The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
9,504
10,887
16,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
21.41%
22.69%
19.55%
Number of daily rates quoted
6,149
7,030
10,489
10th Percentile
£300
£263
£269
25th Percentile
£400
£375
£363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£490
£475
£470
Median % change year-on-year
+3.16%
+1.06%
+4.44%
75th Percentile
£575
£575
£563
90th Percentile
£663
£650
£650
UK median daily rate
£480
£475
£463
% change year-on-year
+1.05%
+2.70%
+2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted
474
393
670
10th Percentile
£14.62
£14.38
£12.50
25th Percentile
£20.26
£17.50
£16.77
Median hourly rate
£39.25
£27.50
£29.45
Median % change year-on-year
+42.73%
-6.62%
+30.89%
75th Percentile
£50.22
£47.83
£47.25
90th Percentile
£61.25
£57.50
£53.00
UK median hourly rate
£38.71
£30.00
£30.00
% change year-on-year
+29.03%
-
+33.33%
PhD Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
PhD Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PhD in England.
PhD Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PhD in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2021.
PhD Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PhD in England.
PhD Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PhD in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2021.
PhD Contract Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 5 May 2021, IT contractor jobs citing PhD also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for PhD.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
