PhD Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Co-Occurring Skills in Staines

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
Surrey > Staines

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staines with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	16	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing PhD	0	1	0
As % of all contract jobs in Staines	-	3.70%	-
As % of the Qualifications category	-	11.11%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	0	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
Surrey median daily rate	-	-	£525
% change year-on-year	-	-	+29.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Staines

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 Staines.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	10	9	11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staines	37.04%	33.33%	18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted	9	7	11
10^th Percentile	£189	£176	£158
25^th Percentile	£204	£203	£207
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£208	£205	£215
Median % change year-on-year	+1.22%	-4.65%	-5.73%
75^th Percentile	£500	£208	£261
90^th Percentile	£535	£213	£600
Surrey median daily rate	£500	£400	£555
% change year-on-year	+25.00%	-27.93%	+0.91%