Cambridge PhD Jobs

This section looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs within the Cambridge region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Andover Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford City of London Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Fareham Farnham Guildford Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Leicestershire London Luton Melton Mowbray Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Teddington Thame Thames Valley UK Wales West Sussex Weybridge Wiltshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	80
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching permanent IT job ads	104	51
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.054 %	0.021 %
As % of the category below	9.756 %	5.374 %
Salaries quoted	91	19
Average minimum salary	£31,736	£29,053
Average salary	£38,168	£34,000
% change on same period last year	+12.25 %
Average maximum salary	£44,599	£38,947
UK excluding London average salary	£38,720	£38,701
% change on same period last year	+0.04 %
Qualifications Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads	1066	949
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.557 %	0.392 %
Salaries quoted	930	772
Average minimum salary	£31,645	£32,382
Average salary	£35,425	£35,277
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
Average maximum salary	£39,206	£38,171
UK excluding London average salary	£37,752	£38,171
% change on same period last year	-1.09 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PhD across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 117 (59.09 %) C++ 2 101 (51.01 %) Mathematics 3 100 (50.51 %) Degree 4 76 (38.38 %) C 5 56 (28.28 %) Java 6 55 (27.78 %) Physics 7 44 (22.22 %) Windows 8 32 (16.16 %) MATLAB 9 31 (15.66 %) CAD 9 31 (15.66 %) Linux 10 28 (14.14 %) Computer Science 11 27 (13.64 %) C# 12 24 (12.12 %) OO 12 24 (12.12 %) Education 13 18 (9.091 %) .NET

14 15 (7.576 %) Chemistry 15 14 (7.071 %) Finance 16 13 (6.566 %) Pharmaceutical 16 13 (6.566 %) J2EE 17 12 (6.061 %) Health 17 12 (6.061 %) Microsoft 17 12 (6.061 %) Python 17 12 (6.061 %) MS Excel 17 12 (6.061 %) Insurance 17 12 (6.061 %) Pensions 18 11 (5.556 %) Biology 18 11 (5.556 %) Oracle 18 11 (5.556 %) Perl 19 10 (5.051 %) Chemicals 19 10 (5.051 %) Statistics

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 18 (9.091 %) .NET 2 13 (6.566 %) J2EE 3 6 (3.030 %) XML 4 4 (2.020 %) HTML 5 3 (1.515 %) JSP 5 3 (1.515 %) Struts 6 2 (1.010 %) WebServices 6 2 (1.010 %) ASP.NET 6 2 (1.010 %) JMS 7 1 (0.505 %) Middleware 7 1 (0.505 %) Hibernate 7 1 (0.505 %) JSTL 7 1 (0.505 %) ActiveX 7 1 (0.505 %) EJB 7 1 (0.505 %) CSS 7 1 (0.505 %) MFC 7 1 (0.505 %) STL	Application Platforms 1 3 (1.515 %) SAS 2 1 (0.505 %) JBoss
Applications 1 32 (16.16 %) MATLAB 2 12 (6.061 %) MS Excel 3 8 (4.040 %) Simulink 4 6 (3.030 %) S-PLUS	Communications & Networking 1 5 (2.525 %) Wireless 2 2 (1.010 %) 3GPP 2 2 (1.010 %) WCDMA 3 1 (0.505 %) Ethernet 3 1 (0.505 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (0.505 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (1.010 %) SQL Server 2 1 (0.505 %) Text Mining	General 1 24 (12.12 %) Education 2 14 (7.071 %) Finance 3 13 (6.566 %) Pharmaceutical 4 12 (6.061 %) Health 4 12 (6.061 %) Insurance 4 12 (6.061 %) Pensions 5 10 (5.051 %) Chemicals 6 5 (2.525 %) Banking 6 5 (2.525 %) Investment Banking 6 5 (2.525 %) Electronics 7 4 (2.020 %) Games 8 3 (1.515 %) Aerospace 8 3 (1.515 %) Automotive 9 2 (1.010 %) Telecoms 10 1 (0.505 %) Manufacturing 10 1 (0.505 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 52 (26.26 %) Software Engineer 2 46 (23.23 %) Developer 3 32 (16.16 %) Graduate 3 32 (16.16 %) Software Developer 4 27 (13.64 %) C++ Software Engineer 5 25 (12.63 %) C++ Developer 6 23 (11.62 %) Programmer 7 20 (10.10 %) C++ Software Developer 8 18 (9.091 %) Consultant 9 17 (8.586 %) Analyst 10 16 (8.081 %) Junior 10 16 (8.081 %) C++ Programmer 11 13 (6.566 %) Architect 12 12 (6.061 %) C Software Engineer 13 11 (5.556 %) Data Consultant 13 11 (5.556 %) Data Analyst 14 8 (4.040 %) Technical Architect 14 8 (4.040 %) Software Architect 15 7 (3.535 %) C Developer 15 7 (3.535 %) Graduate Software Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 101 (51.01 %) Mathematics 2 55 (27.78 %) Physics 3 28 (14.14 %) Computer Science 4 15 (7.576 %) Chemistry 5 11 (5.556 %) Biology 6 10 (5.051 %) Statistics 7 9 (4.545 %) Applied Mathematics 8 5 (2.525 %) Bioinformatics 9 3 (1.515 %) Economics 9 3 (1.515 %) Biometrics 9 3 (1.515 %) Biostatistics 10 2 (1.010 %) Life Science 10 2 (1.010 %) VHDL 11 1 (0.505 %) Cryptography 11 1 (0.505 %) Artificial Intelligence 11 1 (0.505 %) Grid Computing 11 1 (0.505 %) Multithreading
Operating Systems 1 44 (22.22 %) Windows 2 31 (15.66 %) Linux 3 7 (3.535 %) UNIX 4 3 (1.515 %) Solaris 5 1 (0.505 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 31 (15.66 %) CAD 2 24 (12.12 %) OO 3 10 (5.051 %) Software Engineering 4 9 (4.545 %) Project Management 4 9 (4.545 %) PLM 5 8 (4.040 %) Enterprise Architecture 6 5 (2.525 %) CAE 7 4 (2.020 %) DNA 7 4 (2.020 %) UML 7 4 (2.020 %) OOA/OOD 8 3 (1.515 %) Data Management 8 3 (1.515 %) Statistical Analysis 8 3 (1.515 %) Time Management 9 2 (1.010 %) Security Cleared 9 2 (1.010 %) Financial Modelling 9 2 (1.010 %) Scrum 9 2 (1.010 %) Agile Software Development 9 2 (1.010 %) EDA 9 2 (1.010 %) Web Development 9 2 (1.010 %) OOD
Programming Languages 1 117 (59.09 %) C++ 2 76 (38.38 %) C 3 56 (28.28 %) Java 4 27 (13.64 %) C# 5 12 (6.061 %) Python 6 11 (5.556 %) Perl 7 7 (3.535 %) SQL 8 6 (3.030 %) PHP 9 5 (2.525 %) Embedded C++ 10 4 (2.020 %) JavaScript 11 2 (1.010 %) DHTML 11 2 (1.010 %) Haskell 11 2 (1.010 %) OCaml 12 1 (0.505 %) Tcl 12 1 (0.505 %) VB 12 1 (0.505 %) VC++	Qualifications 1 100 (50.51 %) Degree 2 1 (0.505 %) CSQA 2 1 (0.505 %) Postgraduate 2 1 (0.505 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (2.525 %) QA	Vendors 1 12 (6.061 %) Microsoft 2 11 (5.556 %) Oracle 3 2 (1.010 %) Wall Street Systems