Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPhD
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank7092
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.952 %1.442 %
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£125£310
% change on same period last year-59.67 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.00
Average hourly rate-£32.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.75£37.67
% change on same period last year-36.94 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads105208
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.169 %0.223 %
Daily rates quoted3270
Average minimum daily rate£307£341
Average daily rate£328£360
% change on same period last year-8.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£328
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted3032
Average minimum hourly rate£27.15£28.98
Average hourly rate£28.32£30.43
% change on same period last year-6.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.50£31.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.56£25.13
% change on same period last year+1.72 %
PhD East of EnglandPhD
East of 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.

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Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire PhD Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

11 (100.00 %)SAS
11 (100.00 %)SAS Certification
11 (100.00 %)Pharmaceutical
11 (100.00 %)Validation
11 (100.00 %)Statistics
11 (100.00 %)Mathematics
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science
11 (100.00 %)Biostatistics

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)SAS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Pharmaceutical
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Programmer
11 (100.00 %)SAS Programmer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Statistics
11 (100.00 %)Mathematics
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Validation
11 (100.00 %)Biostatistics
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)SAS Certification