJobs, updated daily.
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54 open positions
Data Coordinator and Bioinformatician
University of Oxford · Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN), Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, Sherrington Road, OX1 3QU, Oxford, United Kingdom
· £39K-£48K
Lead Software Engineer - AI products for R&D
Novo Nordisk · London, London, GB
Associate Director, Statistical Programming
Novartis · London (The Westworks)
· £68K-£126K
Principal Scientist, Functional Genomics
Novo Nordisk · Oxford, South East, GB
Executive Director, Clinical Pharmacology/Pharmacometrics
Recursion · Remote Opportunity - United Kingdom
· £137K-£167K
Data Science Specialist, Computational Real-World Evidence (cRWE), Data Science, London
Novo Nordisk · London, London, GB
AIML Engineer, AI for Science
GSK · UK - Kings Cross – London
Programming, Statistics & Data Science (Multiple Roles) Industrial Placement, 2027
GSK · UK – London – New Oxford Street
Computational Sciences (Multiple Roles) Industrial Placement, 2027
GSK · UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage
Principal Bioinformatician
CRUK National Biomarker Centre · Manchester, United Kingdom
· £38K-£52K
AIML Software Engineer, AI for Science
GSK · London The Stanley Building
· $136K-$227K
12 Month University Industrial Placement Student: Statistics
AstraZeneca · UK - Macclesfield
12 Month University Industrial Placement Student: Biometrics - AI Science Specialist
AstraZeneca · UK - Macclesfield
Director of Biostatistics
AAVantgarde Bio · London - Hybrid
Scientist II/Senior Scientist, Computational Biophysics
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA
Scientist II / Senior ML Scientist, Data-Efficient Learning for Drug Discovery
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA
Director/Senior Director, Molecular Discovery
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA
ML Research Engineer, London
Isomorphic Labs · London
Staff AI Scientist
Boehringer Ingelheim · London, UK
Scientific Data Engineer
Epoch Biodesign · London, England, United Kingdom
Senior Data Scientist
Syngenta Group · London, GB
Data Scientist II GenAI
Syngenta Group · London, GB
Senior Engineer, Data Infrastructure
Flagship Pioneering · Cambridge, UK
Machine Learning Scientist
Latent Labs · London
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Latent Labs · London
Member of Technical Staff, Applied AI
Latent Labs · London
Computational Protein Designer
Latent Labs · London
Member of Technical Staff
Latent Labs · London
Senior Director, Epidemiology and RWE Franchise Lead (Oncology)
Gilead · United Kingdom - Uxbridge
ML Research Engineer/Scientist
Boltz · London, UK
Applied ML Engineer/Scientist
Boltz · London, UK
Computational Biologist
Boltz · London, UK
Small Molecule Computational Scientist
Boltz · London, UK
Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer
RelationRx · London
Senior Data Scientist (Single Cell)
RelationRx · London
Snr/Principal Machine Learning Scientist – Generative Modelling
RelationRx · London
AI Accelerator for Drug Discovery - Talent Pool
Boehringer Ingelheim · London, UK
Research Scientist (Applied LLMs), London
Isomorphic Labs · London
Bioinformatician - Pathogen
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, England
Bioinformatician
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, England
Bioinformatics Engineer
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, England
(Senior) Computational Genomics Scientist, Algorithms & AI/ML
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, England
Lead Bioinformatician - Genomics
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester, England
· £80K-£92K
Computational Scientist (AI & Biology)
Ensocell · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Research Fellow in Computational Biology
University of Southampton · Highfield Campus, Southampton, UK
· £37K-£37K
Senior Director, Head of Artificial Intelligence
Immunocore · Gaithersburg, MD, Conshohocken, PA or Oxford, UK
Computational Biologist, Tree of Life
Cultivarium · Watertown, MA / London, UK
Principal Data Scientist – Precision Biomarkers in Skin Health
Mitra Bio · London, UK
Senior Research Scientist, Mathematical Foundations
Basecamp Research · London
Senior Research Engineer, ML Systems
Basecamp Research · London
Bioinformatics Scientist
Basecamp Research · London
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
Basecamp Research · London
Computational Chemist
Aqemia · London
Snr Data Scientist, Computational Genomics/DNA Modelling
RelationRx · London
Employers hiring bioinformaticians in the UK now
Latent Labs
GSK
Boltz
RelationRx
Ellison Institute of Technology
Basecamp Research
Novo Nordisk
Lila Sciences