PhD Jobs with Work from Home Options

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 456 465 502
Rank change year-on-year +9 +37 -71
Permanent jobs citing PhD 130 202 367
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.48% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.37% 1.87% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 83 131 127
10th Percentile £33,750 £48,750 £52,650
25th Percentile £42,500 £62,322 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,625 £105,625 £103,125
90th Percentile £122,500 £130,000 £218,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,485 10,774 15,507
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.07% 25.42% 22.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5,912 6,583 8,655
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

PhD
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PhD trend for jobs with a WFH option

PhD
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PhD.

PhD salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

PhD
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PhD over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

PhD salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.54%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.08%) Simulink
2 4 (3.08%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.77%) Blender
3 1 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.62%) AWS
1 6 (4.62%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (3.85%) Azure
3 4 (3.08%) Dagster
3 4 (3.08%) SaaS
4 2 (1.54%) GCP
4 2 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.54%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.77%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.31%) Big Data
2 1 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Git
2 4 (3.08%) Snakemake
3 2 (1.54%) CMake
3 2 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.54%) JUnit
3 2 (1.54%) Rational DOORS
General
1 42 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 29 (22.31%) Pharmaceutical
3 20 (15.38%) Finance
4 15 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.23%) Law
6 9 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.38%) Health Technology
7 7 (5.38%) Retail
8 6 (4.62%) Banking
8 6 (4.62%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.85%) Games
10 4 (3.08%) Automotive
10 4 (3.08%) Legal
10 4 (3.08%) Marketing
11 3 (2.31%) Electronics
12 2 (1.54%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.54%) Front Office
12 2 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.77%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.77%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (19.23%) Developer
2 21 (16.15%) Senior
3 18 (13.85%) Software Engineer
4 15 (11.54%) Analyst
4 15 (11.54%) Software Developer
5 11 (8.46%) Data Scientist
6 10 (7.69%) Business Development Manager
6 10 (7.69%) Business Manager
6 10 (7.69%) Development Manager
7 9 (6.92%) Data Science Director
8 8 (6.15%) Graduate
9 6 (4.62%) Machine Learning Scientist
9 6 (4.62%) Senior Data Scientist
9 6 (4.62%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.85%) Operational Risk Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) Physicist
10 5 (3.85%) Programmer
10 5 (3.85%) Risk Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) Risk Data Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) Statistician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (21.54%) PyTorch
2 18 (13.85%) TensorFlow
3 5 (3.85%) NumPy
4 4 (3.08%) OpenMP
5 3 (2.31%) Keras
5 3 (2.31%) OpenCL
6 2 (1.54%) Hugging Face
6 2 (1.54%) OpenACC
6 2 (1.54%) XGBoost
7 1 (0.77%) .NET
7 1 (0.77%) EDI
7 1 (0.77%) Node.js
7 1 (0.77%) Pandas
7 1 (0.77%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.77%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.77%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 35 (26.92%) Algorithms
2 23 (17.69%) Life Science
3 14 (10.77%) Client/Server
4 11 (8.46%) Biopharmaceutical
4 11 (8.46%) CUDA
5 6 (4.62%) Hedge funds
6 5 (3.85%) Blog
6 5 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (3.08%) Data Structures
7 4 (3.08%) Omics
7 4 (3.08%) Robotics
8 3 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.31%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.54%) Blockchain
9 2 (1.54%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.54%) iPad
9 2 (1.54%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.54%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.31%) Linux
2 8 (6.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (43.08%) Computer Science
2 44 (33.85%) Machine Learning
3 42 (32.31%) Artificial Intelligence
4 41 (31.54%) Mathematics
5 33 (25.38%) Data Science
6 30 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (22.31%) Software Engineering
8 28 (21.54%) Statistics
9 22 (16.92%) Biotechnology
9 22 (16.92%) Deep Learning
10 20 (15.38%) Analytics
11 19 (14.62%) Physics
12 17 (13.08%) Business Development
12 17 (13.08%) Decision-Making
12 17 (13.08%) Visualisation
13 16 (12.31%) Neural Network
14 15 (11.54%) Data Analysis
15 14 (10.77%) Agile
15 14 (10.77%) Data Visualisation
16 13 (10.00%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 77 (59.23%) Python
2 25 (19.23%) SQL
3 15 (11.54%) C++
4 14 (10.77%) C#
5 12 (9.23%) R
6 11 (8.46%) Java
7 9 (6.92%) C
7 9 (6.92%) MATLAB
8 8 (6.15%) Fortran
9 5 (3.85%) Bash
10 3 (2.31%) AWK
10 3 (2.31%) Rust
10 3 (2.31%) sed
10 3 (2.31%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.54%) Go
11 2 (1.54%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.77%) Ada
12 1 (0.77%) Ruby
12 1 (0.77%) SHACL
12 1 (0.77%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 129 (99.23%) Degree
2 101 (77.69%) Master's Degree
3 14 (10.77%) Security Cleared
4 10 (7.69%) CFA
4 10 (7.69%) CIMA
4 10 (7.69%) MBA
5 7 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.31%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (2.31%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.54%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.54%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.54%) OSCE
8 2 (1.54%) OSCP
9 1 (0.77%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.54%) ECSS
1 2 (1.54%) GLP
1 2 (1.54%) Good Clinical Practice
2 1 (0.77%) QA
System Software
1 10 (7.69%) Docker
2 1 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (5.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.31%) Ansible
2 3 (2.31%) Terraform
3 1 (0.77%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 10 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.62%) NVIDIA
3 4 (3.08%) Google
3 4 (3.08%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.77%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.77%) Interwoven
4 1 (0.77%) Thales
4 1 (0.77%) YouTube