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The table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPhD
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank128148
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads69
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.009 %
As % of the category below1.316 %1.664 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£373
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£37.50£50.00
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50£52.08
% change on same period last year-27.99 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads456541
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.642 %0.547 %
Daily rates quoted148198
Average minimum daily rate£255£282
Average daily rate£274£297
% change on same period last year-7.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£312
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£322
% change on same period last year+4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted10196
Average minimum hourly rate£22.18£25.58
Average hourly rate£23.45£26.90
% change on same period last year-12.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.72£28.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.54£25.85
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
PhD EnglandPhD
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

PhD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PhD across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

East of England PhD Demand Trend

PhD
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PhD across the East of England region.

East of England PhD Daily Rate Trend

PhD
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PhD across the East of England region.

East of England PhD Hourly Rate Trend

PhD
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PhD across the East of England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

East of England PhD Hourly Rate Histogram

PhD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the East of England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireUp+155--
HertfordshireNew entry-1--
PhD EnglandPhD
England

PhD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

114 (77.78 %)C
114 (77.78 %)Device Driver
213 (72.22 %)Ethernet
310 (55.56 %)TCP/IP
310 (55.56 %)Windows
46 (33.33 %)WDF
46 (33.33 %)iSCSI
54 (22.22 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
54 (22.22 %)Degree
54 (22.22 %)Linux
63 (16.67 %)Pharmaceutical
72 (11.11 %)Biostatistics
72 (11.11 %)Statistics
81 (5.556 %)Security Cleared
81 (5.556 %)Logistic Regression
81 (5.556 %)Mathematics
81 (5.556 %)Biotechnology
81 (5.556 %)Computer Science
81 (5.556 %)Windows Vista
81 (5.556 %)Statistical Analysis
81 (5.556 %)Software Engineering
81 (5.556 %)SAS Certification
81 (5.556 %)Education
81 (5.556 %)Publishing
81 (5.556 %)Validation
81 (5.556 %)UML
81 (5.556 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (5.556 %)MS Excel
81 (5.556 %)SAS
81 (5.556 %)C++

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (33.33 %)WDF
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.556 %)SAS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.556 %)MS Excel
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (72.22 %)Ethernet
210 (55.56 %)TCP/IP
36 (33.33 %)iSCSI
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.556 %)Oracle 8/8i
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (16.67 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (5.556 %)Education
21 (5.556 %)Publishing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (55.56 %)Developer
23 (16.67 %)Software Engineer
31 (5.556 %)Programmer
31 (5.556 %)Statistician
31 (5.556 %)Java Developer
31 (5.556 %)SAS Programmer
31 (5.556 %)Clinical Statistician
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (77.78 %)Device Driver
24 (22.22 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
32 (11.11 %)Statistics
41 (5.556 %)Mathematics
41 (5.556 %)Biotechnology
41 (5.556 %)Computer Science
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (55.56 %)Windows
24 (22.22 %)Linux
31 (5.556 %)Windows Vista
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.11 %)Biostatistics
21 (5.556 %)Security Cleared
21 (5.556 %)UML
21 (5.556 %)Validation
21 (5.556 %)Software Engineering
21 (5.556 %)Statistical Analysis
21 (5.556 %)Logistic Regression
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (77.78 %)C
21 (5.556 %)C++
21 (5.556 %)Java
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (22.22 %)Degree
21 (5.556 %)SAS Certification
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.556 %)Oracle