PhD Jobs in Cheltenham

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing PhD 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 2.06% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £33,650 - -
25th Percentile £35,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 - -
75th Percentile £42,375 - -
90th Percentile £43,350 - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £42,500 £77,500 -
% change year-on-year -45.16% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 50 200 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 51.55% 51.15% 48.55%
Number of salaries quoted 35 158 81
10th Percentile £48,500 £37,125 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,750 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +25.71%
75th Percentile £93,750 £78,125 £78,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £82,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,600 £52,500 £60,850
% change year-on-year +0.19% -13.72% +18.73%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Cheltenham

PhD
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

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

Salary trend for PhD in Cheltenham

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate
2 1 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Graduate Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Graduate Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) RF Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Rust
2 1 (50.00%) Tcl
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Xilinx