Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PhD in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PhD over the 3 months to 3 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkPhD
Location
3 months to
3 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank394301477
Rank change year-on-year
Down-93Up+176
Matching permanent IT job ads531462541
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.492 %0.673 %0.302 %
As % of the Qualifications category1.887 %2.590 %1.359 %
Salaries quoted462389473
Average salary£50,000£42,500£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£30,000£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£90,000£79,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+15.38 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
281411783539797
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.07 %25.98 %22.21 %
Salaries quoted231651476933405
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-2.770 %

PhD
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing PhD within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

PhD Demand Trend

PhD
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PhD within the UK.

PhD Salary Trend

PhD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PhD over the 3 months to 3 September 2010 within the UK.

PhD Salary Histogram

PhD
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-89522£50,000+17.64 %
LondonDown-67278£60,000-25.00 %
South EastDown-54119£40,500+24.61 %
East of EnglandDown-4788£30,000-25.00 %
CambridgeshireDown-2784£30,000-25.00 %
CambridgeDown-2774£31,000-22.50 %
City of LondonDown-5066£67,500-20.58 %
OxfordshireUp+645£47,500+58.33 %
SurreyDown-4031£25,000-54.54 %
OxfordDown-1428£35,000+16.66 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1019£61,500+89.23 %
High WycombeDown-114£61,500+17.14 %
East MidlandsDown-4412£27,500-15.38 %
West MidlandsDown-1311£28,000-1.75 %
BerkshireDown-6411£32,500+7.26 %
NorthamptonDown-1510£27,500-15.38 %
NorthamptonshireDown-2110£27,500-15.38 %
GuildfordDown-46£25,000-54.54 %
Docklands, LondonDown-366£121,000+34.44 %
Canary WharfNew entry-6£121,000-
WarwickshireDown-85£28,000-
ScotlandDown-345£34,000+0.74 %
WarwickNew entry-5£28,000-
NewcastleDown-64£35,000-46.15 %
North EastDown-154£35,000+7.69 %
MiddlesexDown-174£34,000-17.57 %
Tyne and WearDown-224£35,000+7.69 %
ReadingDown-374£29,500-1.66 %
IsleworthNew entry-4--
West SussexNew entry-4£31,250-

PhD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1575 (55.18 %)C++
2547 (52.50 %)Degree
3428 (41.07 %)Java
4411 (39.44 %)Mathematics
5325 (31.19 %)Computer Science
6308 (29.56 %)Finance
7263 (25.24 %)C
8252 (24.18 %)Physics
9243 (23.32 %)C#
10190 (18.23 %)SQL
11180 (17.27 %)Linux
12144 (13.82 %)UNIX
13132 (12.67 %)Windows
13132 (12.67 %)OO
14126 (12.09 %)Education
15110 (10.56 %)MATLAB
16103 (9.885 %)Derivative
17100 (9.597 %).NET
1898 (9.405 %)Project Management
1995 (9.117 %)Hedge funds
2093 (8.925 %)Health
2192 (8.829 %)Statistics
2288 (8.445 %)Front Office
2380 (7.678 %)Oracle
2479 (7.582 %)Risk Management
2479 (7.582 %)Banking
2575 (7.198 %)Pensions
2575 (7.198 %)Algorithmic Trading
2673 (7.006 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2767 (6.430 %)Python

