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This section looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs within the England 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPhD
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank440405
Rank change on same period last yearDown-35
Matching permanent IT job ads605839
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.319 %0.344 %
As % of the category below1.618 %1.792 %
Salaries quoted504551
Average minimum salary£41,075£43,391
Average salary£48,336£51,187
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
Average maximum salary£55,598£58,983
UK excluding London average salary£38,449£38,262
% change on same period last year+0.49 %
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
England
Matching permanent IT job ads3739546827
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled19.69 %19.21 %
Salaries quoted3182738173
Average minimum salary£37,564£38,984
Average salary£40,930£42,501
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
Average maximum salary£44,296£46,019
UK excluding London average salary£37,698£38,222
% change on same period last year-1.37 %
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PhD
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PhD across the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

England PhD Salary Histogram

PhD
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-75280£61,218+3.20 %
South EastUp+92186£39,744+3.46 %
East of EnglandUp+41122£36,834-0.59 %
South WestUp+312£41,625+24.56 %
East MidlandsUp+144£24,375-32.49 %
MidlandsNew entry-1£20,500-
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PhD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

1711 (57.25 %)C++
2541 (43.56 %)Degree
3459 (36.96 %)Mathematics
4413 (33.25 %)Java
5332 (26.73 %)Finance
6286 (23.03 %)Physics
7269 (21.66 %)C
8255 (20.53 %)C#
9241 (19.40 %)Computer Science
10207 (16.67 %)OO
11193 (15.54 %)SQL
12180 (14.49 %).NET
13170 (13.69 %)Derivative
14162 (13.04 %)Linux
15153 (12.32 %)Banking
16147 (11.84 %)Windows
17145 (11.67 %)Statistics
18138 (11.11 %)Education
19124 (9.984 %)Pharmaceutical
20121 (9.742 %)MATLAB
20121 (9.742 %)Front Office
21117 (9.420 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
22104 (8.374 %)UNIX
2395 (7.649 %)Perl
2492 (7.407 %)Investment Banking
2581 (6.522 %)Oracle
2581 (6.522 %)SQL Server
2675 (6.039 %)VBA
2772 (5.797 %)Risk Management
2772 (5.797 %)Validation

