PhD Jobs in Surrey

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 109 179
Rank change year-on-year -11 +70 -39
Permanent jobs citing PhD 35 56 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 1.40% 2.23% 0.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.64% 5.41% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 30 17 15
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,550 £51,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,750 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,125 £82,500 £74,500
South East median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +33.33% -10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 962 1,036 1,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 38.37% 41.31% 41.05%
Number of salaries quoted 480 434 733
10th Percentile £26,650 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £51,020 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -4.76% +5.00%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Surrey

PhD
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for PhD in Surrey

PhD
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in Surrey over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in Surrey

PhD
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 26 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
Guildford +17 29 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Addlestone - 2 - - 1
Sunbury-on-Thames -12 1 - - 1
PhD
South East

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.71%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) CMake
1 3 (8.57%) Git
1 3 (8.57%) Jenkins
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
1 3 (8.57%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (8.57%) TestRail
2 2 (5.71%) GDB
General
1 19 (54.29%) Electronics
2 18 (51.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Law
5 2 (5.71%) Marketing
5 2 (5.71%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.86%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (54.29%) Software Engineer
2 12 (34.29%) Graduate
3 8 (22.86%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Data Scientist
6 3 (8.57%) Training Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Associate Director
7 2 (5.71%) Data Science Director
7 2 (5.71%) Developer
8 1 (2.86%) C Software Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) C/C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) FPGA Developer
8 1 (2.86%) Graduate Developer
8 1 (2.86%) Graduate Software Developer
8 1 (2.86%) Image Processing Developer
8 1 (2.86%) Senior
8 1 (2.86%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) HTML
1 5 (14.29%) HTML5
2 3 (8.57%) OpenCL
2 3 (8.57%) OpenGL
2 3 (8.57%) QML
2 3 (8.57%) Qt
2 3 (8.57%) VTK
2 3 (8.57%) Vulkan
2 3 (8.57%) WinForms
2 3 (8.57%) WPF
3 2 (5.71%) React
3 2 (5.71%) Redux
3 2 (5.71%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 20 (57.14%) FPGA
2 18 (51.43%) Algorithms
2 18 (51.43%) VHDL
3 16 (45.71%) Analogue Electronics
4 14 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (8.57%) CUDA
5 3 (8.57%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
6 2 (5.71%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (74.29%) Physics
2 25 (71.43%) Mathematics
3 22 (62.86%) Software Engineering
4 20 (57.14%) Signal Processing
5 19 (54.29%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (45.71%) Schematic Capture
7 8 (22.86%) Machine Learning
8 7 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
10 5 (14.29%) Data Science
11 4 (11.43%) Statistics
12 3 (8.57%) Image Processing
13 2 (5.71%) Agile
13 2 (5.71%) Chemistry
13 2 (5.71%) Digital Signal Processing
13 2 (5.71%) Predictive Modelling
13 2 (5.71%) Statistical Analysis
13 2 (5.71%) TDD
13 2 (5.71%) Time Management
13 2 (5.71%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (68.57%) C
2 20 (57.14%) Java
3 18 (51.43%) C++
4 9 (25.71%) Python
5 4 (11.43%) SQL
6 3 (8.57%) Bash
6 3 (8.57%) C#
6 3 (8.57%) C-shell
6 3 (8.57%) Fortran
6 3 (8.57%) PowerShell
7 2 (5.71%) R
8 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.86%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 35 (100.00%) Degree
2 21 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 17 (48.57%) SC Cleared
4 14 (40.00%) DV Cleared
5 10 (28.57%) Master's Degree
6 2 (5.71%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree