The first table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank 76 50 53
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +3
Permanent jobs citing PhD 10 17 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.974% 2.677% 2.826%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.125% 9.091% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 23
Average salary £40,000 £36,250 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.34% -42.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £35,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £50,500 £69,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
320 187 192
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 31.16% 29.45% 23.59%
Number of salaries quoted 264 162 165
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,250 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
PhD
Oxfordshire

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 25 (78.13%) Mathematics
2 23 (71.88%) Degree
3 21 (65.63%) Java
4 15 (46.88%) Data Modelling
4 15 (46.88%) PowerHouse
4 15 (46.88%) Statistical Analysis
5 11 (34.38%) Physics
6 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
7 6 (18.75%) C++
7 6 (18.75%) Legal
7 6 (18.75%) Life Science
7 6 (18.75%) Marketing
7 6 (18.75%) Business Development
8 5 (15.63%) Software Engineering
9 4 (12.50%) Qt
9 4 (12.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 4 (12.50%) Advertising
9 4 (12.50%) 3D Graphics
9 4 (12.50%) STL
9 4 (12.50%) Python
10 3 (9.375%) Windows
10 3 (9.375%) OpenGL
11 2 (6.250%) UNIX
11 2 (6.250%) C
11 2 (6.250%) Parallel Processing
11 2 (6.250%) Multithreading
12 1 (3.125%) Image Processing
12 1 (3.125%) Video Processing
12 1 (3.125%) Digital Signal Processing
12 1 (3.125%) Signal Processing

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 4 (12.50%) Qt
1 4 (12.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 4 (12.50%) STL
2 3 (9.375%) OpenGL
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Simulink
General
1 6 (18.75%) Legal
1 6 (18.75%) Marketing
2 4 (12.50%) Advertising
3 1 (3.125%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (53.13%) Developer
2 16 (50.00%) Java Developer
2 16 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 15 (46.88%) Java Software Developer
4 8 (25.00%) Software Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (9.375%) C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (9.375%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (6.250%) Senior Java Software Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) Real Time Software Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) Real Time Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) GUI Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Graduate
8 1 (3.125%) Consultant
8 1 (3.125%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Senior Java Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Graduate Software Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (78.13%) Mathematics
2 11 (34.38%) Physics
3 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
4 6 (18.75%) Life Science
5 4 (12.50%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.375%) Windows
2 2 (6.250%) UNIX
3 1 (3.125%) Linux
3 1 (3.125%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Data Modelling
1 15 (46.88%) Statistical Analysis
2 6 (18.75%) Business Development
3 5 (15.63%) Software Engineering
4 2 (6.250%) Parallel Processing
4 2 (6.250%) Multithreading
5 1 (3.125%) Image Processing
5 1 (3.125%) Video Processing
5 1 (3.125%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (3.125%) Signal Processing
5 1 (3.125%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.125%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 21 (65.63%) Java
2 15 (46.88%) PowerHouse
3 6 (18.75%) C++
4 4 (12.50%) Python
5 2 (6.250%) C
6 1 (3.125%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 23 (71.88%) Degree