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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 October 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil) UK |
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6 months to
20 Oct 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
365 |
362 |
438 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-3 |
+76 |
+125 |
| Permanent jobs citing PhD |
1,403 |
1,555 |
1,308 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.86% |
0.89% |
0.69% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
3.62% |
3.65% |
2.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,204 |
1,318 |
1,209 |
| UK median annual salary |
£62,012 |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+12.75% |
+10.00% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£29,000 |
£31,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£115,000 |
£90,000 |
£92,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
+5.88% |
+6.25% |
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 |
38,782 |
42,567 |
50,529 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
23.72% |
24.41% |
26.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
28,746 |
32,680 |
40,569 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+6.38% |
+4.44% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£26,000 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+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 20 October 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 20 October 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 |
0 |
1,368 |
£62,500 |
+13.64% |
283 |
| London |
+71 |
718 |
£75,000 |
+11.11% |
121 |
| UK excluding London |
-75 |
677 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
176 |
| East of England |
-50 |
270 |
£38,750 |
-0.64% |
70 |
| South East |
+44 |
256 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
45 |
| South West |
-36 |
51 |
£55,000 |
- |
16 |
| North of England |
+14 |
45 |
£50,000 |
-2.44% |
17 |
| North West |
-19 |
39 |
£50,000 |
-9.09% |
3 |
| Midlands |
-27 |
29 |
£55,000 |
+69.23% |
14 |
| West Midlands |
+16 |
28 |
£55,000 |
+46.67% |
11 |
| Scotland |
-4 |
17 |
£35,000 |
-15.15% |
11 |
| Wales |
+2 |
6 |
£30,000 |
-39.64% |
2 |
| Yorkshire |
+21 |
5 |
£63,750 |
+34.21% |
9 |
| Northern Ireland |
- |
4 |
£72,500 |
- |
1 |
| North East |
-11 |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
| East Midlands |
-42 |
1 |
£50,000 |
+53.85% |
3 |
For the 6 months to 20 October 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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