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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 492 492
Rank change year-on-year +45 0 -110
Permanent jobs citing PhD 146 148 458
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.41% 0.39% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.49% 1.49% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 83 102 154
10th Percentile £33,750 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £62,813 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £82,500 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +4.76% +12.50%
75th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £130,000 £170,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +12.00%

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 9,806 9,948 17,524
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.81% 26.20% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,896 6,039 8,980
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +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 8 June 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 (1.37%) SAS
2 1 (0.68%) Apache
2 1 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.68%) Luigi
Applications
1 10 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.74%) Simulink
2 4 (2.74%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.68%) Blender
3 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.11%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (3.42%) AWS
3 4 (2.74%) Dagster
3 4 (2.74%) SaaS
4 2 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.37%) Snowflake
4 2 (1.37%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.68%) Azure
5 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.68%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.11%) Big Data
2 1 (0.68%) Bigtable
2 1 (0.68%) CouchDB
2 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.68%) Redis
2 1 (0.68%) RethinkDB
2 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Snakemake
2 3 (2.05%) Git
3 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.37%) JUnit
3 2 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
General
1 56 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 40 (27.40%) Pharmaceutical
3 29 (19.86%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (16.44%) Finance
5 10 (6.85%) Law
6 9 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.79%) Health Technology
8 6 (4.11%) Banking
8 6 (4.11%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.11%) Retail
9 5 (3.42%) Automotive
9 5 (3.42%) Games
10 4 (2.74%) Electronics
10 4 (2.74%) Legal
10 4 (2.74%) Marketing
11 2 (1.37%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.68%) Front Office
12 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (19.18%) Developer
2 27 (18.49%) Senior
3 23 (15.75%) Analyst
4 19 (13.01%) Software Engineer
5 18 (12.33%) Data Scientist
6 16 (10.96%) Software Developer
7 14 (9.59%) Senior Data Scientist
8 10 (6.85%) Business Development Manager
8 10 (6.85%) Business Manager
8 10 (6.85%) Development Manager
9 9 (6.16%) Data Science Director
10 8 (5.48%) Graduate
11 6 (4.11%) Machine Learning Scientist
11 6 (4.11%) Senior Developer
12 5 (3.42%) Data Analyst
12 5 (3.42%) Physicist
12 5 (3.42%) Programmer
12 5 (3.42%) Quantitative Developer
12 5 (3.42%) Senior Software Developer
12 5 (3.42%) Statistician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (17.81%) PyTorch
2 17 (11.64%) TensorFlow
3 4 (2.74%) NumPy
4 3 (2.05%) Keras
4 3 (2.05%) PySpark
5 2 (1.37%) OpenMP
5 2 (1.37%) QML
5 2 (1.37%) Qt
5 2 (1.37%) XGBoost
6 1 (0.68%) .NET
6 1 (0.68%) EDI
6 1 (0.68%) Node.js
6 1 (0.68%) OpenCL
6 1 (0.68%) Pandas
6 1 (0.68%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.68%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.68%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.68%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 43 (29.45%) Algorithms
2 34 (23.29%) Life Science
3 14 (9.59%) Client/Server
4 11 (7.53%) Biopharmaceutical
5 9 (6.16%) CUDA
6 7 (4.79%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (4.11%) Hedge funds
8 5 (3.42%) Blog
8 5 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.74%) Data Structures
9 4 (2.74%) Omics
9 4 (2.74%) Robotics
10 3 (2.05%) Blockchain
10 3 (2.05%) Public Cloud
10 3 (2.05%) Reinsurance
10 3 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (1.37%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.37%) Driving Licence
11 2 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.96%) Linux
2 6 (4.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 45 (30.82%) Mathematics
3 44 (30.14%) Data Science
3 44 (30.14%) Machine Learning
4 41 (28.08%) Software Engineering
4 41 (28.08%) Statistics
5 40 (27.40%) Artificial Intelligence
6 34 (23.29%) Analytics
7 33 (22.60%) Biotechnology
8 31 (21.23%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (17.81%) Visualisation
10 25 (17.12%) Data Visualisation
11 23 (15.75%) Deep Learning
12 20 (13.70%) Physics
13 19 (13.01%) Analytical Thinking
14 18 (12.33%) Data Modelling
14 18 (12.33%) Decision-Making
14 18 (12.33%) Informatics
14 18 (12.33%) Process Improvement
15 17 (11.64%) Business Analytics
Programming Languages
1 76 (52.05%) Python
2 29 (19.86%) SQL
3 15 (10.27%) C#
3 15 (10.27%) C++
4 13 (8.90%) Java
5 12 (8.22%) R
6 11 (7.53%) C
7 9 (6.16%) MATLAB
8 6 (4.11%) Fortran
9 5 (3.42%) Bash
10 3 (2.05%) AWK
10 3 (2.05%) Rust
10 3 (2.05%) sed
10 3 (2.05%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.37%) Go
11 2 (1.37%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.68%) Ada
12 1 (0.68%) Ruby
12 1 (0.68%) SHACL
12 1 (0.68%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 145 (99.32%) Degree
2 114 (78.08%) Master's Degree
3 14 (9.59%) Security Cleared
4 11 (7.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.85%) CFA
5 10 (6.85%) CIMA
5 10 (6.85%) MBA
6 5 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.05%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.37%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.37%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.37%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.37%) OSCE
8 2 (1.37%) OSCP
9 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.37%) ECSS
1 2 (1.37%) GLP
1 2 (1.37%) Good Clinical Practice
2 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.11%) Docker
2 2 (1.37%) Firmware
3 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (5.48%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.05%) Ansible
2 3 (2.05%) Terraform
3 1 (0.68%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 10 (6.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.11%) NVIDIA
3 4 (2.74%) Google
3 4 (2.74%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.05%) Databricks
5 1 (0.68%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.68%) Interwoven
5 1 (0.68%) Thales
5 1 (0.68%) YouTube