PhD Job Trends in Chelsea

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
Kensington and Chelsea > Chelsea

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chelsea with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing PhD 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelsea 33.33% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kensington and Chelsea median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Chelsea

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 Chelsea.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelsea 33.33% 20.00% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £37,250
25th Percentile £62,500 - £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £76,875
90th Percentile - - £84,750
Kensington and Chelsea median annual salary £65,000 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelsea

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PhD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Chelsea.

PhD job vacancy trend in Chelsea

PhD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelsea by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility