PhD Jobs in Surrey

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 87 169
Rank change year-on-year -22 +82 -11
Permanent jobs citing PhD 14 11 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 0.78% 1.03% 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.94% 2.26% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 5
10th Percentile £32,500 - £55,500
25th Percentile £33,438 £47,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.85% -3.57% +40.00%
75th Percentile £70,313 £75,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £81,750 £76,250 £101,750
South East median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £50,845
% change year-on-year +13.64% +8.17% +0.84%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 722 486 1,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 40.27% 45.55% 42.44%
Number of salaries quoted 302 219 625
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,700 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,000 £78,250
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - +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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +3 13 £43,000 -19.25% 4
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
1 1 (7.14%) Subversion
General
1 7 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (50.00%) Electronics
2 4 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Software Engineer
2 8 (57.14%) Graduate
3 7 (50.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) C Developer
5 1 (7.14%) C/C++ Developer
5 1 (7.14%) C/C++ Software Developer
5 1 (7.14%) C++ Developer
5 1 (7.14%) C++ Software Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Software Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) HTML
2 2 (14.29%) .NET
2 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
2 2 (14.29%) HTML5
2 2 (14.29%) OpenCL
2 2 (14.29%) OpenGL
2 2 (14.29%) QML
2 2 (14.29%) Qt
2 2 (14.29%) VTK
2 2 (14.29%) Vulkan
2 2 (14.29%) WinForms
2 2 (14.29%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) Algorithms
1 10 (71.43%) FPGA
1 10 (71.43%) VHDL
2 7 (50.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 7 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (14.29%) CUDA
5 1 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Mathematics
1 11 (78.57%) Physics
1 11 (78.57%) Signal Processing
2 10 (71.43%) Software Engineering
3 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
5 3 (21.43%) Digital Signal Processing
6 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
6 2 (14.29%) Parallel Processing
7 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (7.14%) Image Processing
7 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C
1 14 (100.00%) C++
2 9 (64.29%) Java
3 2 (14.29%) C#
3 2 (14.29%) Fortran
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded C
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded C++
4 1 (7.14%) MATLAB
4 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (78.57%) Security Cleared
3 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 7 (50.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree