PhD Jobs in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 124 188
Rank change year-on-year +2 +64 +34
Permanent jobs citing PhD 60 130 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.79% 1.88% 1.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.48% 4.98% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14 99 16
10th Percentile - £34,050 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £58,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -23.93% +60.53%
75th Percentile £60,283 £72,500 £98,750
90th Percentile £65,810 £73,750 £140,000
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
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,724 2,610 2,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 51.51% 37.68% 41.74%
Number of salaries quoted 430 1,562 1,009
10th Percentile £29,725 £31,025 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% -2.12%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the Thames Valley

PhD
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PhD in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for PhD in the Thames Valley

PhD
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PhD in the Thames Valley

PhD
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire +36 33 £52,000 -10.34% 157
Oxfordshire -9 14 £40,000 -27.27% 59
Buckinghamshire +30 13 - - 66
PhD
South East

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 38 (63.33%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.67%) Pipeline Pilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) Metadata
1 2 (3.33%) RDBMS
1 2 (3.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.67%) KNIME
2 1 (1.67%) Pinecone
2 1 (1.67%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) MLflow
General
1 27 (45.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (6.67%) Aeronautics
2 4 (6.67%) Aerospace
2 4 (6.67%) Automotive
2 4 (6.67%) Electronics
2 4 (6.67%) Law
2 4 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (3.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.67%) Finance
4 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (63.33%) Trainer
2 9 (15.00%) Software Engineer
3 7 (11.67%) Developer
4 6 (10.00%) Senior
4 6 (10.00%) Software Developer
5 4 (6.67%) Performance Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Data Scientist
7 2 (3.33%) Scientific Software Developer
7 2 (3.33%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.33%) Senior Software Developer
8 1 (1.67%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.67%) scikit-learn
1 1 (1.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.67%) Algorithms
2 4 (6.67%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (6.67%) Molecular Biology
3 2 (3.33%) Acoustics
3 2 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.67%) IoT
4 1 (1.67%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (1.67%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.00%) Linux
2 10 (16.67%) Unix
3 4 (6.67%) Debian
4 2 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (65.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 38 (63.33%) Conversational UI
3 28 (46.67%) Chemistry
4 21 (35.00%) Physics
5 19 (31.67%) Mathematics
6 15 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 12 (20.00%) Open Source
8 11 (18.33%) Software Engineering
9 10 (16.67%) Software Testing
10 9 (15.00%) SDLC
11 8 (13.33%) Parallel Programming
11 8 (13.33%) Performance Analysis
12 5 (8.33%) Bioinformatics
12 5 (8.33%) Decision-Making
12 5 (8.33%) Workflow
13 4 (6.67%) CAD
13 4 (6.67%) Data Analysis
13 4 (6.67%) Informatics
13 4 (6.67%) Statistics
13 4 (6.67%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (30.00%) Python
2 13 (21.67%) C++
3 11 (18.33%) C
3 11 (18.33%) Fortran
4 10 (16.67%) Bash
5 2 (3.33%) R
5 2 (3.33%) SQL
6 1 (1.67%) Java
6 1 (1.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 60 (100.00%) Degree
2 59 (98.33%) Master's Degree
3 8 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 8 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.67%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Kubeflow
1 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (63.33%) PayPal