PhD Contracts in Luton

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PhD 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 1.03% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.50 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 34 26 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 35.05% 18.57% 29.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 19
10th Percentile - £300 £404
25th Percentile £500 £394 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% -2.50% +18.34%
75th Percentile £580 £550 £628
90th Percentile - £575 £644
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £481 £488
% change year-on-year +3.90% -1.28% +25.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile £64.15 £47.75 £74.00
25th Percentile £75.00 £57.50 £80.00
Median hourly rate £80.00 £77.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -13.89% +80.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £80.63 -
90th Percentile £92.50 £81.00 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £42.50 £90.00
% change year-on-year +88.24% -52.78% +56.52%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Luton

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware