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The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 14 August 2018 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.
| PhD UK |
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6 months to
14 Aug 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
692 |
684 |
743 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-8 |
+59 |
+42 |
| Contract jobs citing PhD |
196 |
161 |
162 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.19% |
0.17% |
0.15% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
1.02% |
0.86% |
0.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
118 |
123 |
119 |
| UK median daily rate |
£550 |
£620 |
£600 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-11.29% |
+3.33% |
+14.29% |
| 10th Percentile |
£413 |
£451 |
£373 |
| 90th Percentile |
£800 |
£813 |
£800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£513 |
£463 |
£425 |
| % change year-on-year |
+10.81% |
+8.82% |
-1.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
12 |
4 |
2 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£40.75 |
£27.40 |
£45.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+48.74% |
-39.12% |
+35.97% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28.93 |
£16.64 |
£37.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£50.88 |
£46.98 |
£52.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£30.21 |
£19.30 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
+56.54% |
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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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
| All Academic and Professional Certifications UK |
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications |
19,135 |
18,618 |
23,246 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
18.70% |
19.47% |
21.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11,342 |
11,302 |
14,518 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£410 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+3.66% |
+2.50% |
| 10th Percentile |
£240 |
£250 |
£245 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£600 |
£590 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£413 |
£400 |
£380 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.13% |
+5.26% |
+1.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
931 |
939 |
809 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£22.75 |
£29.92 |
£27.60 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-23.96% |
+8.41% |
+22.67% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.63 |
£12.00 |
£12.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£50.00 |
£51.30 |
£48.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£23.00 |
£30.00 |
£28.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-23.33% |
+7.14% |
+16.09% |
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PhD
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PhD as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing PhD.
PhD
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing PhD over the 6 months to 14 August 2018.
PhD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhD.
PhD
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing PhD over the 6 months to 14 August 2018.
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Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the UK over the 6 months to 14 August 2018. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
For the 6 months to 14 August 2018, 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 with a requirement for PhD.
PhD
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
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:
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