The first table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank 109 75 117
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +42
Permanent jobs citing PhD 9 39 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.529% 2.260% 0.107%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.604% 5.927% 0.350%
Number of salaries quoted 9 39 2
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -15.78%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £36,750
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.84%
All Qualifications
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
561 658 572
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 33.00% 38.12% 30.70%
Number of salaries quoted 473 576 427
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,700 £26,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £56,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
PhD
South West

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol PhD Jobs Demand Trend

PhD
Salary Trend

This 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
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

1 22 (100.00%) PHP
1 22 (100.00%) Java
1 22 (100.00%) Degree
2 13 (59.09%) Software Engineering
2 13 (59.09%) JavaScript
2 13 (59.09%) Shell Script
2 13 (59.09%) J2EE
2 13 (59.09%) MySQL
2 13 (59.09%) JSP
2 13 (59.09%) UML
2 13 (59.09%) Flash
2 13 (59.09%) JSON
3 9 (40.91%) Apple iOS
3 9 (40.91%) Python
3 9 (40.91%) Ruby
3 9 (40.91%) C#

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 13 (59.09%) J2EE
1 13 (59.09%) JSP
1 13 (59.09%) Flash
1 13 (59.09%) JSON
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (59.09%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 20 (90.91%) Developer
2 13 (59.09%) Java Developer
3 7 (31.82%) Software Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Software Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Senior Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) UML
1 13 (59.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (100.00%) Java
1 22 (100.00%) PHP
2 13 (59.09%) JavaScript
2 13 (59.09%) Shell Script
3 9 (40.91%) Ruby
3 9 (40.91%) C#
3 9 (40.91%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Degree
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