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This section looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs within the Bedford region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPhD
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank46-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.564 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£25,000-
Average salary£31,450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£37,900-
UK excluding London average salary£36,885£36,756
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads3946
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.019 %
Salaries quoted3737
Average minimum salary£29,718£32,447
Average salary£31,872£34,862
% change on same period last year-8.57 %
Average maximum salary£34,025£37,277
UK excluding London average salary£37,856£38,565
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
PhD BedfordshirePhD
Bedfordshire

PhD
Demand Trend

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

Bedford PhD Demand Trend

PhD
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PhD across the Bedford region.

Bedford PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PhD.

14 (100.00 %)C++
14 (100.00 %)Mathematics
23 (75.00 %)Physics
23 (75.00 %)Computer Science
32 (50.00 %)Degree
32 (50.00 %)Chemistry
32 (50.00 %)OO
41 (25.00 %)MS Excel
41 (25.00 %)SAS
41 (25.00 %)Microsoft
41 (25.00 %)MATLAB
41 (25.00 %)C
41 (25.00 %)C#
41 (25.00 %)Electronics
41 (25.00 %)Health
41 (25.00 %)Pensions
41 (25.00 %)Statistics
41 (25.00 %)Web Development
41 (25.00 %)DHTML
41 (25.00 %)HTML
41 (25.00 %)JavaScript
41 (25.00 %)SQL
41 (25.00 %)VB
41 (25.00 %)CSS
41 (25.00 %)STL
41 (25.00 %)UNIX
41 (25.00 %)Windows
41 (25.00 %)Linux

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PhD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)HTML
11 (25.00 %)CSS
11 (25.00 %)STL
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)SAS
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
11 (25.00 %)MATLAB
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Electronics
11 (25.00 %)Health
11 (25.00 %)Pensions
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
21 (25.00 %)C++ Developer
21 (25.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Analyst Developer
21 (25.00 %)IT Support Analyst
21 (25.00 %)C++ Software Developer
21 (25.00 %)IT Graduate
21 (25.00 %)C Developer
21 (25.00 %)Graduate
21 (25.00 %)Software Developer
21 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (100.00 %)Mathematics
23 (75.00 %)Physics
23 (75.00 %)Computer Science
32 (50.00 %)Chemistry
41 (25.00 %)Statistics
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)UNIX
11 (25.00 %)Windows
11 (25.00 %)Linux
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)OO
21 (25.00 %)Web Development
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C++
21 (25.00 %)DHTML
21 (25.00 %)JavaScript
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)C
21 (25.00 %)C#
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)Degree
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft