PhD Jobs in the Midlands

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 292 312 331
Rank change year-on-year +20 +19 -62
Permanent jobs citing PhD 18 13 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.15% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.34% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 9
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,625 £27,650
25th Percentile £36,875 £53,750 £36,662
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,495 £57,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +38.55% +64.70%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £51,000
90th Percentile £88,750 - £57,000
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
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,868 3,809 3,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.58% 39.83% 30.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,853 1,277 1,670
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,193 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.49% +5.81% -

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the Midlands

PhD
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for PhD in the Midlands

PhD
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in the Midlands

PhD
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
West Midlands +38 11 £55,000 - 14
East Midlands -15 7 £40,000 -30.43% 14
PhD
England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) CMake
1 2 (11.11%) Git
General
1 2 (11.11%) Law
1 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Senior
2 7 (38.89%) Software Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Senior Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Senior Software Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Software Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Data Scientist
5 3 (16.67%) Mathematician
6 2 (11.11%) Data Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) Research Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) Research Software Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) Senior Data Scientist
6 2 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (38.89%) PyTorch
2 5 (27.78%) TensorFlow
3 2 (11.11%) Hugging Face
3 2 (11.11%) OpenACC
3 2 (11.11%) OpenCL
3 2 (11.11%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 7 (38.89%) CUDA
3 5 (27.78%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 7 (38.89%) Computer Science
3 7 (38.89%) Software Engineering
4 6 (33.33%) Data Science
5 5 (27.78%) Deep Learning
5 5 (27.78%) Edge Computing
5 5 (27.78%) Mathematics
5 5 (27.78%) Neural Network
5 5 (27.78%) Parallel Processing
6 4 (22.22%) Machine Learning
7 3 (16.67%) Physics
8 2 (11.11%) CAD
8 2 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
8 2 (11.11%) ETL
8 2 (11.11%) Open Source
8 2 (11.11%) Parallel Programming
8 2 (11.11%) Scrum
8 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) Python
2 5 (27.78%) C#
2 5 (27.78%) Java
3 3 (16.67%) MATLAB
4 2 (11.11%) C++
4 2 (11.11%) Fortran
4 2 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (61.11%) Master's Degree
3 7 (38.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) NVIDIA