The first table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 23 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing PhD 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
111 221 130
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 24.61% 32.99% 27.37%
Number of salaries quoted 88 182 107
Average salary £37,500 £40,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.83% +7.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £29,500 £27,600
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
PhD
North West

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Physics
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Java

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

General
1 2 (66.67%) Front Office
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Graduate
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Physics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree