PhD Jobs in Reading

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 107 123 129
Rank change year-on-year +16 +6 -27
Permanent jobs citing PhD 20 15 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 1.17% 0.92% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.54% 2.04% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 18 9 1
10th Percentile £34,750 - -
25th Percentile £35,938 £27,875 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £39,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.52% -56.11% +63.64%
75th Percentile £61,000 £42,750 £95,000
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £58,000 £39,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +46.84% -43.57% +27.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 787 737 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 45.97% 45.27% 27.74%
Number of salaries quoted 485 301 203
10th Percentile £29,588 £27,875 £29,450
25th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% -6.54% -10.83%
75th Percentile £65,250 £72,500 £73,125
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Reading

PhD
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for PhD in Reading

PhD
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in Reading over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in Reading

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Internet
1 2 (10.00%) RS-485
General
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (10.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Physicist
2 9 (45.00%) Software Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Research Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Research Software Engineer
4 6 (30.00%) Senior
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (90.00%) Algorithms
2 6 (30.00%) CUDA
2 6 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (10.00%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 18 (90.00%) Linux
1 18 (90.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Mathematics
1 18 (90.00%) Physics
2 13 (65.00%) Computer Science
2 13 (65.00%) Software Testing
3 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (45.00%) Software Engineering
5 7 (35.00%) Open Source
5 7 (35.00%) Parallel Programming
5 7 (35.00%) Performance Analysis
5 7 (35.00%) SDLC
6 6 (30.00%) Numerical Analysis
7 5 (25.00%) Benchmarking
7 5 (25.00%) Mathematical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (90.00%) Fortran
1 18 (90.00%) Python
2 17 (85.00%) C++
3 15 (75.00%) C
4 13 (65.00%) Bash
5 6 (30.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Degree
2 18 (90.00%) Security Cleared
3 14 (70.00%) Master's Degree
4 6 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) Microsoft