The first table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 17 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
17 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 Somerset - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Qualifications
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
203 121 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 31.87% 27.44% 33.54%
Number of salaries quoted 186 116 146
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £25,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
PhD
South West

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 2 (100.00%) Front Office
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 (100.00%) Front Office
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree