PhD Jobs in Cambridgeshire

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 26 46
Rank change year-on-year -17 +20 +11
Permanent jobs citing PhD 58 127 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.75% 8.49% 5.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.03% 21.42% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 28 14 29
10th Percentile £51,750 £49,375 £33,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +45.45% +37.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £98,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £109,000
East of England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +36.36% +37.50%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 482 593 971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 31.20% 39.67% 40.34%
Number of salaries quoted 330 139 308
10th Percentile £26,675 £29,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +18.28% -11.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £60,050
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,500 £74,125
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

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
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -17 50 £80,000 - 42
Peterborough - 8 £55,000 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) SaaS
2 3 (5.17%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Git
General
1 8 (13.79%) Legal
1 8 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.62%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (6.90%) Automotive
4 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.45%) Electronics
4 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.72%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (24.14%) Data Scientist
1 14 (24.14%) Senior Data Scientist
2 13 (22.41%) Graduate
3 9 (15.52%) Lead
3 9 (15.52%) Lead Data Scientist
3 9 (15.52%) Principal Data Scientist
3 9 (15.52%) Senior
3 9 (15.52%) Team Leader
4 8 (13.79%) Compliance Officer
5 5 (8.62%) Analyst
5 5 (8.62%) Architect
5 5 (8.62%) Machine Learning Researcher
5 5 (8.62%) Support Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Hardware Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Developer
7 2 (3.45%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.45%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.34%) NumPy
2 5 (8.62%) PyTorch
2 5 (8.62%) TensorFlow
3 2 (3.45%) OpenCL
3 2 (3.45%) OpenGL ES
3 2 (3.45%) Pandas
3 2 (3.45%) PyQt
3 2 (3.45%) scikit-learn
3 2 (3.45%) SciPy
3 2 (3.45%) Vulkan
4 1 (1.72%) Keras
Miscellaneous
1 16 (27.59%) Algorithms
2 9 (15.52%) Life Science
3 4 (6.90%) Client/Server
4 3 (5.17%) 3D Printing
5 2 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.45%) Ray Tracing
5 2 (3.45%) Robotics
5 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.72%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Linux
2 2 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.31%) Data Science
2 15 (25.86%) Machine Learning
3 12 (20.69%) Biotechnology
4 11 (18.97%) Line Management
5 10 (17.24%) Artificial Intelligence
5 10 (17.24%) Decision-Making
5 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (15.52%) Bioinformatics
7 6 (10.34%) Data Analysis
8 5 (8.62%) Computer Science
8 5 (8.62%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (8.62%) Time Management
9 4 (6.90%) Analytics
9 4 (6.90%) Bayesian Methods
9 4 (6.90%) Neural Network
9 4 (6.90%) Open Source
9 4 (6.90%) Probabilistic Modelling
9 4 (6.90%) Prototyping
9 4 (6.90%) Reinforcement Learning
9 4 (6.90%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.59%) Python
2 5 (8.62%) JavaScript
2 5 (8.62%) R
3 3 (5.17%) Java
4 1 (1.72%) C#
4 1 (1.72%) SHACL
4 1 (1.72%) SPARQL
4 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (89.66%) Degree
2 21 (36.21%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (1.72%) Interwoven