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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 15 July 2019 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
15 Jul 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
459 |
334 |
347 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-125 |
+13 |
+99 |
| Permanent jobs citing PhD |
916 |
1,709 |
1,649 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.63% |
0.97% |
0.92% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
2.58% |
4.08% |
3.72% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
690 |
1,418 |
1,448 |
| UK median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
+4.76% |
+2.94% |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£30,000 |
£28,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£97,750 |
£100,000 |
£100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+25.00% |
-5.88% |
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 |
35,438 |
41,842 |
44,338 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
24.28% |
23.77% |
24.81% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
25,669 |
31,138 |
34,450 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+11.11% |
-2.17% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,500 |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£44,582 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+0.94% |
+4.90% |
- |
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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 15 July 2019.
PhD
Top 15 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 15 July 2019.
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 |
-140 |
822 |
£62,500 |
+8.70% |
207 |
| UK excluding London |
-154 |
456 |
£50,000 |
- |
159 |
| London |
-68 |
443 |
£70,000 |
- |
65 |
| South East |
-79 |
157 |
£45,000 |
-10.00% |
41 |
| East of England |
-99 |
98 |
£62,500 |
+78.57% |
59 |
| Scotland |
+58 |
72 |
£58,000 |
+45.00% |
10 |
| North of England |
+38 |
59 |
£57,500 |
+15.00% |
17 |
| North West |
+32 |
43 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
8 |
| South West |
+2 |
32 |
£50,000 |
-9.09% |
17 |
| Midlands |
+12 |
31 |
£45,000 |
-18.18% |
8 |
| West Midlands |
-5 |
28 |
£42,500 |
-22.73% |
7 |
| Yorkshire |
+20 |
16 |
£60,000 |
+84.62% |
1 |
| Northern Ireland |
-16 |
5 |
£32,000 |
-28.89% |
5 |
| East Midlands |
+24 |
3 |
£62,500 |
+53.37% |
1 |
| Wales |
+11 |
2 |
£37,500 |
+25.00% |
2 |
For the 6 months to 15 July 2019, 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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