PhD Jobs in South London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South London with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 - 86
Rank change year-on-year - - +40
Permanent jobs citing PhD 20 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 2.75% - 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.23% - 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
London median annual salary £110,000 £87,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year +25.71% +6.06% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South London

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 South London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 473 421 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 65.15% 47.30% 46.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67 157 113
10th Percentile £26,375 £27,986 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £46,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,786 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £86,000 £79,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in South London

PhD
Salary Trend in South London

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

Salary trend for PhD in South London

PhD
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the South London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bromley - 5 - -
Merton - 5 - -
Croydon - 4 - - 2
Kingston Upon Thames - 4 - -
Sutton - 2 - -
Wandsworth - 1 - -
PhD
London

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 20 (100.00%) AWS
1 20 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 20 (100.00%) Azure
1 20 (100.00%) GCP
1 20 (100.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 20 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (100.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
1 20 (100.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 20 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Agile
1 20 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 20 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 20 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 20 (100.00%) Data Science
1 20 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 20 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 20 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 20 (100.00%) Personalization
1 20 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) Python
1 20 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Degree