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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 20 January 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
20 Jan 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
497 |
387 |
325 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-110 |
-62 |
+109 |
| Permanent jobs citing PhD |
643 |
1,199 |
1,704 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.51% |
0.80% |
0.98% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
2.34% |
3.32% |
4.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
439 |
985 |
1,408 |
| UK median annual salary |
£70,000 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+16.67% |
+9.09% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£36,250 |
£32,500 |
£30,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£110,000 |
£117,500 |
£95,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
-5.00% |
+17.65% |
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 |
27,490 |
36,073 |
41,165 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
21.93% |
24.12% |
23.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
20,328 |
26,380 |
31,937 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,500 |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£81,250 |
£78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
- |
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PhD
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PhD as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
PhD
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PhD.
PhD
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing PhD over the 6 months to 20 January 2020.
PhD
Top 14 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 20 January 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 |
-118 |
595 |
£72,500 |
+20.83% |
200 |
| London |
-77 |
360 |
£77,500 |
+3.33% |
66 |
| UK excluding London |
-117 |
278 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
146 |
| South East |
-90 |
90 |
£45,000 |
-5.26% |
36 |
| East of England |
-32 |
67 |
£60,000 |
+37.93% |
51 |
| Scotland |
+51 |
41 |
£53,000 |
+53.62% |
11 |
| North of England |
+32 |
36 |
£37,112 |
-14.19% |
9 |
| North West |
+33 |
29 |
£37,654 |
-16.32% |
2 |
| Midlands |
+56 |
20 |
£40,000 |
-15.79% |
16 |
| South West |
+6 |
20 |
£42,500 |
-22.73% |
22 |
| East Midlands |
+33 |
16 |
£43,750 |
+16.67% |
7 |
| Yorkshire |
+27 |
7 |
£35,000 |
-41.67% |
2 |
| West Midlands |
+15 |
4 |
£38,750 |
-42.59% |
9 |
| Wales |
-3 |
4 |
£37,750 |
-13.71% |
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For the 6 months to 20 January 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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