PhD Jobs in Oxford

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxford with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 19 42 59
Rank change year-on-year +23 +17 +3
Permanent jobs citing PhD 52 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 7.95% 1.71% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.37% 5.88% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 47 8 2
10th Percentile £41,250 £69,000 £63,375
25th Percentile £51,250 £74,063 £64,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £80,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +4.92% -7.58%
75th Percentile £73,750 £98,750 £86,563
90th Percentile - £140,000 £87,125
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £80,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -31.25% +68.42% -4.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Oxford

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 Oxford with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 190 136 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 29.05% 29.00% 29.61%
Number of salaries quoted 122 82 52
10th Percentile £31,625 £24,000 £31,079
25th Percentile £40,875 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -2.65% +11.18%
75th Percentile £65,938 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,250 £75,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £46,293 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +2.87% -12.62% +14.44%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Oxford

PhD
Salary Trend in Oxford

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

Salary trend for PhD in Oxford

PhD
Salary Histogram in Oxford

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in Oxford over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in Oxford

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 3 (5.77%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.92%) AWS
General
1 26 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (46.15%) Senior
2 11 (21.15%) Junior
3 9 (17.31%) Computer Scientist
3 9 (17.31%) Research Scientist
4 7 (13.46%) Developer
5 6 (11.54%) Scientific Software Developer
5 6 (11.54%) Senior Computer Scientist
5 6 (11.54%) Software Developer
6 4 (7.69%) Machine Learning Scientist
7 3 (5.77%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Data Scientist
7 3 (5.77%) Performance Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Junior Software Developer
8 2 (3.85%) Senior Data Scientist
8 2 (3.85%) Senior Developer
8 2 (3.85%) Senior Software Developer
9 1 (1.92%) Lead
9 1 (1.92%) Research Engineer
9 1 (1.92%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (26.92%) OpenACC
1 14 (26.92%) OpenMP
2 1 (1.92%) NumPy
2 1 (1.92%) Pandas
2 1 (1.92%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 42 (80.77%) Algorithms
2 17 (32.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (32.69%) Data Structures
3 14 (26.92%) CUDA
4 3 (5.77%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.92%) Linux
1 14 (26.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (86.54%) Computer Science
2 41 (78.85%) Physics
3 35 (67.31%) Parallel Programming
4 32 (61.54%) Mathematics
5 26 (50.00%) Chemistry
5 26 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (36.54%) Machine Learning
7 17 (32.69%) Complexity Analysis
7 17 (32.69%) OO
7 17 (32.69%) OOD
8 15 (28.85%) Prototyping
9 14 (26.92%) Code Optimisation
10 8 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
11 4 (7.69%) Bioinformatics
11 4 (7.69%) Biotechnology
11 4 (7.69%) CI/CD
11 4 (7.69%) Containerisation
11 4 (7.69%) LLM
12 3 (5.77%) Artificial Intelligence
12 3 (5.77%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 46 (88.46%) Python
2 40 (76.92%) Fortran
3 31 (59.62%) C
4 21 (40.38%) C++
5 3 (5.77%) AWK
5 3 (5.77%) sed
5 3 (5.77%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.85%) R
7 1 (1.92%) Rust
Qualifications
1 52 (100.00%) Degree
2 42 (80.77%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) Ansible
1 3 (5.77%) Terraform