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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 19 March 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
19 Mar 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
382 |
311 |
373 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-71 |
+62 |
+99 |
| Permanent jobs citing PhD |
1,178 |
1,814 |
1,415 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.79% |
1.03% |
0.82% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
3.24% |
4.34% |
3.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
906 |
1,524 |
1,217 |
| UK median annual salary |
£58,000 |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.45% |
- |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£31,000 |
£29,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£102,500 |
£97,500 |
£115,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.56% |
+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 |
36,305 |
41,841 |
43,698 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
24.45% |
23.80% |
25.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
26,347 |
32,312 |
34,421 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,500 |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£81,250 |
£80,000 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+1.19% |
-1.18% |
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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 19 March 2019.
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 19 March 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 |
-74 |
1,110 |
£60,000 |
+9.09% |
229 |
| UK excluding London |
-92 |
595 |
£47,500 |
- |
161 |
| London |
-16 |
573 |
£70,000 |
- |
84 |
| South East |
+17 |
245 |
£47,500 |
- |
37 |
| East of England |
-97 |
160 |
£55,000 |
+22.22% |
74 |
| North of England |
+69 |
78 |
£45,000 |
-14.29% |
13 |
| North West |
+63 |
45 |
£45,000 |
-10.00% |
3 |
| Scotland |
+30 |
44 |
£55,000 |
+22.22% |
11 |
| Midlands |
+11 |
29 |
£43,750 |
+4.17% |
1 |
| West Midlands |
-3 |
25 |
£43,750 |
-2.78% |
1 |
| South West |
-57 |
25 |
£55,000 |
- |
19 |
| Yorkshire |
+32 |
21 |
£60,000 |
+14.29% |
5 |
| North East |
+26 |
12 |
£40,000 |
-40.74% |
5 |
| Northern Ireland |
-17 |
11 |
£42,500 |
-2.86% |
3 |
| East Midlands |
+19 |
4 |
£51,250 |
+73.73% |
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| Wales |
+9 |
3 |
£35,000 |
-36.36% |
3 |
For the 6 months to 19 March 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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