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Salary guide

PhD studentship stipends in the UK

The 32 PhD studentship jobs with a salary advertised on UniJobs in the last 12 months typically paid £21,800 to £22,000. Half of them had a mid-point between £21,800 and £27,700.

Typical mid-point
£21,800
a year · from 32 adverts

By subject

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
Engineering£24,000 to £24,000£21,800 to £24,5009
Medicine & Dentistry£21,800 to £21,800£21,800 to £61,2005
Chemistry£21,800 to £21,800£21,800 to £27,6004
Computer Science£21,800 to £21,800–3

By region

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
East of England£22,800 to £22,800£21,800 to £24,5008
East Midlands£21,800 to £21,800£21,800 to £21,8007
North West England£21,800 to £21,800£19,400 to £21,8006
Greater London£23,800 to £23,800£21,000 to £61,2005
West Midlands£44,600 to £44,600£35,200 to £49,7004

Questions

How much does a PhD studentship earn in the UK?

Based on 32 adverts on UniJobs in the last 12 months, a typical PhD studentship job paid £21,800 to £22,000 a year, with a typical mid-point of £21,800.

How these figures work. They come only from salaries stated in job adverts on UniJobs over the last 12 months, per year, in pounds. "Typical salary" is the middle of the advertised starting points to the middle of the advertised top points. "Middle half" is the range of mid-points that half of the adverts fell within. Pay grades are set by each university, so the same grade can pay differently from place to place, and figures update as new jobs are posted.

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