PhD Jobs in Manchester

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 205 242 247
Rank change year-on-year +37 +5 -70
Permanent jobs citing PhD 9 2 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.18% 0.040% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.78% 0.12% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 11
10th Percentile £69,450 - £53,750
25th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £87,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% +45.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £115,000 £88,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £119,500 - -
North West median annual salary £80,000 £87,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +45.83% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,155 1,685 1,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 22.65% 33.50% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 778 548 859
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,810 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% +8.85% -0.49%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,688 £86,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Manchester

PhD
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for PhD in Manchester

PhD
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for PhD in Manchester

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) IntelliJ
1 4 (44.44%) JUnit
1 4 (44.44%) Mockito
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Java Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Java Software Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Data Scientist
4 2 (22.22%) Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Data Scientist
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) FPGA Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Node.js
1 1 (11.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (11.11%) FPGA
2 1 (11.11%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) Ideation Sessions
3 4 (44.44%) Security Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Data Science
4 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
5 1 (11.11%) Business Case
5 1 (11.11%) Concurrent Programming
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Acquisition
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (11.11%) Domain Models
5 1 (11.11%) FPGA Design
5 1 (11.11%) Low Latency
5 1 (11.11%) Microservices
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Signal Processing
5 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) C++
3 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
3 1 (11.11%) R
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes