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This section looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs within the Bristol 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
Rank140112
Rank change on same period last yearDown-28
Matching permanent IT job ads310
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.449 %1.859 %
Salaries quoted39
Average minimum salary£25,000£26,444
Average salary£25,833£31,222
% change on same period last year-17.25 %
Average maximum salary£26,667£36,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,885£36,756
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Bristol IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Bristol
Matching permanent IT job ads668538
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.365 %0.226 %
Salaries quoted615485
Average minimum salary£32,816£31,648
Average salary£36,360£34,816
% change on same period last year+4.43 %
Average maximum salary£39,905£37,983
UK excluding London average salary£37,856£38,565
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
PhD South WestPhD
South West

PhD
Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PhD across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Bristol PhD Salary Histogram

PhD
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

15 (83.33 %)C++
24 (66.67 %)Electronics
24 (66.67 %)C
33 (50.00 %)VHDL
33 (50.00 %)Verilog
42 (33.33 %)Degree
51 (16.67 %)Mathematics
51 (16.67 %)Software Engineering
51 (16.67 %)Handset
51 (16.67 %).NET
51 (16.67 %)MFC
51 (16.67 %)STL
51 (16.67 %)UML
51 (16.67 %)OO
51 (16.67 %)VC++
51 (16.67 %)Embedded C
51 (16.67 %)Assembly Language

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Bristol IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %).NET
11 (16.67 %)MFC
11 (16.67 %)STL
Bristol IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Electronics
Bristol IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
13 (50.00 %)Design Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Software Support Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Graduate Software Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Graduate
Bristol IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)VHDL
13 (50.00 %)Verilog
21 (16.67 %)Mathematics
21 (16.67 %)Handset
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)UML
11 (16.67 %)OO
11 (16.67 %)Software Engineering
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)C++
24 (66.67 %)C
31 (16.67 %)VC++
31 (16.67 %)Embedded C
31 (16.67 %)Assembly Language
Bristol IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (33.33 %)Degree