PhD Jobs in the East of England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 107 99
Rank change year-on-year -58 -8 +27
Permanent jobs citing PhD 63 150 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.04% 2.73% 3.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.91% 6.42% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 29 15 33
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,625 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +36.36% +37.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £86,600
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £61,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% +7.14% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

PhD is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,612 2,335 2,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.63% 42.44% 37.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,095 611 781
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,674 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £54,995 £58,193 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.50% +5.81% -

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the East of England

PhD
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for PhD in the East of England

PhD
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in the East of England

PhD
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Cambridgeshire -17 58 £70,000 -12.50% 50
Hertfordshire +18 4 £50,000 -33.33% 10
Bedfordshire +33 1 - -
PhD
England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.35%) SaaS
2 3 (4.76%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Git
General
1 12 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 8 (12.70%) Legal
4 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.35%) Automotive
6 2 (3.17%) Electronics
6 2 (3.17%) Finance
6 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.17%) Marketing
6 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.59%) Law
7 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (22.22%) Data Scientist
1 14 (22.22%) Senior Data Scientist
2 13 (20.63%) Graduate
3 10 (15.87%) Senior
4 9 (14.29%) Lead
4 9 (14.29%) Lead Data Scientist
4 9 (14.29%) Principal Data Scientist
4 9 (14.29%) Team Leader
5 8 (12.70%) Compliance Officer
6 6 (9.52%) Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Architect
7 5 (7.94%) Machine Learning Researcher
7 5 (7.94%) Support Analyst
8 3 (4.76%) Hardware Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Business Development Manager
9 2 (3.17%) Business Manager
9 2 (3.17%) Developer
9 2 (3.17%) Senior Software Developer
9 2 (3.17%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.52%) NumPy
2 5 (7.94%) PyTorch
2 5 (7.94%) TensorFlow
3 2 (3.17%) HTML
3 2 (3.17%) OpenCL
3 2 (3.17%) OpenGL ES
3 2 (3.17%) Pandas
3 2 (3.17%) PyQt
3 2 (3.17%) scikit-learn
3 2 (3.17%) SciPy
3 2 (3.17%) Vulkan
4 1 (1.59%) EDI
4 1 (1.59%) Keras
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.40%) Algorithms
2 11 (17.46%) Life Science
3 4 (6.35%) Client/Server
4 3 (4.76%) 3D Printing
5 2 (3.17%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.17%) Ray Tracing
5 2 (3.17%) Robotics
5 2 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.59%) FMCG
6 1 (1.59%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Linux
2 2 (3.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.98%) Data Science
2 15 (23.81%) Machine Learning
3 13 (20.63%) Biotechnology
4 12 (19.05%) Decision-Making
5 11 (17.46%) Line Management
5 11 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (15.87%) Artificial Intelligence
7 9 (14.29%) Bioinformatics
8 6 (9.52%) Data Analysis
9 5 (7.94%) Chemistry
9 5 (7.94%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (7.94%) Computer Science
9 5 (7.94%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (7.94%) Time Management
10 4 (6.35%) Analytics
10 4 (6.35%) Bayesian Methods
10 4 (6.35%) Open Source
10 4 (6.35%) Probabilistic Modelling
10 4 (6.35%) Prototyping
10 4 (6.35%) Reinforcement Learning
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.40%) Python
2 6 (9.52%) R
3 5 (7.94%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.76%) Java
5 1 (1.59%) C#
5 1 (1.59%) SHACL
5 1 (1.59%) SPARQL
5 1 (1.59%) SQL
5 1 (1.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 57 (90.48%) Degree
2 26 (41.27%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (1.59%) Interwoven
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft