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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 459 478 511
Rank change year-on-year +19 +33 -91
Permanent jobs citing PhD 138 187 393
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.41% 0.46% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.45% 1.81% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 82 124 135
10th Percentile £33,750 £53,750 £51,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £62,322 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +6.45% +10.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £108,750 £103,125
90th Percentile £122,500 £130,000 £218,750
UK median annual salary £63,750 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +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 9,544 10,349 16,116
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.21% 25.59% 22.96%
Number of salaries quoted 5,899 6,308 8,659
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

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 17 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 (1.45%) SAS
2 1 (0.72%) Apache
2 1 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.72%) Luigi
Applications
1 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.90%) Simulink
2 4 (2.90%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.72%) Blender
3 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (3.62%) AWS
3 4 (2.90%) Azure
3 4 (2.90%) Dagster
3 4 (2.90%) SaaS
4 2 (1.45%) GCP
4 2 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.45%) Snowflake
4 2 (1.45%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.62%) Big Data
2 1 (0.72%) Bigtable
2 1 (0.72%) CouchDB
2 1 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.72%) Redis
2 1 (0.72%) RethinkDB
2 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.62%) Git
2 4 (2.90%) Snakemake
3 2 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.45%) JUnit
3 2 (1.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 52 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 38 (27.54%) Pharmaceutical
3 26 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (13.04%) Finance
5 12 (8.70%) Law
6 9 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.07%) Health Technology
8 6 (4.35%) Banking
8 6 (4.35%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.35%) Retail
9 5 (3.62%) Games
10 4 (2.90%) Automotive
10 4 (2.90%) Legal
10 4 (2.90%) Marketing
11 3 (2.17%) Electronics
12 2 (1.45%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.72%) Advertising
13 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.72%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 25 (18.12%) Developer
1 25 (18.12%) Senior
2 20 (14.49%) Analyst
3 17 (12.32%) Data Scientist
4 16 (11.59%) Software Engineer
5 15 (10.87%) Software Developer
6 12 (8.70%) Senior Data Scientist
7 10 (7.25%) Business Development Manager
7 10 (7.25%) Business Manager
7 10 (7.25%) Development Manager
8 9 (6.52%) Data Science Director
9 8 (5.80%) Graduate
10 6 (4.35%) Machine Learning Scientist
10 6 (4.35%) Senior Developer
11 5 (3.62%) Operational Risk Analyst
11 5 (3.62%) Physicist
11 5 (3.62%) Programmer
11 5 (3.62%) Risk Analyst
11 5 (3.62%) Risk Data Analyst
11 5 (3.62%) Statistician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (20.29%) PyTorch
2 17 (12.32%) TensorFlow
3 4 (2.90%) NumPy
4 3 (2.17%) Keras
5 2 (1.45%) Hugging Face
5 2 (1.45%) OpenMP
5 2 (1.45%) PySpark
5 2 (1.45%) XGBoost
6 1 (0.72%) .NET
6 1 (0.72%) EDI
6 1 (0.72%) Node.js
6 1 (0.72%) OpenCL
6 1 (0.72%) Pandas
6 1 (0.72%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.72%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.72%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.72%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 41 (29.71%) Algorithms
2 32 (23.19%) Life Science
3 14 (10.14%) Client/Server
4 11 (7.97%) Biopharmaceutical
5 9 (6.52%) CUDA
6 6 (4.35%) Hedge funds
7 5 (3.62%) Blog
7 5 (3.62%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (2.90%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.90%) Omics
8 4 (2.90%) Robotics
9 3 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (2.17%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.45%) Blockchain
10 2 (1.45%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.45%) iPad
10 2 (1.45%) Reinsurance
10 2 (1.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.59%) Linux
2 6 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (47.83%) Computer Science
2 46 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 44 (31.88%) Data Science
4 43 (31.16%) Artificial Intelligence
5 42 (30.43%) Mathematics
6 38 (27.54%) Statistics
7 36 (26.09%) Software Engineering
8 31 (22.46%) Biotechnology
8 31 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (21.74%) Analytics
10 24 (17.39%) Visualisation
11 23 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
11 23 (16.67%) Deep Learning
12 18 (13.04%) Data Modelling
12 18 (13.04%) Physics
13 17 (12.32%) Analytical Thinking
13 17 (12.32%) Business Development
13 17 (12.32%) Data Analysis
13 17 (12.32%) Decision-Making
13 17 (12.32%) Neural Network
Programming Languages
1 75 (54.35%) Python
2 27 (19.57%) SQL
3 14 (10.14%) C#
4 12 (8.70%) C++
4 12 (8.70%) R
5 11 (7.97%) Java
6 9 (6.52%) C
6 9 (6.52%) MATLAB
7 6 (4.35%) Fortran
8 5 (3.62%) Bash
9 3 (2.17%) AWK
9 3 (2.17%) Rust
9 3 (2.17%) sed
9 3 (2.17%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.45%) Go
10 2 (1.45%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.72%) Ada
11 1 (0.72%) Ruby
11 1 (0.72%) SHACL
11 1 (0.72%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 137 (99.28%) Degree
2 111 (80.43%) Master's Degree
3 14 (10.14%) Security Cleared
4 10 (7.25%) CFA
4 10 (7.25%) CIMA
4 10 (7.25%) MBA
5 9 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.17%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.45%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.45%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.45%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.45%) OSCE
8 2 (1.45%) OSCP
9 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.45%) ECSS
1 2 (1.45%) GLP
1 2 (1.45%) Good Clinical Practice
2 1 (0.72%) QA
System Software
1 8 (5.80%) Docker
2 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (5.07%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.17%) Ansible
2 3 (2.17%) Terraform
3 1 (0.72%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 10 (7.25%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.35%) NVIDIA
3 5 (3.62%) Google
4 4 (2.90%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.45%) Databricks
6 1 (0.72%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.72%) Interwoven
6 1 (0.72%) Thales
6 1 (0.72%) YouTube