PhD Jobs in Devon

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Devon with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 83 63
Rank change year-on-year +27 -20 +9
Permanent jobs citing PhD 5 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 1.02% 0.11% 1.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.16% 0.46% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47,500 £31,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £33,444
Median % change year-on-year - +49.50% -41.33%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £46,567
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £50,000 £68,750 £45,750
% change year-on-year -27.27% +50.27% -21.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 231 218 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 47.24% 23.32% 43.94%
Number of salaries quoted 113 104 152
10th Percentile - £24,000 £25,900
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £30,932
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,000 £38,279
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +4.50% -2.57%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £47,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,325
South West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,600
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.73% +9.20%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Devon

PhD
Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary trend for PhD in Devon

PhD
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Devon region over the 6 months to 29 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
Plymouth - 2 - - 25
PhD
South West

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 2 (40.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) AWS Lambda
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
1 3 (60.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Broadband
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Biostatistician
2 2 (40.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (60.00%) Creative Thinking
1 3 (60.00%) Data Science
1 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Metrics
1 3 (60.00%) Personalization
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Biostatistics
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Conversational UI
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) PayPal