The first table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 17 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank 132 120 118
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -2
Permanent jobs citing PhD 4 10 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.198% 0.512% 0.711%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.723% 1.603% 2.451%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 8
Average salary £32,500 £50,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.00% +58.73%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
553 624 612
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 27.32% 31.97% 29.00%
Number of salaries quoted 479 552 526
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £54,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
PhD
South East

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -12 4 £32,500 -38.09%
PhD
South East

PhD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 8 (66.67%) Java
1 8 (66.67%) C#
1 8 (66.67%) C++
1 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 6 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 6 (50.00%) C
2 6 (50.00%) Postgraduate
2 6 (50.00%) Python
2 6 (50.00%) VoIP
2 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Linux
3 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (16.67%) Chemistry
4 2 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (16.67%) Statistics
4 2 (16.67%) R
4 2 (16.67%) FMECA
4 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Economics
4 2 (16.67%) RoboHelp
4 2 (16.67%) GIS
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) OO
4 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
4 2 (16.67%) VBA
4 2 (16.67%) .NET
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (8.333%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) RoboHelp
1 2 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (16.67%) GIS
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) C Software Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Data Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Author
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Author
2 2 (16.67%) Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 2 (16.67%) Chemistry
3 2 (16.67%) Economics
3 2 (16.67%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (16.67%) OO
2 2 (16.67%) Scrum
2 2 (16.67%) FMECA
2 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C#
1 8 (66.67%) C++
1 8 (66.67%) Java
2 6 (50.00%) Python
2 6 (50.00%) C
3 2 (16.67%) R
3 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
3 2 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Postgraduate
2 4 (33.33%) Degree