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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhD
Rank 202 213 179
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -34
Permanent jobs citing PhD 11 3 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.202% 0.058% 0.395%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.780% 0.241% 1.751%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 19
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +3.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £23,000 £16,666
10% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £39,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1410 1246 1142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 25.85% 24.00% 22.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1049 1033 946
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
PhD
England

PhD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
South Yorkshire +21 8 £30,000 -14.28%
West Yorkshire -2 3 £32,500 +8.33%
PhD
England

PhD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 10 (76.92%) Degree
2 9 (69.23%) Windows
3 8 (61.54%) MFC
3 8 (61.54%) C
3 8 (61.54%) C++
3 8 (61.54%) CAD
3 8 (61.54%) 3D Graphics
3 8 (61.54%) WinForms
3 8 (61.54%) Mathematics
3 8 (61.54%) Applied Mathematics
3 8 (61.54%) Physics
3 8 (61.54%) Computer Science
4 5 (38.46%) Python
5 3 (23.08%) MATLAB
5 3 (23.08%) Java
5 3 (23.08%) Web Services
5 3 (23.08%) OO
5 3 (23.08%) Grid Computing
5 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (23.08%) Workflow
5 3 (23.08%) Bioinformatics
5 3 (23.08%) jBPM
5 3 (23.08%) Ontologies
5 3 (23.08%) R
6 2 (15.38%) CEH
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (15.38%) SIEM
6 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
6 2 (15.38%) GCED
6 2 (15.38%) GCIH

PhD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 8 (61.54%) MFC
1 8 (61.54%) WinForms
2 3 (23.08%) Web Services
2 3 (23.08%) jBPM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (7.692%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Software Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Software Developer
2 5 (38.46%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Java Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Java Software Developer
4 2 (15.38%) C++ Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Operations Team Leader
4 2 (15.38%) Team Leader
4 2 (15.38%) C++ Software Developer
5 1 (7.692%) 3D Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) 3D Graphics
1 8 (61.54%) Mathematics
1 8 (61.54%) Applied Mathematics
1 8 (61.54%) Physics
1 8 (61.54%) Computer Science
2 3 (23.08%) Grid Computing
2 3 (23.08%) Ontologies
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.692%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 1 (7.692%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) CAD
2 3 (23.08%) OO
2 3 (23.08%) Workflow
2 3 (23.08%) Bioinformatics
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (15.38%) SIEM
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security
4 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.692%) Computer Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) C
1 8 (61.54%) C++
2 5 (38.46%) Python
3 3 (23.08%) MATLAB
3 3 (23.08%) Java
3 3 (23.08%) R
4 2 (15.38%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CEH
2 2 (15.38%) GCED
2 2 (15.38%) GCIH
2 2 (15.38%) GCFA
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) SSCP
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
3 1 (7.692%) GCIA
3 1 (7.692%) CISM
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Novell
1 1 (7.692%) Symantec
1 1 (7.692%) HP
1 1 (7.692%) EMC
1 1 (7.692%) Tripwire
1 1 (7.692%) Q1 Labs
1 1 (7.692%) ArcSight
1 1 (7.692%) LogLogic
Sheffield, Yorkshire
C++ Software Engineer ,MFC, API, Geometric Maths, 3D CAD/CAMGlobal CAD/CAM engineering software solutions company, requires experienced C++ software engineer with Windows platform experience and good understanding...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £31000 - £35000 per annum + + bonus, great benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
The successful applicant is likely to be a bright individual with a BEng, Masters or possibly PhD in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent subject. Equally if you have come...
Roc Search
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + good benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013