PhD Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 54 70
Rank change year-on-year +15 +16 -27
Contract jobs citing PhD 19 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.80% 0.52% 0.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.18% 1.62% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £298
Median % change year-on-year - - -47.26%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £880 - -
East of England median daily rate £800 - £616
% change year-on-year - - +9.03%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

PhD is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 170 185 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 34.00% 32.34% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 48 98
10th Percentile £350 £227 £234
25th Percentile £392 £311 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £700 £569 £538
90th Percentile £800 £618 £609
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 95 122
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +6.90% -9.38%
75th Percentile £21.46 £21.50 £20.25
90th Percentile £31.13 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £35.65 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +69.76% +7.69% -42.14%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PhD in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PhD in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PhD in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +19 19 £800 - 46
PhD
East of England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) GCC
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (26.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (15.79%) Electronics
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
3 2 (10.53%) Marketing
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Architect
1 10 (52.63%) Software Architect
2 8 (42.11%) Software Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Compiler Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Senior
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Development Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Development Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Software Development Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Software Development Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) C# Developer
6 1 (5.26%) C# WPF Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Research Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Research Software Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (52.63%) DirectX
1 10 (52.63%) OpenGL
1 10 (52.63%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (52.63%) Vulkan
2 5 (26.32%) LLVM
3 1 (5.26%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.26%) Entity Framework
3 1 (5.26%) Managed Extensibility Framework
3 1 (5.26%) NumPy
3 1 (5.26%) Silverlight
3 1 (5.26%) WCF
3 1 (5.26%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (52.63%) Ray Tracing
2 3 (15.79%) Data Structures
3 2 (10.53%) FPGA
4 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (52.63%) Software Architecture
2 9 (47.37%) Software Engineering
3 5 (26.32%) Open Source
3 5 (26.32%) Performance Analysis
4 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.79%) Agile
6 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (10.53%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
7 1 (5.26%) Data Protection
7 1 (5.26%) Image Processing
7 1 (5.26%) Mathematics
7 1 (5.26%) MVVM
7 1 (5.26%) OOA/OOD
7 1 (5.26%) Physics
7 1 (5.26%) Statistical Modelling
7 1 (5.26%) UML
7 1 (5.26%) Unit Testing
7 1 (5.26%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) C
2 13 (68.42%) C++
3 4 (21.05%) C#
4 3 (15.79%) Python
5 2 (10.53%) Rust
6 1 (5.26%) XAML
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) Degree
1 14 (73.68%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) SAP