PhD Contracts in Central London

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 151 174
Rank change year-on-year +18 +23 -29
Contract jobs citing PhD 4 23 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.17% 0.62% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.84% 2.96% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £781 -
25th Percentile £813 £813 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £838 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +86.11% -37.93%
75th Percentile £938 £875 -
90th Percentile - £931 -
London median daily rate £600 £900 £590
% change year-on-year -33.33% +52.54% -12.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £49.50
75th Percentile - - £52.63
90th Percentile - - £56.30
London median hourly rate £77.50 - £50.50
% change year-on-year - - +20.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 479 778 872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 20.00% 20.98% 19.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 464 568
10th Percentile £366 £325 £368
25th Percentile £450 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £646 £700 £638
90th Percentile £775 £809 £725
London median daily rate £525 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -7.89% +3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 20
10th Percentile - £17.31 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.56 £35.94
Median hourly rate £23.91 £36.10 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.78% -18.87% +122.50%
75th Percentile £31.19 £53.50 £56.13
90th Percentile £38.73 £68.75 £72.45
London median hourly rate £25.50 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -49.00% +12.36% +18.67%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Central London

PhD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PhD in Central London.

Daily rate trend for PhD in Central London

PhD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PhD in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for PhD in Central London

PhD
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +26 4 £875 +4.48% 8
PhD
London

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (25.00%) Looker
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Science
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (25.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (25.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Systematic Trading
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) R
3 1 (25.00%) Scala
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Alteryx
1 1 (25.00%) Brandwatch