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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank 145 128 148
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +20
Permanent jobs citing PhD 10 23 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.316% 0.659% 0.323%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.114% 2.124% 1.072%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 8
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -16.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,800 £25,000 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,200 £53,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
898 1083 1026
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 28.35% 31.04% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 510 788 768
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
PhD
UK

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Edinburgh -6 6 £42,000 +23.52%
Glasgow -19 3 £35,000 -
PhD
UK

PhD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 16 (64.00%) C++
1 16 (64.00%) Java
2 15 (60.00%) Degree
3 14 (56.00%) C#
3 14 (56.00%) OO
4 13 (52.00%) Mathematics
5 12 (48.00%) Computer Science
6 9 (36.00%) Physics
7 6 (24.00%) Finance
7 6 (24.00%) C
7 6 (24.00%) Linux
8 5 (20.00%) VBA
8 5 (20.00%) Python
8 5 (20.00%) Front Office
8 5 (20.00%) Software Engineering
8 5 (20.00%) Derivative
9 4 (16.00%) TDD
9 4 (16.00%) Games
9 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
9 4 (16.00%) OOP
10 3 (12.00%) UNIX
10 3 (12.00%) UML
10 3 (12.00%) OOD
10 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
10 3 (12.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (12.00%) Middleware
10 3 (12.00%) Equities
10 3 (12.00%) Exotic Derivative
10 3 (12.00%) Analytics
11 2 (8.000%) Hedge funds

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (12.00%) Middleware
2 2 (8.000%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (8.000%) OpenGL
2 2 (8.000%) STL
3 1 (4.000%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) GIS
2 1 (4.000%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Ant
General
1 6 (24.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Front Office
3 4 (16.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Developer
2 9 (36.00%) Software Engineer
3 6 (24.00%) Quantitative Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Software Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Graduate
5 2 (8.000%) Scala Developer
5 2 (8.000%) C Software Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Lead Software Developer
5 2 (8.000%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Quantitative Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Lead Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) Junior
6 1 (4.000%) Junior Software Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Mechanical Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Statistical Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) C++ Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (52.00%) Mathematics
2 12 (48.00%) Computer Science
3 9 (36.00%) Physics
4 5 (20.00%) Derivative
5 3 (12.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (12.00%) Equities
5 3 (12.00%) Exotic Derivative
6 2 (8.000%) Hedge funds
6 2 (8.000%) Online Games
6 2 (8.000%) Fixed Income
7 1 (4.000%) Management Information System
7 1 (4.000%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (4.000%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.00%) UNIX
3 1 (4.000%) Windows
3 1 (4.000%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) OO
2 5 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (16.00%) TDD
3 4 (16.00%) OOP
4 3 (12.00%) UML
4 3 (12.00%) OOD
4 3 (12.00%) Analytics
5 2 (8.000%) Web Application Development
5 2 (8.000%) Wealth Management
5 2 (8.000%) Multithreading
6 1 (4.000%) Time Management
6 1 (4.000%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) C++
1 16 (64.00%) Java
2 14 (56.00%) C#
3 6 (24.00%) C
4 5 (20.00%) VBA
4 5 (20.00%) Python
5 2 (8.000%) Scala
5 2 (8.000%) SQL
6 1 (4.000%) Perl
6 1 (4.000%) PHP
6 1 (4.000%) PL/SQL
6 1 (4.000%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle
2 1 (4.000%) Intel
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