PhD Jobs in the City of London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 220 229
Rank change year-on-year +62 +9 -40
Permanent jobs citing PhD 21 15 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.63% 0.31% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.24% 1.42% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 48
10th Percentile £45,750 £51,375 £57,125
25th Percentile £49,125 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -11.86% +7.66%
75th Percentile £100,000 £76,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £102,250 £86,000 £93,750
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% -13.33% +9.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 939 1,058 1,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 27.95% 22.16% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 636 783 1,022
10th Percentile £36,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,875 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £68,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £119,750 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -3.57% -

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PhD in the City of London.

Salary trend for PhD in the City of London

PhD
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) WhatsApp
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) Neo4j
2 3 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 3 (14.29%) Games
2 2 (9.52%) Advertising
2 2 (9.52%) Finance
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
1 9 (42.86%) Qualitative Analyst
1 9 (42.86%) Quantitative Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Data Scientist
2 5 (23.81%) Junior
2 5 (23.81%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Junior Quantitative Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Quantitative Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Machine Learning Scientist
5 1 (4.76%) Head of Data Science
5 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) PyTorch
2 3 (14.29%) Keras
2 3 (14.29%) TensorFlow
3 2 (9.52%) scikit-learn
4 1 (4.76%) NumPy
4 1 (4.76%) OpenGL
4 1 (4.76%) Pandas
4 1 (4.76%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Algorithms
1 2 (9.52%) CUDA
1 2 (9.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.76%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (4.76%) Ray Tracing
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) Computer Science
2 16 (76.19%) Data Science
3 11 (52.38%) Mathematics
3 11 (52.38%) Physics
3 11 (52.38%) Statistics
4 9 (42.86%) Kalman Filter
4 9 (42.86%) Statistical Modelling
5 8 (38.10%) Machine Learning
6 6 (28.57%) Natural Language Processing
7 5 (23.81%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (23.81%) Entity Linking
7 5 (23.81%) Neural Network
7 5 (23.81%) OO
7 5 (23.81%) OOP
8 4 (19.05%) Deep Learning
9 2 (9.52%) Bayesian Methods
9 2 (9.52%) Performance Testing
9 2 (9.52%) Quantitative Analysis
9 2 (9.52%) Reinforcement Learning
9 2 (9.52%) Stochastic Calculus
Programming Languages
1 20 (95.24%) Python
2 15 (71.43%) C++
3 11 (52.38%) C#
4 7 (33.33%) R
5 4 (19.05%) MATLAB
6 3 (14.29%) C
6 3 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Degree
2 17 (80.95%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Google