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The table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs within the Edinburgh 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPhD
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7085
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching permanent IT job ads813
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.006 %
As % of the category below3.738 %2.658 %
Salaries quoted711
Average minimum salary£26,500£29,909
Average salary£28,500£36,455
% change on same period last year-21.82 %
Average maximum salary£30,500£43,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,887£36,315
% change on same period last year-1.17 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads214489
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.210 %
Salaries quoted139329
Average minimum salary£32,944£29,501
Average salary£36,324£32,584
% change on same period last year+11.47 %
Average maximum salary£39,703£35,668
UK excluding London average salary£37,875£38,420
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
PhD ScotlandPhD
Scotland

PhD
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PhD across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Edinburgh PhD Salary Histogram

PhD
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (62.50 %)Mathematics
24 (50.00 %)Computer Science
33 (37.50 %)Physics
33 (37.50 %)Chemistry
33 (37.50 %)Chemicals
33 (37.50 %)Java
33 (37.50 %)Perl
33 (37.50 %)PHP
33 (37.50 %)SQL
42 (25.00 %)Finance
51 (12.50 %)Degree
51 (12.50 %)C
51 (12.50 %)C++
51 (12.50 %).NET
51 (12.50 %)Oracle
51 (12.50 %)SQL Server
51 (12.50 %)Education

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (12.50 %).NET
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Chemicals
22 (25.00 %)Finance
31 (12.50 %)Education
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (25.00 %)Developer
12 (25.00 %)Java Developer
21 (12.50 %)Junior Developer
21 (12.50 %)Junior Java Developer
21 (12.50 %)Junior
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (62.50 %)Mathematics
24 (50.00 %)Computer Science
33 (37.50 %)Physics
33 (37.50 %)Chemistry
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (37.50 %)Java
13 (37.50 %)Perl
13 (37.50 %)PHP
13 (37.50 %)SQL
21 (12.50 %)C
21 (12.50 %)C++
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Degree
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Oracle