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1100 (9.597 %).NET
257 (5.470 %)J2EE
338 (3.647 %)HTML
338 (3.647 %)STL
436 (3.455 %)AJAX
535 (3.359 %)ASP.NET
633 (3.167 %)XML
633 (3.167 %)J2SE
727 (2.591 %)Hibernate
825 (2.399 %)CSS
923 (2.207 %)GWT
923 (2.207 %)Apache Wicket
1021 (2.015 %)Adobe Flex
1118 (1.727 %)Silverlight
1214 (1.344 %)WinForms
1313 (1.248 %)Web Services
1313 (1.248 %)Spring
1313 (1.248 %)Boost C++ Libraries
1412 (1.152 %)Qt
1412 (1.152 %)Oracle Coherence
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
157 (5.470 %)SAS
230 (2.879 %)Apache
38 (0.768 %)SharePoint
47 (0.672 %)SharePoint Server 2007
53 (0.288 %)Rendezvous
53 (0.288 %)Tomcat
61 (0.096 %)Mathematica
61 (0.096 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1110 (10.56 %)MATLAB
235 (3.359 %)MS Excel
333 (3.167 %)MS Visio
426 (2.495 %)S-PLUS
518 (1.727 %)FrameMaker
617 (1.631 %)MS PowerPoint
712 (1.152 %)RoboHelp
810 (0.960 %)SPSS
98 (0.768 %)Simulink
106 (0.576 %)Adobe Captivate
106 (0.576 %)MS Office
106 (0.576 %)Spreadsheet
113 (0.288 %)Stata
113 (0.288 %)MS Project
122 (0.192 %)CA Clarity
131 (0.096 %)Maple
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (0.672 %)Microsoft CRM
17 (0.672 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.288 %)Hyperion Planning
23 (0.288 %)HFM
32 (0.192 %)Cognos Planning
32 (0.192 %)Google Analytics
41 (0.096 %)SAP HR
41 (0.096 %)SAP HCM
41 (0.096 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
41 (0.096 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
123 (2.207 %)VoIP
219 (1.823 %)TCP/IP
318 (1.727 %)Ethernet
410 (0.960 %)SDH
410 (0.960 %)MPLS
59 (0.864 %)Frame Relay
59 (0.864 %)Internet
59 (0.864 %)Broadband
59 (0.864 %)ATM
67 (0.672 %)GSM
76 (0.576 %)HTTP
83 (0.288 %)RTCP
83 (0.288 %)RTP
83 (0.288 %)Bluetooth
83 (0.288 %)NFC
83 (0.288 %)Network Security
92 (0.192 %)IPv4
92 (0.192 %)WAN
92 (0.192 %)Wireless
92 (0.192 %)Firewall
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
147 (4.511 %)SQL Server
232 (3.071 %)Data Mining
323 (2.207 %)PostgreSQL
413 (1.248 %)OLTP
512 (1.152 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
69 (0.864 %)RDBMS
69 (0.864 %)Oracle 8/8i
78 (0.768 %)GIS
86 (0.576 %)Database Marketing
86 (0.576 %)DB2
94 (0.384 %)BusinessObjects
94 (0.384 %)ETL
94 (0.384 %)MySQL
94 (0.384 %)DataStage
103 (0.288 %)Essbase
103 (0.288 %)OLAP
112 (0.192 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
112 (0.192 %)Oracle OLAP
112 (0.192 %)ROLAP
112 (0.192 %)MOLAP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (1.440 %)QuickTest Pro
213 (1.248 %)Eclipse
310 (0.960 %)Visual Studio
49 (0.864 %)Ant
54 (0.384 %)JUnit
63 (0.288 %)Team Foundation Server
63 (0.288 %)Telelogic DOORS
63 (0.288 %)Telelogic Rhapsody
63 (0.288 %)Subversion
71 (0.096 %)PEAR
71 (0.096 %)Synon
71 (0.096 %)Maven
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1308 (29.56 %)Finance
2126 (12.09 %)Education
393 (8.925 %)Health
488 (8.445 %)Front Office
579 (7.582 %)Banking
675 (7.198 %)Pensions
765 (6.238 %)Pharmaceutical
846 (4.415 %)Telecoms
938 (3.647 %)Insurance
1037 (3.551 %)Electronics
1037 (3.551 %)Games
1136 (3.455 %)Marketing
1233 (3.167 %)Investment Banking
1327 (2.591 %)Financial Institution
1423 (2.207 %)Manufacturing
1519 (1.823 %)Electric
1618 (1.727 %)Retail
1717 (1.631 %)Advertising
1814 (1.344 %)Government
1913 (1.248 %)Military
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1457 (43.86 %)Developer
2172 (16.51 %)C++ Developer
3167 (16.03 %)Graduate
4147 (14.11 %)Java Developer
5118 (11.32 %)Software Engineer
6106 (10.17 %)C# Developer
791 (8.733 %)Analyst
890 (8.637 %)Software Developer
973 (7.006 %)Quantitative Developer
1063 (6.046 %)C++/C# Developer
1162 (5.950 %)Consultant
1256 (5.374 %)C# Software Developer
1256 (5.374 %)C++ Software Developer
1352 (4.990 %)Senior Developer
1451 (4.894 %)Junior
1548 (4.607 %)Programmer
1642 (4.031 %)Graduate Developer
1739 (3.743 %)Quantitative Analyst
1834 (3.263 %)Senior Java Developer
1930 (2.879 %)Junior Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1411 (39.44 %)Mathematics
2325 (31.19 %)Computer Science
3252 (24.18 %)Physics
4103 (9.885 %)Derivative
595 (9.117 %)Hedge funds
692 (8.829 %)Statistics
773 (7.006 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
859 (5.662 %)Life Science
956 (5.374 %)Biology
1052 (4.990 %)Chemistry
1150 (4.798 %)Client/Server
1247 (4.511 %)Fixed Income
1247 (4.511 %)Equities
1337 (3.551 %)Credit Risk
1434 (3.263 %)Economics
1533 (3.167 %)Applied Mathematics
1631 (2.975 %)Multithreading
1730 (2.879 %)Artificial Intelligence
1826 (2.495 %)Open Source
1922 (2.111 %)Visualisation
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1180 (17.27 %)Linux
2144 (13.82 %)UNIX
3132 (12.67 %)Windows
414 (1.344 %)VxWorks
510 (0.960 %)Mac OS
67 (0.672 %)Windows CE
74 (0.384 %)Windows Vista
74 (0.384 %)Windows XP
74 (0.384 %)Windows Server 2003
83 (0.288 %)Solaris
91 (0.096 %)uClinux
91 (0.096 %)iPhone OS
91 (0.096 %)Symbian OS
91 (0.096 %)HPUX
91 (0.096 %)Mac OS X
91 (0.096 %)Embedded Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1132 (12.67 %)OO
298 (9.405 %)Project Management
379 (7.582 %)Risk Management
475 (7.198 %)Algorithmic Trading
563 (6.046 %)Software Engineering
642 (4.031 %)Agile Software Development
739 (3.743 %)Data Analysis
834 (3.263 %)Monte Carlo Method
933 (3.167 %)Financial Modelling
1029 (2.783 %)UML
1029 (2.783 %)Business Intelligence
1029 (2.783 %)Bioinformatics
1128 (2.687 %)Software Architecture
1223 (2.207 %)Quantitative Analysis
1320 (1.919 %)Test Management
1418 (1.727 %)Statistical Analysis
1418 (1.727 %)Software Testing
1418 (1.727 %)Stress Testing
1418 (1.727 %)Test Automation
1517 (1.631 %)Unit Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1575 (55.18 %)C++
2428 (41.07 %)Java
3263 (25.24 %)C
4243 (23.32 %)C#
5190 (18.23 %)SQL
667 (6.430 %)Python
762 (5.950 %)Perl
859 (5.662 %)JavaScript
859 (5.662 %)VBA
953 (5.086 %)Fortran
1034 (3.263 %)VB
1127 (2.591 %)PL/SQL
1218 (1.727 %)PHP
1312 (1.152 %)F#
1312 (1.152 %)Embedded C
1411 (1.056 %)VB6
159 (0.864 %)Shell Script
159 (0.864 %)VC++
168 (0.768 %)T-SQL
176 (0.576 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1547 (52.50 %)Degree
229 (2.783 %)MBA
318 (1.727 %)Postgraduate
413 (1.248 %)Security Cleared
511 (1.056 %)SC Cleared
610 (0.960 %)Cisco Certification
79 (0.864 %)CCNA
79 (0.864 %)DV Cleared
85 (0.480 %)CIMA
85 (0.480 %)Microsoft Certification
94 (0.384 %)PMI Certification
103 (0.288 %)CFA
112 (0.192 %)MCTS
112 (0.192 %)CIPD
112 (0.192 %)ISTQB
112 (0.192 %)MCPD
112 (0.192 %)ISEB
112 (0.192 %)MCP
112 (0.192 %)CIPFA
121 (0.096 %)PMP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
124 (2.303 %)QA
27 (0.672 %)IAS 39
34 (0.384 %)Basel II
43 (0.288 %)GCP
43 (0.288 %)GMP
52 (0.192 %)ISO/IEC 27001
52 (0.192 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.192 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (0.864 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (0.384 %)Active Directory
32 (0.192 %)Hadoop
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
118 (1.727 %)HP Quality Center
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
180 (7.678 %)Oracle
232 (3.071 %)Microsoft
319 (1.823 %)Google
418 (1.727 %)HP
512 (1.152 %)Adobe
512 (1.152 %)Bloomberg
610 (0.960 %)Reuters
79 (0.864 %)VMware
79 (0.864 %)OPNET
87 (0.672 %)Sybase
96 (0.576 %)Algorithmics
105 (0.480 %)Cognos
105 (0.480 %)Hyperion
105 (0.480 %)Fidessa
105 (0.480 %)Cisco
114 (0.384 %)IBM
114 (0.384 %)Informatica
114 (0.384 %)Business Objects
114 (0.384 %)Ab Initio
114 (0.384 %)Teradata