PhD Jobs in Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 219 262
Rank change year-on-year +145 +43 -35
Permanent jobs citing PhD 93 7 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 3.22% 0.12% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.83% 0.61% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £33,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile - £41,250 -
90th Percentile £63,652 - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +28.00% -16.67% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,362 1,155 2,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 47.16% 19.76% 25.22%
Number of salaries quoted 408 773 663
10th Percentile £25,313 £26,500 £27,850
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £69,574
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Yorkshire

PhD
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for PhD in Yorkshire

PhD
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PhD in Yorkshire

PhD
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
West Yorkshire - 44 £45,000 - 25
South Yorkshire +59 24 £63,652 +69.74% 10
North Yorkshire - 24 - - 5
East Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
PhD
England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 81 (87.10%) Chatbot
General
1 49 (52.69%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (8.60%) Banking
2 8 (8.60%) Finance
2 8 (8.60%) Legal
3 5 (5.38%) Aerospace
4 4 (4.30%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.23%) Military
6 1 (1.08%) Agriculture
6 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.08%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (87.10%) Trainer
2 9 (9.68%) Analyst
3 8 (8.60%) Data Analyst
3 8 (8.60%) Graduate
4 6 (6.45%) Lecturer
5 5 (5.38%) Biostatistician
5 5 (5.38%) Data Science Graduate
6 3 (3.23%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (3.23%) Operations Support Engineer
6 3 (3.23%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (3.23%) Statistician
6 3 (3.23%) Support Engineer
7 2 (2.15%) Mathematician
7 2 (2.15%) Research Scientist
8 1 (1.08%) Developer
8 1 (1.08%) Instructor
8 1 (1.08%) Qualitative Analyst
8 1 (1.08%) Quantitative Analyst
8 1 (1.08%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.60%) Learning Management System
2 6 (6.45%) Molecular Biology
3 5 (5.38%) Algorithms
3 5 (5.38%) Credit Risk
4 4 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.23%) Hackathon
5 3 (3.23%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.08%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (95.70%) Artificial Intelligence
2 81 (87.10%) Conversational UI
3 45 (48.39%) Chemistry
4 28 (30.11%) Mathematics
5 20 (21.51%) Computer Science
6 19 (20.43%) Statistics
7 13 (13.98%) Data Science
8 12 (12.90%) Physics
9 8 (8.60%) Agile
10 6 (6.45%) Biochemistry
10 6 (6.45%) Biology
10 6 (6.45%) Biotechnology
10 6 (6.45%) Data Interpretation
10 6 (6.45%) Experimental Design
11 5 (5.38%) Biostatistics
11 5 (5.38%) Credit Risk Modelling
11 5 (5.38%) Data Engineering
11 5 (5.38%) Data Pipeline
11 5 (5.38%) Decision-Making
11 5 (5.38%) Fraud Detection
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.68%) Python
2 5 (5.38%) SQL
3 3 (3.23%) C#
3 3 (3.23%) Java
3 3 (3.23%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.23%) Kotlin
3 3 (3.23%) MATLAB
3 3 (3.23%) Perl
3 3 (3.23%) R
Qualifications
1 93 (100.00%) Degree
1 93 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (3.23%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 81 (87.10%) PayPal
2 3 (3.23%) Google
2 3 (3.23%) IBM
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.08%) ANSYS