PhD Contracts in London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 410 518
Rank change year-on-year +63 +108 -151
Contract jobs citing PhD 44 88 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.33% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.02% 1.51% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 57 39
10th Percentile £333 £548 £486
25th Percentile £482 £750 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £900 £650
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +38.46% -1.52%
75th Percentile £738 £975 £800
90th Percentile £825 £1,300 £825
England median daily rate £600 £813 £625
% change year-on-year -26.15% +30.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £18.50
25th Percentile £76.25 - £32.88
Median hourly rate £77.50 - £50.50
75th Percentile £78.75 - £55.25
90th Percentile - - £69.24
England median hourly rate £65.00 £20.47 £50.50
% change year-on-year +217.54% -59.47% +10.53%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,310 5,818 6,718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.16% 21.52% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,913 3,922 4,560
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £659 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 80 151
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.94 £23.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £26.00 £45.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.54% +1.69% +22.62%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £82.55 £65.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in London

PhD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for PhD in London

PhD
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PhD in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PhD in London

PhD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for PhD in London

PhD
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the London region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Central London +13 3 £875 +4.48% 9
East London - 1 £800 - 5
PhD
England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) AWS
2 3 (6.82%) Azure
3 2 (4.55%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (4.55%) GCP
3 2 (4.55%) Vertex AI
4 1 (2.27%) dbt
4 1 (2.27%) IBM Watson
4 1 (2.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.27%) KDB
2 1 (2.27%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Git
General
1 28 (63.64%) Finance
2 13 (29.55%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (18.18%) Front Office
5 3 (6.82%) Advertising
5 3 (6.82%) Banking
5 3 (6.82%) Financial Institution
5 3 (6.82%) Marketing
5 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Developer
2 7 (15.91%) Data Scientist
2 7 (15.91%) Java Developer
3 5 (11.36%) Senior
4 4 (9.09%) Architect
4 4 (9.09%) Consultant
4 4 (9.09%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Econometrician
5 3 (6.82%) Quantitative Consultant
5 3 (6.82%) Quantitative Risk Consultant
5 3 (6.82%) Risk Consultant
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Blockchain Developer
6 2 (4.55%) Qualitative Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Quantitative Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Data Scientist
7 1 (2.27%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.18%) PyTorch
1 8 (18.18%) TensorFlow
2 4 (9.09%) scikit-learn
3 2 (4.55%) NumPy
3 2 (4.55%) Pandas
3 2 (4.55%) Swagger
4 1 (2.27%) Hugging Face
4 1 (2.27%) JSON
4 1 (2.27%) NLTK
4 1 (2.27%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Algorithms
2 3 (6.82%) Derivative
3 2 (4.55%) Blockchain
3 2 (4.55%) Credit Risk
3 2 (4.55%) Tandem
4 1 (2.27%) Equities
4 1 (2.27%) FMCG
4 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Android
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (79.55%) Computer Science
2 24 (54.55%) Machine Learning
3 19 (43.18%) Artificial Intelligence
4 16 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (34.09%) Collaborative Culture
6 12 (27.27%) Data Governance
6 12 (27.27%) Decision-Making
6 12 (27.27%) Statistics
7 11 (25.00%) Data Lineage
8 9 (20.45%) Agile
8 9 (20.45%) Data Science
9 8 (18.18%) Analytics
10 7 (15.91%) Mathematics
10 7 (15.91%) Quantitative Finance
11 5 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
11 5 (11.36%) Deep Learning
11 5 (11.36%) Econometrics
11 5 (11.36%) Economics
11 5 (11.36%) Model Validation
11 5 (11.36%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 27 (61.36%) Python
2 17 (38.64%) SQL
3 12 (27.27%) Java
4 8 (18.18%) C++
5 7 (15.91%) R
6 5 (11.36%) C#
7 3 (6.82%) C
7 3 (6.82%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 44 (100.00%) Degree
2 40 (90.91%) Master's Degree
3 13 (29.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (9.09%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (6.82%) MBA
6 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) Dodd-Frank
1 4 (9.09%) MiFID
2 3 (6.82%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) Databricks
2 1 (2.27%) Google
2 1 (2.27%) IBM
2 1 (2.27%) OpenLink
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle