PhD Jobs in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 214 341
Rank change year-on-year -22 +127 -9
Permanent jobs citing PhD 174 172 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.93% 1.30% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.89% 3.24% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 130 45 49
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,750 £40,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +33.33% -9.82%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £66,250 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +7.14% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

PhD falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,015 5,307 7,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 32.27% 39.98% 35.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,647 2,430 3,174
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,800 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £51,425 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year +0.15% +1.14% +1.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PhD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the South East

PhD
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PhD in the South East.

Salary trend for PhD in the South East

PhD
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in the South East over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in the South East

PhD
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +44 130 £58,000 -18.60% 42
Oxfordshire +7 68 £55,000 -31.25% 17
Berkshire +34 47 £58,000 +46.84% 25
Surrey -23 34 £50,000 -23.08% 11
Buckinghamshire -1 15 £70,000 -
Kent - 9 £85,000 -
Hampshire -48 1 £60,000 - 1
PhD
England

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.15%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Simulink
2 1 (0.57%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.47%) Power Platform
2 5 (2.87%) Azure
3 4 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.57%) AWS
4 1 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.57%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.15%) Internet
1 2 (1.15%) RS-485
2 1 (0.57%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.47%) Power BI
2 9 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (8.05%) Git
2 3 (1.72%) CMake
2 3 (1.72%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.72%) JIRA
2 3 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (1.72%) TestRail
3 2 (1.15%) GDB
4 1 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 54 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
2 42 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 21 (12.07%) Finance
4 20 (11.49%) Electronics
5 13 (7.47%) Pharmaceutical
6 11 (6.32%) Marketing
7 4 (2.30%) Aeronautics
7 4 (2.30%) Law
7 4 (2.30%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.72%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.15%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.57%) Legal
10 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (30.46%) Software Engineer
2 50 (28.74%) Senior
3 19 (10.92%) Data Scientist
4 17 (9.77%) Developer
5 15 (8.62%) Graduate
6 14 (8.05%) Senior Software Engineer
7 12 (6.90%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 12 (6.90%) Physicist
8 9 (5.17%) Business Development Manager
8 9 (5.17%) Business Manager
8 9 (5.17%) Development Manager
8 9 (5.17%) Junior
8 9 (5.17%) Research Engineer
9 7 (4.02%) Computer Scientist
9 7 (4.02%) Research Scientist
9 7 (4.02%) Research Software Engineer
9 7 (4.02%) Senior Data Scientist
9 7 (4.02%) Software Developer
10 6 (3.45%) Senior Developer
11 5 (2.87%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.77%) OpenMP
2 11 (6.32%) OpenACC
3 5 (2.87%) .NET
3 5 (2.87%) HTML
3 5 (2.87%) HTML5
4 4 (2.30%) OpenCL
4 4 (2.30%) Rendezvous
5 3 (1.72%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.72%) OpenGL
5 3 (1.72%) QML
5 3 (1.72%) Qt
5 3 (1.72%) VTK
5 3 (1.72%) Vulkan
5 3 (1.72%) WinForms
5 3 (1.72%) WPF
6 2 (1.15%) React
6 2 (1.15%) Redux
6 2 (1.15%) scikit-learn
6 2 (1.15%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.15%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 106 (60.92%) Algorithms
2 29 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 22 (12.64%) CUDA
4 21 (12.07%) FPGA
5 17 (9.77%) VHDL
6 16 (9.20%) Data Structures
7 15 (8.62%) Analogue Electronics
7 15 (8.62%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (5.17%) Biopharmaceutical
8 9 (5.17%) Life Science
8 9 (5.17%) Taxonomies
9 7 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.72%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (1.15%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.57%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 55 (31.61%) Linux
2 41 (23.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (68.97%) Mathematics
2 110 (63.22%) Physics
3 103 (59.20%) Computer Science
4 61 (35.06%) Software Engineering
5 60 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (30.46%) Machine Learning
7 47 (27.01%) Parallel Programming
8 28 (16.09%) Artificial Intelligence
9 26 (14.94%) Data Science
10 25 (14.37%) Software Testing
11 21 (12.07%) Chemistry
11 21 (12.07%) Predictive Modelling
12 19 (10.92%) Mathematical Modelling
12 19 (10.92%) Open Source
12 19 (10.92%) Performance Analysis
12 19 (10.92%) SDLC
12 19 (10.92%) Signal Processing
13 18 (10.34%) Agile
13 18 (10.34%) Analytics
13 18 (10.34%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 107 (61.49%) Python
2 81 (46.55%) C
3 65 (37.36%) C++
3 65 (37.36%) Fortran
4 28 (16.09%) Bash
4 28 (16.09%) Java
5 19 (10.92%) C#
6 17 (9.77%) SQL
7 13 (7.47%) R
8 11 (6.32%) MATLAB
9 6 (3.45%) Perl
10 4 (2.30%) AWK
10 4 (2.30%) sed
10 4 (2.30%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.72%) C-shell
11 3 (1.72%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.72%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.72%) VB
12 2 (1.15%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 174 (100.00%) Degree
2 123 (70.69%) Master's Degree
3 56 (32.18%) Security Cleared
4 26 (14.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (10.92%) SC Cleared
6 18 (10.34%) MBA
7 16 (9.20%) DV Cleared
8 9 (5.17%) CFA
8 9 (5.17%) CIMA
9 4 (2.30%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.17%) Accessibility
1 9 (5.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 9 (5.17%) Data Quality
1 9 (5.17%) GDPR
1 9 (5.17%) QA
2 1 (0.57%) ECSS
System Software
1 9 (5.17%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (5.17%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.30%) Ansible
2 4 (2.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.57%) Google
2 1 (0.57%) NVIDIA
2 1 (0.57%) OpenAI
2 1 (0.57%) Qubit
2 1 (0.57%) YouTube