PhD Jobs in Cheshire

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 93 80
Rank change year-on-year +4 -13 +27
Permanent jobs citing PhD 6 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.74% 0.57% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.68% 2.31% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £80,000 -
North West median annual salary £45,000 £80,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -43.75% -8.57% +52.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 224 433 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 27.52% 24.53% 31.81%
Number of salaries quoted 56 290 118
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £25,339
25th Percentile £32,875 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,625 £71,375 £88,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +21.05%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Cheshire

PhD
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for PhD in Cheshire

PhD
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Warrington - 4 - -
PhD
North West

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 4 (66.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) GCP
1 2 (33.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Broadband
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Statistician
1 4 (66.67%) Trainer
2 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 4 (66.67%) Conversational UI
1 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 4 (66.67%) Statistics
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 2 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (33.33%) Personalization
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) PayPal