PhD Jobs in Central London

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 226 241
Rank change year-on-year +68 +15 -27
Permanent jobs citing PhD 37 21 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.98% 0.40% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.39% 1.80% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 17 19 46
10th Percentile £45,750 £48,750 £56,875
25th Percentile £48,000 £57,500 £63,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -13.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 £90,000
90th Percentile - £83,500 £93,750
London median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
% change year-on-year +6.06% -5.71% +9.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,092 1,169 1,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 28.90% 22.23% 20.58%
Number of salaries quoted 682 833 1,210
10th Percentile £36,525 £40,650 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.57% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £105,000
London median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Central London

PhD
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for PhD in Central London

PhD
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in Central London

PhD
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
City of London +60 20 £55,000 -15.38% 8
Camden - 1 - -
PhD
London

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.11%) SAS
2 1 (2.70%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) WhatsApp
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (2.70%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.70%) GCP
2 1 (2.70%) GitHub
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) Neo4j
2 3 (8.11%) Tableau
3 1 (2.70%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) CircleCI
1 1 (2.70%) Git
1 1 (2.70%) GitLab
1 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (29.73%) Finance
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (18.92%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (8.11%) Games
6 2 (5.41%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Analyst
2 9 (24.32%) Qualitative Analyst
2 9 (24.32%) Quantitative Analyst
3 8 (21.62%) Data Scientist
4 4 (10.81%) Junior
4 4 (10.81%) Junior Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Junior Quantitative Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Senior
5 3 (8.11%) Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Quantitative Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Senior Data Scientist
6 2 (5.41%) Lead
6 2 (5.41%) Machine Learning Scientist
6 2 (5.41%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.51%) PyTorch
2 3 (8.11%) Keras
2 3 (8.11%) TensorFlow
3 1 (2.70%) NumPy
3 1 (2.70%) OpenGL
3 1 (2.70%) Pandas
3 1 (2.70%) scikit-learn
3 1 (2.70%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 16 (43.24%) Life Science
2 9 (24.32%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.41%) CUDA
3 2 (5.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.70%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (2.70%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.70%) Ray Tracing
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Computer Science
2 22 (59.46%) Data Science
3 18 (48.65%) Statistics
4 11 (29.73%) Mathematics
4 11 (29.73%) Physics
5 9 (24.32%) Business Development
5 9 (24.32%) Kalman Filter
5 9 (24.32%) Statistical Modelling
6 8 (21.62%) Machine Learning
6 8 (21.62%) Software Engineering
7 7 (18.92%) Analytical Thinking
7 7 (18.92%) Biotechnology
7 7 (18.92%) Data Modelling
7 7 (18.92%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (18.92%) Informatics
7 7 (18.92%) Process Improvement
7 7 (18.92%) Visualisation
8 6 (16.22%) Analytics
8 6 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (16.22%) Business Analytics
Programming Languages
1 20 (54.05%) Python
2 15 (40.54%) C++
3 11 (29.73%) C#
4 7 (18.92%) R
5 5 (13.51%) MATLAB
6 3 (8.11%) C
6 3 (8.11%) SQL
7 1 (2.70%) Java
7 1 (2.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (100.00%) Degree
2 24 (64.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) SNOMED CT
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Google
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft