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 26 January 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
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.
Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
13,157
27,110
36,478
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK
20.24%
21.88%
24.19%
Number of salaries quoted
9,596
20,445
27,046
Median annual salary
£55,000
£50,000
£50,000
Median salary % change year-on-year
+10.00%
-
+5.26%
10th Percentile
£31,250
£27,500
£26,250
90th Percentile
£85,000
£82,500
£81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary
£49,000
£45,000
£45,000
% change year-on-year
+8.89%
-
+5.88%
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 26 January 2021.
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 26 January 2021.
The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
For the 6 months to 26 January 2021, 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.
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:
