The first table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 20 June 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank 60 67 68
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +1
Permanent jobs citing PhD 9 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 1.372% 0.597% 0.833%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.660% 2.404% 2.956%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 6
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Qualifications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
159 208 203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 24.24% 24.82% 28.19%
Number of salaries quoted 133 189 171
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,900 £42,500 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
PhD
England

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Tyne and Wear +6 9 £42,500 +21.42%
PhD
England

PhD
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 24 (100.00%) Java
1 24 (100.00%) Degree
1 24 (100.00%) Multithreading
2 22 (91.67%) Unit Testing
2 22 (91.67%) 3D Graphics
2 22 (91.67%) Agile Software Development
3 19 (79.17%) C++
3 19 (79.17%) Physics
3 19 (79.17%) Computer Science
4 17 (70.83%) Mathematics
4 17 (70.83%) OO
5 16 (66.67%) OOD
6 11 (45.83%) Visualisation
6 11 (45.83%) UML
7 9 (37.50%) Parallel Programming
8 8 (33.33%) CUDA
9 5 (20.83%) Game Development
9 5 (20.83%) Games
9 5 (20.83%) Windows
9 5 (20.83%) Linux
10 2 (8.333%) Software Engineering

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 5 (20.83%) Games
Job Titles
1 24 (100.00%) Developer
2 22 (91.67%) Software Developer
3 15 (62.50%) Java Developer
4 13 (54.17%) Java Software Developer
5 10 (41.67%) C++ Developer
5 10 (41.67%) C++/Java Developer
6 8 (33.33%) C++ Software Developer
7 2 (8.333%) Software Engineer
7 2 (8.333%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (8.333%) Java Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (91.67%) 3D Graphics
2 19 (79.17%) Physics
2 19 (79.17%) Computer Science
3 17 (70.83%) Mathematics
4 11 (45.83%) Visualisation
5 8 (33.33%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Multithreading
2 22 (91.67%) Unit Testing
2 22 (91.67%) Agile Software Development
3 17 (70.83%) OO
4 16 (66.67%) OOD
5 11 (45.83%) UML
6 9 (37.50%) Parallel Programming
7 5 (20.83%) Game Development
8 2 (8.333%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) Java
2 19 (79.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Degree
Durham, County Durham
You should have strong object oriented design and coding skills, and a good understanding of at least some of the following UML, GUI development, unit testing, agile development,...
IT Connections
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
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