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 18 October 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
15,621
7,664
17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
18.63%
24.83%
19.99%
Number of daily rates quoted
10,129
5,151
10,818
10th Percentile
£313
£290
£261
25th Percentile
£413
£387
£363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£475
£463
Median % change year-on-year
+5.26%
+2.70%
+2.78%
75th Percentile
£600
£575
£563
90th Percentile
£688
£644
£649
UK excluding London median daily rate
£475
£461
£441
% change year-on-year
+2.98%
+4.59%
+6.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted
693
301
772
10th Percentile
£12.30
£15.04
£14.01
25th Percentile
£16.25
£20.25
£17.50
Median hourly rate
£33.00
£31.61
£40.00
Median % change year-on-year
+4.40%
-20.98%
+74.44%
75th Percentile
£54.00
£48.17
£50.00
90th Percentile
£65.53
£61.25
£59.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£30.00
£27.50
£40.00
% change year-on-year
+9.09%
-31.25%
+73.91%
PhD Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
PhD Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PhD.
PhD Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PhD over the 6 months to 18 October 2021.
PhD Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PhD.
PhD Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PhD over the 6 months to 18 October 2021.
PhD Top 10 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 18 October 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 18 October 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 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:
