PhD Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 56 71
Rank change year-on-year +19 +15 -22
Contract jobs citing PhD 18 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.44% 0.18% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.91% 0.61% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile - - £301
25th Percentile £550 - £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £324
Median % change year-on-year - - -42.65%
75th Percentile - - £356
90th Percentile £880 - £367
East of England median daily rate £800 - £708
% change year-on-year - - +25.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 165 165 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 31.55% 29.95% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 45 103
10th Percentile £350 £251 £219
25th Percentile £392 £325 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £700 £550 £550
90th Percentile £800 £619 £636
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 82 121
10th Percentile £14.05 £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - -3.13%
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £20.25
90th Percentile £31.13 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £38.25 £21.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year +82.14% +6.01% -14.65%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PhD in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PhD in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PhD in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +23 18 £800 - 33
PhD
East of England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (11.11%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) GCC
2 2 (11.11%) Git
3 1 (5.56%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (22.22%) Electronics
2 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Architect
1 10 (55.56%) Software Architect
2 6 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Compiler Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Development Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Development Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Design Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Digital Design Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Digital IC Design Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IC Design Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Research Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (55.56%) DirectX
1 10 (55.56%) OpenGL
1 10 (55.56%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (55.56%) Vulkan
2 3 (16.67%) LLVM
3 1 (5.56%) .NET
3 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.56%) Entity Framework
3 1 (5.56%) Managed Extensibility Framework
3 1 (5.56%) NumPy
3 1 (5.56%) Silverlight
3 1 (5.56%) WCF
3 1 (5.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (55.56%) Ray Tracing
2 3 (16.67%) Data Structures
3 2 (11.11%) FPGA
4 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.56%) ASIC
4 1 (5.56%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.56%) Smartphone
4 1 (5.56%) Verilog
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (55.56%) Software Architecture
2 7 (38.89%) Software Engineering
3 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Open Source
4 3 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (11.11%) Programme Management
6 1 (5.56%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.56%) IC Design
6 1 (5.56%) Image Processing
6 1 (5.56%) OO
6 1 (5.56%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (5.56%) Test Automation
6 1 (5.56%) UML
6 1 (5.56%) Unit Testing
6 1 (5.56%) Validation
6 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) C
2 11 (61.11%) C++
3 4 (22.22%) C#
3 4 (22.22%) Python
4 2 (11.11%) Rust
5 1 (5.56%) Bash
5 1 (5.56%) SystemVerilog
5 1 (5.56%) Tcl
5 1 (5.56%) XAML
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) Degree
1 14 (77.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (5.56%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (5.56%) Siemens