PhD Job Trends in Gloucestershire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing PhD 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.93% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.21% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median annual salary - £45,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year - +50.00% -33.37%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 272 406 543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 42.04% 61.52% 59.74%
Number of salaries quoted 172 173 323
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £29,502
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,500 £80,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PhD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

PhD job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

PhD
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing PhD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing PhD

PhD
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Berkeley - 1 - -
PhD
South West

PhD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 5 (83.33%) Banking
1 5 (83.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Lecturer
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Life Science
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (16.67%) Omics
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) AI
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Machine Learning
1 5 (83.33%) User Experience
1 5 (83.33%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) Bioinformatics
2 1 (16.67%) Biology
2 1 (16.67%) Computational Biology
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Data Science
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (16.67%) Experimental Design
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Statistics
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker