The first table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 24 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank 65 66 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing PhD 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.341% 0.172% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.190% 0.649% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £29,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
168 154 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 28.62% 26.51% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 140 149 81
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,175 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
PhD
West Midlands

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Stafford +4 2 - -
PhD
West Midlands

PhD
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 2 (100.00%) VxWorks
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (100.00%) Simulink
1 2 (100.00%) Stateflow
1 2 (100.00%) QNX
1 2 (100.00%) Subversion
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Wind River
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Simulink
1 2 (100.00%) Stateflow
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 2 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) QNX
1 2 (100.00%) Wind River