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1180 (14.49 %).NET
264 (5.153 %)J2SE
352 (4.187 %)STL
449 (3.945 %)XML
534 (2.738 %)Spring
631 (2.496 %)J2EE
730 (2.415 %)Hibernate
825 (2.013 %)WebServices
923 (1.852 %)ASP.NET
1016 (1.288 %)JSP
1115 (1.208 %)WinForms
1214 (1.127 %)HTML
1313 (1.047 %)XML Schema
1313 (1.047 %)XBRL
1412 (0.966 %)MFC
1510 (0.805 %)POSIX
169 (0.725 %)ASP
169 (0.725 %)Servlets
177 (0.564 %).NET Framework
186 (0.483 %)GWT
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
170 (5.636 %)SAS
26 (0.483 %)Rendezvous
33 (0.242 %)IIS
42 (0.161 %)Tomcat
42 (0.161 %)Mathematica
51 (0.081 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (0.081 %)SharePoint Portal Server
51 (0.081 %)MQSeries
51 (0.081 %)JBoss
51 (0.081 %)ColdFusion
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1121 (9.742 %)MATLAB
242 (3.382 %)MS Excel
332 (2.576 %)S-PLUS
430 (2.415 %)SPSS
522 (1.771 %)Spreadsheet
619 (1.530 %)MS Visio
715 (1.208 %)Simulink
85 (0.403 %)MS PowerPoint
92 (0.161 %)MS Project
92 (0.161 %)MS Office
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (0.564 %)FRONT ARENA
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (2.899 %)Wireless
221 (1.691 %)WCDMA
320 (1.610 %)UMTS
419 (1.530 %)TCP/IP
518 (1.449 %)Internet
617 (1.369 %)GSM
715 (1.208 %)3GPP
814 (1.127 %)HSDPA
912 (0.966 %)OFDM
912 (0.966 %)Ethernet
1011 (0.886 %)HSUPA
117 (0.564 %)MIMO
117 (0.564 %)802.11
117 (0.564 %)GPRS
126 (0.483 %)CDMA
126 (0.483 %)LAN
135 (0.403 %)WiMAX
144 (0.322 %)SDH
144 (0.322 %)WLAN
153 (0.242 %)Broadband
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
181 (6.522 %)SQL Server
221 (1.691 %)Base SAS
319 (1.530 %)Data Mining
416 (1.288 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
416 (1.288 %)SAS Enterprise Miner
514 (1.127 %)Datawarehouse
611 (0.886 %)SQL Server 2005
710 (0.805 %)GIS
710 (0.805 %)MS Access
87 (0.564 %)DB2
96 (0.483 %)RDBMS
104 (0.322 %)MySQL
113 (0.242 %)SQL Server 2000
113 (0.242 %)KDB
121 (0.081 %)Text Mining
121 (0.081 %)SQL Server 7
121 (0.081 %)Oracle 8/8i
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (0.483 %)Visual Studio
25 (0.403 %)Ant
34 (0.322 %)QuickTest Pro
42 (0.161 %)Subversion
42 (0.161 %)Eclipse
51 (0.081 %)Flash
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1332 (26.73 %)Finance
2153 (12.32 %)Banking
3138 (11.11 %)Education
4124 (9.984 %)Pharmaceutical
5121 (9.742 %)Front Office
692 (7.407 %)Investment Banking
769 (5.556 %)Telecoms
860 (4.831 %)Health
945 (3.623 %)Pensions
1034 (2.738 %)Marketing
1132 (2.576 %)Financial Institution
1230 (2.415 %)Games
1326 (2.093 %)Insurance
1425 (2.013 %)Electronics
1522 (1.771 %)Back Office
1619 (1.530 %)Multimedia
1718 (1.449 %)Chemicals
1814 (1.127 %)Manufacturing
1814 (1.127 %)Government
1913 (1.047 %)Aerospace
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1516 (41.55 %)Developer
2151 (12.16 %)Analyst
3139 (11.19 %)C++ Developer
4135 (10.87 %)Software Engineer
5130 (10.47 %)Graduate
6108 (8.696 %)Software Developer
792 (7.407 %)Java Developer
867 (5.395 %)Programmer
956 (4.509 %)C++ Software Engineer
956 (4.509 %)Quantitative Analyst
1048 (3.865 %)C# Developer
1048 (3.865 %)Quant Developer
1147 (3.784 %)Risk Analyst
1242 (3.382 %)Junior
1335 (2.818 %)Consultant
1335 (2.818 %)C++ Software Developer
1433 (2.657 %)Senior Developer
1532 (2.576 %)Quantitative Risk Analyst
1630 (2.415 %)Architect
1729 (2.335 %)Statistician
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1459 (36.96 %)Mathematics
2286 (23.03 %)Physics
3241 (19.40 %)Computer Science
4170 (13.69 %)Derivative
5145 (11.67 %)Statistics
6117 (9.420 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
766 (5.314 %)Fixed Income
861 (4.911 %)Chemistry
957 (4.589 %)Equity Derivative
1054 (4.348 %)Equities
1153 (4.267 %)Biology
1243 (3.462 %)Credit Risk
1339 (3.140 %)Market Risk
1339 (3.140 %)Multithreading
1437 (2.979 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1531 (2.496 %)Credit Derivative
1630 (2.415 %)Applied Mathematics
1630 (2.415 %)Stochastic Calculus
1718 (1.449 %)Life Science
1718 (1.449 %)VHDL
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1162 (13.04 %)Linux
2147 (11.84 %)Windows
3104 (8.374 %)UNIX
421 (1.691 %)Solaris
512 (0.966 %)Windows Mobile
67 (0.564 %)AIX
67 (0.564 %)HPUX
73 (0.242 %)Windows NT
81 (0.081 %)Windows CE
81 (0.081 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.081 %)Embedded Linux
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1207 (16.67 %)OO
272 (5.797 %)Validation
272 (5.797 %)Risk Management
355 (4.428 %)Algorithmic Trading
441 (3.301 %)Project Management
540 (3.221 %)Software Engineering
637 (2.979 %)UML
736 (2.899 %)Monte Carlo Method
835 (2.818 %)OOD
931 (2.496 %)Electronic Trading
1030 (2.415 %)CAD
1126 (2.093 %)Data Analysis
1225 (2.013 %)Software Testing
1324 (1.932 %)Statistical Analysis
1423 (1.852 %)Econometrics
1423 (1.852 %)OOA/OOD
1423 (1.852 %)Test Management
1423 (1.852 %)Test Scripting
1522 (1.771 %)Data Management
1621 (1.691 %)Operations Research
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1711 (57.25 %)C++
2413 (33.25 %)Java
3269 (21.66 %)C
4255 (20.53 %)C#
5193 (15.54 %)SQL
695 (7.649 %)Perl
775 (6.039 %)VBA
845 (3.623 %)VB
845 (3.623 %)Python
930 (2.415 %)PHP
1026 (2.093 %)VC++
1123 (1.852 %)VB.NET
1216 (1.288 %)Assembly Language
1315 (1.208 %)PL/SQL
1414 (1.127 %)Embedded C
1512 (0.966 %)Fortran
1512 (0.966 %)Delphi
1611 (0.886 %)JavaScript
1611 (0.886 %)PowerHouse
1710 (0.805 %)Ruby
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1541 (43.56 %)Degree
225 (2.013 %)ISEB
313 (1.047 %)Postgraduate
411 (0.886 %)MBA
52 (0.161 %)CFA
61 (0.081 %)GNVQ
61 (0.081 %)SCJD
61 (0.081 %)MCSE
61 (0.081 %)CCNA
61 (0.081 %)Cisco Certification
61 (0.081 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (0.081 %)SAS Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (1.369 %)Basel II
27 (0.564 %)QA
32 (0.161 %)IAS 39
32 (0.161 %)GCP
41 (0.081 %)GLP
41 (0.081 %)ISO9001
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.161 %)OpenView
21 (0.081 %)EMC NetWorker
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
181 (6.522 %)Oracle
237 (2.979 %)Sybase
336 (2.899 %)Microsoft
420 (1.610 %)Wall Street Systems
517 (1.369 %)KXEN
612 (0.966 %)Symbian
711 (0.886 %)Bloomberg
89 (0.725 %)TIBCO
96 (0.483 %)SunGard
105 (0.403 %)SIMUL8
113 (0.242 %)Yahoo!
113 (0.242 %)HP
122 (0.161 %)Ericsson
122 (0.161 %)Red Hat
122 (0.161 %)Minitab
131 (0.081 %)Chordiant
131 (0.081 %)EMC
131 (0.081 %)DataSynapse
131 (0.081 %)Algorithmics
131 (0.081 %)BT
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