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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 April 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate) UK |
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6 months to
6 Apr 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
495 |
402 |
316 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-93 |
-86 |
+52 |
| Permanent jobs citing PhD |
595 |
1,146 |
1,839 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
0.51% |
0.77% |
1.04% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
2.38% |
3.13% |
4.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
421 |
907 |
1,596 |
| Median annual salary |
£67,500 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+12.50% |
+9.09% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£36,000 |
£32,500 |
£30,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£110,000 |
£100,500 |
£100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+11.11% |
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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
| All Academic and Professional Certifications UK |
| Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications |
25,045 |
36,653 |
42,145 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
21.41% |
24.56% |
23.74% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
18,435 |
26,474 |
32,406 |
| Median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,000 |
£26,750 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£81,250 |
£80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,000 |
£45,000 |
£43,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.44% |
+4.65% |
+3.61% |
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PhD
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
PhD
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PhD.
PhD
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD over the 6 months to 6 April 2020.
PhD
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the UK over the 6 months to 6 April 2020.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
-92 |
570 |
£69,650 |
+16.08% |
184 |
| London |
-22 |
338 |
£75,000 |
+7.14% |
70 |
| UK excluding London |
-116 |
252 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
119 |
| South East |
-78 |
76 |
£55,000 |
+15.79% |
34 |
| East of England |
-29 |
64 |
£57,500 |
-4.17% |
54 |
| North of England |
+43 |
47 |
£37,654 |
-16.32% |
7 |
| North West |
+28 |
33 |
£37,654 |
-16.32% |
2 |
| Midlands |
+51 |
30 |
£57,500 |
+21.05% |
8 |
| Work from Home |
-9 |
25 |
£50,000 |
-20.00% |
6 |
| East Midlands |
+50 |
21 |
£50,000 |
-2.44% |
5 |
| Scotland |
0 |
19 |
£57,500 |
-0.86% |
4 |
| South West |
+29 |
12 |
£37,500 |
-37.50% |
11 |
| West Midlands |
+31 |
9 |
£57,500 |
+21.05% |
3 |
| North East |
-3 |
9 |
£31,880 |
-20.30% |
1 |
| Yorkshire |
+34 |
5 |
£35,000 |
-41.67% |
4 |
| Wales |
+2 |
3 |
£52,500 |
+55.56% |
1 |
| Northern Ireland |
+13 |
1 |
- |
- |
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For the 6 months to 6 April 2020, IT jobs citing PhD also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for PhD.
PhD
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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