The first table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank - 60 -
Contract jobs citing PhD 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol - 0.118% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.613% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £188 £625
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -70.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £65.00 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+62.50% -
All Qualifications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
116 163 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 21.72% 19.18% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 92 59
Average daily rate £355 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.93% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £221 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 8
Average hourly rate £13.50 £17.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.85% -53.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £11.00 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
PhD
South West

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PhD across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bristol PhD Jobs Demand Trend

PhD
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PhD across the Bristol region.

Bristol PhD Daily Rate Trend

PhD
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PhD across the Bristol region.

Bristol PhD Hourly Rate Trend

PhD
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing PhD also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PhD.

1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Python

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing PhD also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PhD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Python Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree