PhD Contracts in the South East

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 206 248
Rank change year-on-year +8 +42 -49
Contract jobs citing PhD 8 15 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.26% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.69% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 10
10th Percentile - £205 £325
25th Percentile £575 £228 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £235 £638
Median % change year-on-year +165.96% -63.14% +48.69%
75th Percentile £650 £263 £747
90th Percentile - £590 £763
England median daily rate £600 £813 £625
% change year-on-year -26.15% +30.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £20.47 -
Median % change year-on-year +217.54% - -
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
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,486 2,178 2,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.71% 37.49% 31.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,412 1,434 1,583
10th Percentile £313 £301 £301
25th Percentile £438 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £625
90th Percentile £735 £713 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 145 86
10th Percentile £17.52 £21.40 £19.14
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.76 £44.86
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +28.75% +12.16%
75th Percentile £67.00 £68.75 £57.13
90th Percentile £85.41 £75.00 £68.90
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 the South East

Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the South East

PhD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PhD in the South East.

Daily rate trend for PhD in the South East

PhD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PhD in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for PhD in the South East

PhD
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Surrey +16 4 £625 -16.67% 16
Oxfordshire +6 4 - - 29
Thames Valley +5 4 - - 46
PhD
England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (25.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Git
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
1 4 (50.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Vision Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (25.00%) IT Architect
2 2 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Python Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Senior VMware Architect
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) DirectX
1 2 (25.00%) OpenGL
1 2 (25.00%) OpenGL ES
1 2 (25.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (25.00%) TensorFlow
1 2 (25.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (50.00%) Device Driver
3 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Android
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 4 (50.00%) Software Optimisation
2 4 (50.00%) Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Bill of Materials
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Vision
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Data Collection
3 2 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (25.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C++
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) Assembly Language
2 4 (50.00%) C
2 4 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 4 (50.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) JTAG
2 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (50.00%) Firmware
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) VMware