The first table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank - 108 102
Contract jobs citing PhD 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - 0.089% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.592% 0.379%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £275 £625
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -56.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £65.00 - £40.00
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
304 338 264
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.34% 15.04% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 185 104
Average daily rate £308 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £185 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 24
Average hourly rate £12.75 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PhD
England

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire PhD Daily Rate Trend