PhD Jobs in Oxfordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 43 66
Rank change year-on-year -11 +23 +20
Permanent jobs citing PhD 13 75 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 1.91% 4.21% 3.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.46% 16.78% 9.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1 64 11
10th Percentile - £31,250 £65,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £73,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -31.25% +72.97%
75th Percentile £42,500 £68,750 £140,000
90th Percentile - £73,750 -
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
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 238 447 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 34.95% 25.08% 36.85%
Number of salaries quoted 82 338 266
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,175 £24,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,125 £47,500 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -1.55% -6.31%
75th Percentile £60,188 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £72,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +1.96% -2.12%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Oxfordshire

PhD
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for PhD in Oxfordshire

PhD
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Oxford -4 10 £40,000 -36.00% 33
Banbury - 1 - - 3
PhD
South East

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 6 (46.15%) Chatbot
General
1 3 (23.08%) Aeronautics
1 3 (23.08%) Aerospace
1 3 (23.08%) Automotive
1 3 (23.08%) Electronics
1 3 (23.08%) Law
1 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Trainer
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Software Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
1 3 (23.08%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (23.08%) Molecular Biology
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Raspberry Pi
2 1 (7.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Physics
2 6 (46.15%) Artificial Intelligence
2 6 (46.15%) Conversational UI
2 6 (46.15%) Mathematics
3 3 (23.08%) Bioinformatics
3 3 (23.08%) CAD
3 3 (23.08%) CAE
3 3 (23.08%) Commercialisation
3 3 (23.08%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
3 3 (23.08%) Disruptive Innovation
3 3 (23.08%) Fluid Mechanics
3 3 (23.08%) Open Source
3 3 (23.08%) Performance Engineering
3 3 (23.08%) Test Planning
3 3 (23.08%) Workflow
3 3 (23.08%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) C
2 1 (7.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
1 13 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) PayPal