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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 22 May 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| PhD UK |
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6 months to
22 May 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
349 |
373 |
485 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+24 |
+112 |
+136 |
| Permanent jobs citing PhD |
1,538 |
1,399 |
1,263 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.90% |
0.83% |
0.63% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
3.80% |
3.32% |
2.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,359 |
1,253 |
1,187 |
| UK median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.76% |
+10.53% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£29,000 |
£32,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£115,000 |
£95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+17.65% |
+1.19% |
+5.00% |
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 |
40,526 |
42,100 |
55,687 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
23.60% |
24.91% |
27.72% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
30,728 |
33,025 |
44,706 |
| UK median annual salary |
£49,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+8.89% |
- |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£44,898 |
£42,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.90% |
-1.18% |
+6.25% |
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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 22 May 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 22 May 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 |
+15 |
1,501 |
£55,000 |
- |
255 |
| UK excluding London |
+45 |
849 |
£50,000 |
+17.65% |
164 |
| London |
-14 |
690 |
£70,000 |
- |
95 |
| East of England |
+2 |
318 |
£40,500 |
+1.25% |
75 |
| South East |
+99 |
314 |
£50,000 |
+21.21% |
39 |
| South West |
-29 |
74 |
£55,000 |
- |
17 |
| Midlands |
+18 |
65 |
£55,000 |
+37.50% |
11 |
| West Midlands |
+38 |
62 |
£55,000 |
+37.50% |
9 |
| North of England |
-62 |
47 |
£47,500 |
-5.00% |
19 |
| North West |
-39 |
34 |
£50,000 |
- |
10 |
| Scotland |
-25 |
20 |
£40,000 |
-38.93% |
3 |
| Yorkshire |
+31 |
12 |
£40,000 |
-3.03% |
8 |
| Wales |
+13 |
6 |
£51,250 |
+57.69% |
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| Northern Ireland |
- |
5 |
£45,000 |
- |
1 |
| East Midlands |
-33 |
3 |
£40,000 |
+6.67% |
2 |
| North East |
-23 |
1 |
£44,500 |
-62.92% |
1 |
For the 6 months to 22 May 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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