PhD Contracts in the City of London

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 145 168
Rank change year-on-year +21 +23 -34
Contract jobs citing PhD 3 21 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.14% 0.61% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% 3.00% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £781 -
25th Percentile £813 £813 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £838 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +86.11% -37.93%
75th Percentile £938 £875 -
90th Percentile - £931 -
Central London median daily rate £875 £838 £450
% change year-on-year +4.48% +86.11% -37.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £18.50
25th Percentile - - £25.69
Median hourly rate - - £50.50
75th Percentile - - £53.25
90th Percentile - - £55.60
Central London median hourly rate - - £50.50
% change year-on-year - - +50.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

PhD falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 457 701 799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.94% 20.46% 19.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 406 510
10th Percentile £382 £401 £375
25th Percentile £455 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £657 £700 £650
90th Percentile £775 £820 £738
Central London median daily rate £531 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -7.61% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 22
10th Percentile - £17.31 £18.78
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.56 £31.75
Median hourly rate £20.91 £36.10 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.09% -18.87% +61.82%
75th Percentile £22.88 £53.50 £53.25
90th Percentile £25.35 £68.75 £61.45
Central London median hourly rate £21.00 £36.10 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.83% -18.87% +122.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PhD in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for PhD in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PhD in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for PhD in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Mining
1 1 (33.33%) Looker
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Science
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Scientist
1 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (33.33%) scikit-learn
1 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 2 (66.67%) Statistics
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) R
2 1 (33.33%) Scala
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Alteryx
1 1 (33.33%) Brandwatch