PhD Jobs in the North East

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

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 109 -
Rank change year-on-year +69 - -
Permanent jobs citing PhD 27 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 3.04% 0.25% -
As % of the Qualifications category 9.85% 1.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,000 -
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
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 274 377 423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 30.89% 19.03% 33.47%
Number of salaries quoted 111 299 163
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £34,600
25th Percentile £40,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.94% -10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £60,800
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,250 £70,600
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the North East

PhD
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for PhD in the North East

PhD
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the North East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Tyne and Wear +68 25 - - 34
Durham - 1 - - 1
Northumberland - 1 - -
PhD
England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 25 (92.59%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) AWS
1 1 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) GCP
1 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Broadband
General
1 13 (48.15%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Agriculture
3 1 (3.70%) Advertising
3 1 (3.70%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (92.59%) Trainer
2 4 (14.81%) Instructor
3 2 (7.41%) Research Scientist
3 2 (7.41%) Statistician
4 1 (3.70%) Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Data Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Derivative
1 1 (3.70%) Equities
1 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) Artificial Intelligence
1 25 (92.59%) Conversational UI
2 14 (51.85%) Chemistry
3 12 (44.44%) Mathematics
4 7 (25.93%) Computer Science
4 7 (25.93%) Statistics
5 6 (22.22%) Physics
6 2 (7.41%) Data Science
6 2 (7.41%) Economics
6 2 (7.41%) Machine Learning
6 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (3.70%) Agile
7 1 (3.70%) Analytics
7 1 (3.70%) CI/CD
7 1 (3.70%) Clean Code
7 1 (3.70%) Data Analysis
7 1 (3.70%) Mentoring
7 1 (3.70%) OO
7 1 (3.70%) OOP
7 1 (3.70%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) C#
2 1 (3.70%) C++
2 1 (3.70%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (100.00%) Degree
2 26 (96.30%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 25 (92.59%) PayPal
2 1 (3.70%) Capita