The first table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 21 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank 108 77 75
Rank change year-on-year
-31 -2
Permanent jobs citing PhD 16 25 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.861% 1.702% 1.882%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.783% 5.774% 7.833%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 30
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -37.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,250 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £51,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
575 433 383
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 30.93% 29.48% 24.03%
Number of salaries quoted 488 382 322
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,199 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
PhD
South East

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PhD across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxfordshire PhD Salary Histogram

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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Oxford -20 10 £40,000 +6.66%
Wallingford - 3 - -
PhD
South East

PhD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 29 (63.04%) Degree
2 28 (60.87%) Java
3 26 (56.52%) Mathematics
4 15 (32.61%) PowerHouse
4 15 (32.61%) Data Modelling
4 15 (32.61%) Statistical Analysis
5 13 (28.26%) Physics
6 10 (21.74%) Computer Science
7 9 (19.57%) C++
8 6 (13.04%) C
8 6 (13.04%) Legal
8 6 (13.04%) Software Engineering
8 6 (13.04%) Life Science
8 6 (13.04%) Marketing
8 6 (13.04%) Business Development
8 6 (13.04%) Qt
9 5 (10.87%) Python
10 4 (8.696%) Swing
10 4 (8.696%) J2EE
10 4 (8.696%) STL
10 4 (8.696%) CEH
10 4 (8.696%) Advertising
10 4 (8.696%) Validation
10 4 (8.696%) 3D Graphics
10 4 (8.696%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 4 (8.696%) Quantitative Analysis
11 3 (6.522%) Windows
11 3 (6.522%) Linux
11 3 (6.522%) OpenGL
12 2 (4.348%) Internet

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 6 (13.04%) Qt
2 4 (8.696%) Swing
2 4 (8.696%) J2EE
2 4 (8.696%) STL
2 4 (8.696%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 3 (6.522%) OpenGL
4 2 (4.348%) CSS
4 2 (4.348%) HTML
4 2 (4.348%) Java SE
5 1 (2.174%) RESTful
5 1 (2.174%) Node.js
5 1 (2.174%) Java EE
5 1 (2.174%) Ext JS
5 1 (2.174%) JPA
5 1 (2.174%) WCF
5 1 (2.174%) WPF
5 1 (2.174%) Hibernate
5 1 (2.174%) Spring
5 1 (2.174%) JSF
5 1 (2.174%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (2.174%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.348%) Internet
1 2 (4.348%) 3G
1 2 (4.348%) LTE
1 2 (4.348%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.174%) Big Data
1 1 (2.174%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.174%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.174%) Hadoop
1 1 (2.174%) CouchDB
1 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (2.174%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.348%) Eclipse
1 2 (4.348%) GCC
General
1 6 (13.04%) Legal
1 6 (13.04%) Marketing
2 4 (8.696%) Advertising
3 2 (4.348%) Finance
4 1 (2.174%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (41.30%) Developer
2 17 (36.96%) Java Developer
3 16 (34.78%) Software Developer
4 15 (32.61%) Java Software Developer
5 11 (23.91%) Software Engineer
6 4 (8.696%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (6.522%) C++ Software Engineer
7 3 (6.522%) Java Software Engineer
8 2 (4.348%) Architect
8 2 (4.348%) Technical Leader
8 2 (4.348%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (4.348%) Technical Architect
8 2 (4.348%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 1 (2.174%) C# .NET Developer
9 1 (2.174%) Senior Architect
9 1 (2.174%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (2.174%) Real Time Software Engineer
9 1 (2.174%) Real Time Engineer
9 1 (2.174%) Java Architect
9 1 (2.174%) GUI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (56.52%) Mathematics
2 13 (28.26%) Physics
3 10 (21.74%) Computer Science
4 6 (13.04%) Life Science
5 4 (8.696%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (4.348%) MPEG
6 2 (4.348%) Device Driver
6 2 (4.348%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 2 (4.348%) Statistics
6 2 (4.348%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (4.348%) Visualisation
7 1 (2.174%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.522%) Windows
1 3 (6.522%) Linux
2 2 (4.348%) UNIX
2 2 (4.348%) Android
2 2 (4.348%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.174%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Data Modelling
1 15 (32.61%) Statistical Analysis
2 6 (13.04%) Software Engineering
2 6 (13.04%) Business Development
3 4 (8.696%) Validation
3 4 (8.696%) Quantitative Analysis
4 2 (4.348%) Web Design
4 2 (4.348%) Multithreading
4 2 (4.348%) Image Processing
4 2 (4.348%) Parallel Processing
4 2 (4.348%) Software Architecture
5 1 (2.174%) Pattern Recognition
5 1 (2.174%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (2.174%) Signal Processing
5 1 (2.174%) Video Processing
5 1 (2.174%) Data Analysis
5 1 (2.174%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 28 (60.87%) Java
2 15 (32.61%) PowerHouse
3 9 (19.57%) C++
4 6 (13.04%) C
5 5 (10.87%) Python
6 2 (4.348%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.174%) Clojure
7 1 (2.174%) Scala
7 1 (2.174%) R
7 1 (2.174%) C#
7 1 (2.174%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 29 (63.04%) Degree
2 4 (8.696%) CEH
Vendors
1 1 (2.174%) Microsoft