PhD Contracts in Surrey

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 70 76
Rank change year-on-year +18 +6 -17
Contract jobs citing PhD 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 0.66% 0.14% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.27% 0.52% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £207
25th Percentile £575 - £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £750 £422
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +77.83% -23.32%
75th Percentile £650 - £566
90th Percentile - - £646
South East median daily rate £625 £235 £650
% change year-on-year +165.96% -63.85% +51.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 176 191 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 28.90% 26.27% 26.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 120 130
10th Percentile £350 £305 £187
25th Percentile £456 £500 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £578 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +12.14% +8.42%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £629
90th Percentile £700 £838 £676
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 13
10th Percentile - - £25.30
25th Percentile £11.71 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £17.80 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.44% - +38.76%
75th Percentile £23.00 £62.55 £47.50
90th Percentile £61.00 £63.75 £48.50
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +5.88%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Surrey

PhD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for PhD in Surrey

PhD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for PhD in Surrey

PhD
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Redhill - 2 £650 -
PhD
South East

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Vision Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (50.00%) IT Architect
1 2 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Python Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Senior VMware Architect
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) DirectX
1 2 (50.00%) OpenGL
1 2 (50.00%) OpenGL ES
1 2 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (50.00%) TensorFlow
1 2 (50.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Android
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Bill of Materials
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) VMware