PhD Jobs in Bristol

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 155 132 165
Rank change year-on-year -23 +33 -26
Permanent jobs citing PhD 12 28 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.36% 1.12% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.10% 3.14% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 8
10th Percentile - £53,000 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +36.36% -18.52%
75th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - £95,000 £64,000
South West median annual salary £77,500 £45,750 £58,500
% change year-on-year +69.40% -21.79% -4.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 advertised in Bristol with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,087 891 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 32.61% 35.67% 33.31%
Number of salaries quoted 777 444 643
10th Percentile £35,750 £29,400 £32,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,078 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year +5.12% +7.47% +11.81%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,875 £90,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +3.09%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Bristol

PhD
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for PhD in Bristol

PhD
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in Bristol

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (8.33%) Apache
1 1 (8.33%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (8.33%) Luigi
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Simulink
1 4 (33.33%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
1 1 (8.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Big Data
2 1 (8.33%) Bigtable
2 1 (8.33%) CouchDB
2 1 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (8.33%) Redis
2 1 (8.33%) RethinkDB
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Games
2 4 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Data Scientist
1 8 (66.67%) Senior
1 8 (66.67%) Senior Data Scientist
2 4 (33.33%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Machine Learning Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) PySpark
1 4 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 4 (33.33%) TensorFlow
2 1 (8.33%) Pandas
2 1 (8.33%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 4 (33.33%) Reinsurance
2 4 (33.33%) Robotics
2 4 (33.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 8 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 8 (66.67%) Data Science
2 8 (66.67%) Mathematics
3 5 (41.67%) Monte Carlo Method
3 5 (41.67%) Statistical Modelling
4 4 (33.33%) Bayesian Methods
4 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (33.33%) Decision Science
4 4 (33.33%) Decision Theory
4 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 4 (33.33%) Deep Learning
4 4 (33.33%) Feasibility Study
4 4 (33.33%) Game Theory
4 4 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (33.33%) Multi-Agent System
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Random Forest
4 4 (33.33%) Support Vector Machines
4 4 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 4 (33.33%) R
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 4 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Databricks
1 4 (33.33%) OpenAI
2 1 (8.33%) Google