PhD Jobs in Cambridge

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 34 18
Rank change year-on-year +15 -16 +21
Permanent jobs citing PhD 25 50 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 9.51% 5.00% 11.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.52% 14.66% 27.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 20 15
10th Percentile - £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile - £67,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +6.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile - £85,000 £97,500
90th Percentile - £97,000 £102,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% -6.67% +36.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridge

PhD falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 135 341 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 51.33% 34.07% 42.72%
Number of salaries quoted 64 237 93
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,551 £31,945
25th Percentile £34,091 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +29.03%
75th Percentile £58,125 £67,500 £70,600
90th Percentile £76,000 £80,000 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,250 £49,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.55% -10.91% +18.28%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Cambridge

PhD
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PhD in Cambridge.

Salary trend for PhD in Cambridge

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Applications
1 9 (36.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 9 (36.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) GitHub
2 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Git
General
1 9 (36.00%) Manufacturing
1 9 (36.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.00%) Agriculture
3 1 (4.00%) Publishing
3 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Trainer
2 3 (12.00%) Research Scientist
3 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Developer
4 1 (4.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Machine Learning Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (44.00%) PyTorch
1 11 (44.00%) TensorFlow
2 10 (40.00%) Keras
2 10 (40.00%) NumPy
2 10 (40.00%) scikit-learn
3 1 (4.00%) Flask
3 1 (4.00%) Google JAX
3 1 (4.00%) JAX
3 1 (4.00%) Matplotlib
3 1 (4.00%) OpenCV
3 1 (4.00%) Pandas
3 1 (4.00%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (8.00%) Blockchain
3 1 (4.00%) CRISPR
3 1 (4.00%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Genomics
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.00%) Robotics
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Android
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (88.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 18 (72.00%) Mathematics
3 15 (60.00%) Physics
4 13 (52.00%) Computer Science
4 13 (52.00%) Machine Learning
5 11 (44.00%) Deep Learning
5 11 (44.00%) Roadmaps
5 11 (44.00%) Statistics
6 10 (40.00%) Bioinformatics
6 10 (40.00%) Biology
6 10 (40.00%) Computational Biology
6 10 (40.00%) Data Science
6 10 (40.00%) Software Engineering
7 9 (36.00%) Analytics
7 9 (36.00%) Data Analytics
7 9 (36.00%) Data Transformation
7 9 (36.00%) Data Visualisation
7 9 (36.00%) PLM
7 9 (36.00%) UX Design
7 9 (36.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) Python
2 3 (12.00%) C
2 3 (12.00%) C++
3 2 (8.00%) Go
3 2 (8.00%) Rust
3 2 (8.00%) Solidity
4 1 (4.00%) Java
4 1 (4.00%) R
4 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (44.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) PayPal
2 1 (4.00%) ANSYS
2 1 (4.00%) Facebook
2 1 (4.00%) YouTube