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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 18 December 2018 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
18 Dec 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
388 |
338 |
448 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-50 |
+110 |
+76 |
| Permanent jobs citing PhD |
1,268 |
1,740 |
1,248 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.80% |
0.97% |
0.68% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
3.35% |
4.06% |
2.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,078 |
1,433 |
1,096 |
| UK median annual salary |
£64,750 |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+17.73% |
+4.76% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£30,000 |
£30,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£119,125 |
£95,000 |
£107,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£48,750 |
£47,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.63% |
+11.76% |
+2.41% |
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 |
37,899 |
42,909 |
47,961 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
23.83% |
23.95% |
26.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
27,744 |
33,026 |
38,279 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£81,250 |
£77,500 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+1.19% |
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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 18 December 2018.
PhD
Top 16 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 18 December 2018.
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 |
-57 |
1,228 |
£65,000 |
+18.18% |
251 |
| London |
+53 |
677 |
£77,500 |
+10.71% |
100 |
| UK excluding London |
-114 |
588 |
£48,750 |
+2.63% |
167 |
| South East |
+27 |
248 |
£50,000 |
+1.01% |
54 |
| East of England |
-92 |
204 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
55 |
| North of England |
+7 |
47 |
£45,000 |
-14.29% |
11 |
| South West |
-63 |
39 |
£55,000 |
- |
16 |
| North West |
+8 |
34 |
£50,000 |
-9.09% |
4 |
| Scotland |
-2 |
26 |
£35,000 |
-22.22% |
11 |
| Midlands |
-24 |
13 |
£55,000 |
+69.23% |
15 |
| West Midlands |
+5 |
10 |
£55,000 |
+57.14% |
9 |
| Northern Ireland |
- |
9 |
£42,500 |
- |
3 |
| North East |
+10 |
7 |
£40,000 |
- |
5 |
| Yorkshire |
+24 |
6 |
£63,750 |
+21.43% |
2 |
| East Midlands |
+5 |
3 |
£37,500 |
+29.31% |
6 |
| Wales |
+8 |
2 |
£43,750 |
+5.42% |
2 |
For the 6 months to 18 December 2018, 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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