PhD Jobs in Manchester

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 234 251
Rank change year-on-year +21 +17 -55
Permanent jobs citing PhD 10 3 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.17% 0.067% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.78% 0.19% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 7
10th Percentile £72,225 £55,695 £49,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £60,788 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £69,900 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +57.37% +21.57% +15.00%
75th Percentile £115,000 £79,638 £63,125
90th Percentile £124,000 £85,105 £65,000
North West median annual salary £80,000 £69,900 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.45% +21.57% +15.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,285 1,585 1,610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 21.49% 35.25% 27.64%
Number of salaries quoted 839 513 837
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -5.00%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for PhD in Manchester

PhD
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for PhD in Manchester

PhD
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing PhD in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for PhD in Manchester

PhD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (60.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) IntelliJ
1 4 (40.00%) JUnit
1 4 (40.00%) Mockito
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Java Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Java Software Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Senior
4 2 (20.00%) Data Scientist
4 2 (20.00%) Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Data Scientist
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) FPGA Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Head of Data Science
5 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Node.js
1 1 (10.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (10.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (10.00%) FPGA
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (40.00%) Ideation Sessions
3 4 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Data Science
4 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
5 2 (20.00%) Physics
5 2 (20.00%) Statistics
6 1 (10.00%) Analytics
6 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (10.00%) Low Latency
6 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
6 1 (10.00%) Microservices
6 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
6 1 (10.00%) Predictive Modelling
6 1 (10.00%) Signal Processing
6 1 (10.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) MATLAB
4 1 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes