PhD Jobs in Kent

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 96 -
Rank change year-on-year +28 - -
Permanent jobs citing PhD 3 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.37% 0.60% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% 2.74% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £85,000 -
South East median annual salary £65,810 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.47% -3.33% +33.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 452 329 409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 55.60% 21.88% 36.68%
Number of salaries quoted 210 228 160
10th Percentile £31,800 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,988 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £41,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% -2.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48,000 £58,750 £57,813
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,285
South East median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +11.65% +1.98% -3.81%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Kent

PhD
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for PhD in Kent

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 3 (100.00%) Personalization
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree