PhD Jobs in West Yorkshire

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - 245
Rank change year-on-year - - -12
Permanent jobs citing PhD 39 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 3.34% - 0.019%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.42% - 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £42,600 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Yorkshire

PhD falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 414 641 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 35.51% 21.34% 20.47%
Number of salaries quoted 195 363 406
10th Percentile £25,125 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £26,375 £35,825 £40,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £51,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -11.78% +15.62%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £71,652
90th Percentile £73,886 £80,000 £90,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for PhD in West Yorkshire

PhD
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PhD in West Yorkshire.

Salary trend for PhD in West Yorkshire

PhD
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PhD in West Yorkshire

PhD
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Jobs
Leeds - 19 £45,000 - 9
Halifax - 9 £45,000 -
Bradford - 8 - - 1
Wakefield - 3 - -
PhD
Yorkshire

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 24 (61.54%) Chatbot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) GIS
1 1 (2.56%) Spatial Data
General
1 19 (48.72%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (35.90%) Banking
2 14 (35.90%) Finance
2 14 (35.90%) Legal
3 1 (2.56%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 24 (61.54%) Trainer
2 14 (35.90%) Graduate
3 7 (17.95%) Data Science Graduate
4 3 (7.69%) Biostatistician
4 3 (7.69%) Lecturer
5 2 (5.13%) Statistician
6 1 (2.56%) Mathematician
6 1 (2.56%) Research Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 14 (35.90%) Learning Management System
2 7 (17.95%) Algorithms
2 7 (17.95%) Credit Risk
3 5 (12.82%) Hackathon
3 5 (12.82%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.69%) Molecular Biology
5 1 (2.56%) Lidar
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (92.31%) Artificial Intelligence
2 24 (61.54%) Conversational UI
3 13 (33.33%) Chemistry
4 12 (30.77%) Agile
5 9 (23.08%) Analytics
6 8 (20.51%) Mathematics
7 7 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (17.95%) Credit Risk Modelling
7 7 (17.95%) Customer Segmentation
7 7 (17.95%) Data Analytics
7 7 (17.95%) Data Engineering
7 7 (17.95%) Data Pipeline
7 7 (17.95%) Data Science
7 7 (17.95%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (17.95%) Decision-Making
7 7 (17.95%) Fraud Detection
7 7 (17.95%) Machine Learning
7 7 (17.95%) Statistical Modelling
7 7 (17.95%) Visualisation
8 5 (12.82%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.77%) Python
2 7 (17.95%) SQL
3 5 (12.82%) C#
3 5 (12.82%) Java
3 5 (12.82%) JavaScript
3 5 (12.82%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 39 (100.00%) Degree
1 39 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 24 (61.54%) PayPal
2 5 (12.82%) Google
2 5 (12.82%) IBM
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.56%) ESRI