PhD Jobs in Cambridgeshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 45 33
Rank change year-on-year +8 -12 +19
Permanent jobs citing PhD 26 57 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 5.32% 3.47% 8.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.07% 11.78% 20.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2 27 14
10th Percentile - £51,500 £47,500
25th Percentile - £52,500 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -12.50% +45.45%
75th Percentile - £85,000 £98,750
90th Percentile - £95,000 £102,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% -6.67% +36.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 199 484 538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 40.70% 29.49% 40.18%
Number of salaries quoted 92 329 131
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,350 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,336 £36,181 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -10.91% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +10.00%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for PhD in Cambridgeshire

PhD
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +20 25 £50,000 -37.50% 79
PhD
East of England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 10 (38.46%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) AWS
2 9 (34.62%) Amazon SageMaker
3 1 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (3.85%) Azure
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) GitHub
3 1 (3.85%) SaaS
3 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
General
1 9 (34.62%) Manufacturing
1 9 (34.62%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Agriculture
4 1 (3.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Trainer
2 3 (11.54%) Research Scientist
3 2 (7.69%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Developer
4 1 (3.85%) Machine Learning Scientist
4 1 (3.85%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (42.31%) PyTorch
1 11 (42.31%) TensorFlow
2 10 (38.46%) Keras
2 10 (38.46%) NumPy
2 10 (38.46%) scikit-learn
3 1 (3.85%) Flask
3 1 (3.85%) Google JAX
3 1 (3.85%) JAX
3 1 (3.85%) Matplotlib
3 1 (3.85%) OpenCV
3 1 (3.85%) Pandas
3 1 (3.85%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Algorithms
2 2 (7.69%) Blockchain
3 1 (3.85%) CRISPR
3 1 (3.85%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Genomics
3 1 (3.85%) Robotics
3 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Android
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (88.46%) Artificial Intelligence
2 19 (73.08%) Mathematics
3 15 (57.69%) Physics
4 14 (53.85%) Machine Learning
5 13 (50.00%) Computer Science
6 12 (46.15%) Statistics
7 11 (42.31%) Data Science
7 11 (42.31%) Deep Learning
8 10 (38.46%) Bioinformatics
8 10 (38.46%) Biology
8 10 (38.46%) Computational Biology
8 10 (38.46%) Conversational UI
8 10 (38.46%) Roadmaps
8 10 (38.46%) Software Engineering
9 9 (34.62%) Data Engineering
9 9 (34.62%) Data Visualisation
9 9 (34.62%) PLM
9 9 (34.62%) User Experience
9 9 (34.62%) UX Design
9 9 (34.62%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 14 (53.85%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) C
2 3 (11.54%) C++
3 2 (7.69%) Go
3 2 (7.69%) Rust
3 2 (7.69%) Solidity
4 1 (3.85%) Java
4 1 (3.85%) R
4 1 (3.85%) SQL
4 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (42.31%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) PayPal
2 1 (3.85%) Facebook
2 1 (3.85%) YouTube