PhD Jobs in the East Midlands

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 110 197 171
Rank change year-on-year +87 -26 +22
Permanent jobs citing PhD 48 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.78% 0.082% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.00% 0.39% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £30,750
25th Percentile - £31,250 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £32,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -27.78% +62.16%
75th Percentile - £36,563 £53,125
90th Percentile - £41,625 £57,250
England median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +28.00% -16.67% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,600 1,027 1,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 59.17% 21.14% 38.31%
Number of salaries quoted 264 578 279
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,175 £26,200
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,000 £56,238 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,600
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.11% -9.34% +9.09%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the East Midlands

PhD
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PhD in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for PhD in the East Midlands

PhD
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
Nottinghamshire +40 19 - - 4
Derbyshire - 11 - -
Leicestershire - 9 - - 4
Lincolnshire - 6 - - 2
Northamptonshire - 3 - -
PhD
England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 44 (91.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.17%) AWS
1 2 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (4.17%) Azure
1 2 (4.17%) GCP
1 2 (4.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) Broadband
General
1 16 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 2 (4.17%) Aeronautics
3 2 (4.17%) Automotive
3 2 (4.17%) Law
4 1 (2.08%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 44 (91.67%) Trainer
2 6 (12.50%) Mathematician
3 5 (10.42%) Biostatistician
4 2 (4.17%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 2 (4.17%) Performance Engineer
4 2 (4.17%) Research Scientist
4 2 (4.17%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Molecular Biology
2 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (91.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 44 (91.67%) Conversational UI
2 23 (47.92%) Mathematics
3 16 (33.33%) Physics
4 15 (31.25%) Chemistry
5 11 (22.92%) Computer Science
5 11 (22.92%) Statistics
6 5 (10.42%) Biochemistry
6 5 (10.42%) Biology
6 5 (10.42%) Biostatistics
6 5 (10.42%) Biotechnology
6 5 (10.42%) Data Interpretation
6 5 (10.42%) Experimental Design
7 2 (4.17%) CI/CD
7 2 (4.17%) Clean Code
7 2 (4.17%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (4.17%) Data Collection
7 2 (4.17%) Data Science
7 2 (4.17%) Decision-Making
7 2 (4.17%) Fluid Mechanics
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) Python
1 2 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (100.00%) Degree
2 46 (95.83%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 44 (91.67%) PayPal