PhD Jobs in North Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in North Yorkshire with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 62 -
Rank change year-on-year +28 - -
Permanent jobs citing PhD 52 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 3.91% 0.19% -
As % of the Qualifications category 6.73% 0.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £99,800 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £99,800 £37,500 -
% change year-on-year +166.13% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 773 527 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 58.12% 49.39% 36.13%
Number of salaries quoted 51 39 54
10th Percentile £37,574 £25,250 £34,875
25th Percentile £47,683 £31,250 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,127 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +61.61% -34.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £46,250 £60,874
90th Percentile £85,700 £47,500 £69,200
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,139
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +0.28%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in North Yorkshire

PhD
Salary Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for PhD in North Yorkshire

PhD
Job Locations in North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Middlesbrough - 41 - -
Bedale - 8 £99,800 -
Harrogate +6 3 - -
PhD
Yorkshire

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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 41 (78.85%) Chatbot
General
1 31 (59.62%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (9.62%) Aerospace
3 3 (5.77%) Military
3 3 (5.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (78.85%) Trainer
2 3 (5.77%) Operations Engineer
2 3 (5.77%) Operations Support Engineer
2 3 (5.77%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (5.77%) Support Engineer
3 2 (3.85%) Instructor
3 2 (3.85%) Statistician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (78.85%) Artificial Intelligence
1 41 (78.85%) Conversational UI
2 31 (59.62%) Chemistry
3 11 (21.15%) Customer Requirements
4 8 (15.38%) Mathematics
4 8 (15.38%) Physics
4 8 (15.38%) Systems Engineering
4 8 (15.38%) Systems Thinking
5 3 (5.77%) Product Requirements
5 3 (5.77%) Validation
5 3 (5.77%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (3.85%) Computer Science
6 2 (3.85%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) MATLAB
1 3 (5.77%) Perl
1 3 (5.77%) R
Qualifications
1 52 (100.00%) Degree
1 52 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 8 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.77%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 41 (78.85%) PayPal