PhD Jobs in the Thames Valley

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 127 175 246
Rank change year-on-year +48 +71 -54
Permanent jobs citing PhD 122 88 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.81% 1.44% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.76% 3.41% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 97 20 14
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,875 £40,853
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £68,750 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.64% +41.03% -2.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £73,868
90th Percentile £73,750 £140,000 £86,375
South East median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +33.33% -10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,563 2,584 2,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.04% 42.14% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,606 1,068 946
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,125 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.55% -6.36%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +5.00%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the Thames Valley

PhD
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PhD in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for PhD in the Thames Valley

PhD
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for PhD in the Thames Valley

PhD
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Oxfordshire +27 75 £55,000 -31.25% 30
Berkshire +30 30 £58,000 +46.84% 16
Buckinghamshire -3 17 £70,000 - 2
PhD
South East

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 10 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.64%) Simulink
2 2 (1.64%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (0.82%) AWS
2 1 (0.82%) Azure
2 1 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.82%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.64%) Internet
1 2 (1.64%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (9.84%) Git
General
1 32 (26.23%) Social Skills
2 31 (25.41%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.84%) Pharmaceutical
4 10 (8.20%) Finance
5 4 (3.28%) Aeronautics
5 4 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.64%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.64%) Electronics
6 2 (1.64%) Law
7 1 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (29.51%) Senior
2 23 (18.85%) Software Engineer
3 13 (10.66%) Data Scientist
3 13 (10.66%) Developer
4 12 (9.84%) Physicist
5 11 (9.02%) Junior
6 10 (8.20%) Business Development Manager
6 10 (8.20%) Business Manager
6 10 (8.20%) Development Manager
7 9 (7.38%) Computer Scientist
7 9 (7.38%) Research Scientist
8 8 (6.56%) Research Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) Research Software Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) Software Developer
10 6 (4.92%) Scientific Software Developer
10 6 (4.92%) Senior Computer Scientist
10 6 (4.92%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (4.10%) C++ Developer
11 5 (4.10%) Programmer
11 5 (4.10%) Software Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (16.39%) OpenMP
2 14 (11.48%) OpenACC
3 4 (3.28%) Rendezvous
4 3 (2.46%) scikit-learn
4 3 (2.46%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.64%) OpenCV
5 2 (1.64%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.82%) EDI
6 1 (0.82%) NumPy
6 1 (0.82%) OpenCL
6 1 (0.82%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 82 (67.21%) Algorithms
2 22 (18.03%) CUDA
3 17 (13.93%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (13.93%) Data Structures
4 10 (8.20%) Biopharmaceutical
4 10 (8.20%) Life Science
5 6 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.46%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.64%) FPGA
8 1 (0.82%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 42 (34.43%) Linux
2 32 (26.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (65.57%) Computer Science
2 79 (64.75%) Physics
3 78 (63.93%) Mathematics
4 45 (36.89%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (34.43%) Parallel Programming
6 36 (29.51%) Machine Learning
7 29 (23.77%) Software Engineering
8 26 (21.31%) Chemistry
9 21 (17.21%) Artificial Intelligence
10 20 (16.39%) Mathematical Modelling
11 18 (14.75%) Data Science
11 18 (14.75%) Prototyping
12 17 (13.93%) Complexity Analysis
12 17 (13.93%) OO
12 17 (13.93%) OOD
13 15 (12.30%) Agile
14 14 (11.48%) Biotechnology
14 14 (11.48%) Code Optimisation
15 13 (10.66%) Business Development
15 13 (10.66%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 92 (75.41%) Python
2 58 (47.54%) Fortran
3 52 (42.62%) C
4 47 (38.52%) C++
5 15 (12.30%) C#
6 13 (10.66%) Bash
7 12 (9.84%) R
8 11 (9.02%) MATLAB
9 9 (7.38%) Java
10 6 (4.92%) Perl
11 4 (3.28%) AWK
11 4 (3.28%) sed
11 4 (3.28%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.82%) Rust
Qualifications
1 122 (100.00%) Degree
2 93 (76.23%) Master's Degree
3 23 (18.85%) Security Cleared
4 17 (13.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (8.20%) CFA
5 10 (8.20%) CIMA
5 10 (8.20%) MBA
6 1 (0.82%) DBS Check
System Software
1 10 (8.20%) Docker
2 1 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.28%) Ansible
2 4 (3.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.64%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.82%) Google
3 1 (0.82%) NVIDIA
3 1 (0.82%) Qubit
3 1 (0.82%) YouTube