PhD Jobs in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for PhD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

PhD England / South East
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	293	319	410
Rank change year-on-year	+26	+91
Permanent jobs citing PhD	94	124	69
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East	0.65%	0.68%	0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category	2.30%	2.17%	1.03%
Number of salaries quoted	78	110	69
Median salary	£45,000	£42,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,600	£27,500	£31,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£57,500	£48,500
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£42,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-5.88%	+6.25%

PhD is in the academic qualifications and professional certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all academic qualifications and professional certifications cited in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East.

Academic & Professional Certification South East
Permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	4095	5713	6690
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	28.28%	31.34%	31.40%
Number of salaries quoted	3339	4622	5139
Median salary	£44,000	£45,000	£44,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.22%	+1.12%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£26,500	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£62,500	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£42,000
% change year-on-year	-	+1.19%

PhD
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East citing PhD as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Qualifications category.

Job vacancy trend for PhD in the South East

PhD
Salary Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PhD in the South East.

PhD
Salary Histogram in the South East

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing PhD in the South East over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Salary histogram for PhD in the South East

PhD
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PhD within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire	-5	37	£49,500	-10.00%	7
Berkshire	+33	17	£70,000	+75.00%	3
Buckinghamshire	-7	16	£36,250	-9.37%
Hampshire	+17	10	£52,500	-	5
Surrey	+24	7	£50,000	+40.84%	1
East Sussex	-	6	£35,379	-	1
West Sussex	-1	1	£27,500	+22.22%
PhD England

PhD
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing PhD also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South East region with a requirement for PhD.

1	105 (61.05%)	Mathematics
2	96 (55.81%)	C++
3	93 (54.07%)	Python
4	91 (52.91%)	Computer Science
5	85 (49.42%)	Degree
6	83 (48.26%)	Algorithms
7	81 (47.09%)	Machine Learning
8	73 (42.44%)	Physics
9	52 (30.23%)	Software Engineering
10	51 (29.65%)	Java
11	45 (26.16%)	C#
12	44 (25.58%)	MATLAB
12	44 (25.58%)	Big Data
13	40 (23.26%)	C
14	38 (22.09%)	Linux

14	38 (22.09%)	R
15	36 (20.93%)	Git (software)
16	34 (19.77%)	Agile Software Development
17	28 (16.28%)	Artificial Intelligence
18	27 (15.70%)	Statistics
18	27 (15.70%)	Windows
19	26 (15.12%)	Signal Processing
20	25 (14.53%)	Image Processing
20	25 (14.53%)	.NET
21	24 (13.95%)	Electronics
21	24 (13.95%)	Analytical Skills
22	23 (13.37%)	Computer Vision
22	23 (13.37%)	Biology
23	22 (12.79%)	Natural Language Processing
23	22 (12.79%)	OO

PhD
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	10 (5.81%)	Apache Spark
2	9 (5.23%)	Apache
3	7 (4.07%)	Apache Solr
3	7 (4.07%)	Elasticsearch
4	3 (1.74%)	Apache Pig
5	2 (1.16%)	SAS
6	1 (0.58%)	ArcGIS

Applications
1	7 (4.07%)	Maple
1	7 (4.07%)	Microsoft Excel
2	5 (2.91%)	Microsoft Office
2	5 (2.91%)	Simulink
3	4 (2.33%)	Camtasia
3	4 (2.33%)	FrameMaker
3	4 (2.33%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	4 (2.33%)	RoboHelp
4	3 (1.74%)	Mathcad
5	2 (1.16%)	Abaqus
6	1 (0.58%)	GNU Octave
6	1 (0.58%)	Photoshop
6	1 (0.58%)	Siemens NX
6	1 (0.58%)	SOLIDWORKS

Business Applications
1	1 (0.58%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	10 (5.81%)	Microsoft Azure
2	9 (5.23%)	Amazon AWS
3	7 (4.07%)	SaaS
4	1 (0.58%)	GitHub

Communications & Networking
1	3 (1.74%)	Ethernet
1	3 (1.74%)	TCP/IP
2	2 (1.16%)	Modbus
3	1 (0.58%)	Internet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	44 (25.58%)	Big Data
2	13 (7.56%)	Data Mining
3	12 (6.98%)	NoSQL
4	11 (6.40%)	Relational Database
5	8 (4.65%)	Text Mining
6	7 (4.07%)	RDBMS
7	5 (2.91%)	Data Warehouse
7	5 (2.91%)	GIS
7	5 (2.91%)	Hadoop
8	3 (1.74%)	SQL Server
9	2 (1.16%)	KNIME
9	2 (1.16%)	Spotfire
10	1 (0.58%)	Blockchain
10	1 (0.58%)	Data Lake
10	1 (0.58%)	HBase
10	1 (0.58%)	MongoDB
10	1 (0.58%)	MySQL
10	1 (0.58%)	QGIS
10	1 (0.58%)	SQLite

Development Applications
1	36 (20.93%)	Git (software)
2	9 (5.23%)	LabVIEW
3	6 (3.49%)	Ant
3	6 (3.49%)	Maven
3	6 (3.49%)	Visual Studio
4	4 (2.33%)	Subversion
5	1 (0.58%)	Jenkins
5	1 (0.58%)	JIRA
5	1 (0.58%)	Team Foundation Server

General
1	24 (13.95%)	Electronics
2	10 (5.81%)	Games
3	9 (5.23%)	Automotive
3	9 (5.23%)	Finance
4	7 (4.07%)	Manufacturing
5	6 (3.49%)	Military
6	5 (2.91%)	Pharmaceutical
7	4 (2.33%)	Marketing
8	2 (1.16%)	Portuguese Language
8	2 (1.16%)	Spanish Language
9	1 (0.58%)	Advertising
9	1 (0.58%)	German Language
9	1 (0.58%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	43 (25.00%)	Developer
2	39 (22.67%)	Graduate
3	19 (11.05%)	Data Scientist
4	18 (10.47%)	Software Developer
5	17 (9.88%)	Author
5	17 (9.88%)	Graduate Technical Author
5	17 (9.88%)	Technical Author
6	16 (9.30%)	Computer Science Graduate
7	15 (8.72%)	C# Developer
7	15 (8.72%)	Java Developer
8	14 (8.14%)	Java Engineer
9	13 (7.56%)	Algorithm Engineer
9	13 (7.56%)	C# Software Developer
9	13 (7.56%)	Development Engineer
9	13 (7.56%)	IT Graduate
10	11 (6.40%)	Software Engineer
11	10 (5.81%)	.NET Developer
11	10 (5.81%)	Analyst
11	10 (5.81%)	C# .NET Developer
12	9 (5.23%)	Research Scientist

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	25 (14.53%)	.NET
2	22 (12.79%)	Natural Language Processing
3	17 (9.88%)	HTML
4	16 (9.30%)	HTML5
5	14 (8.14%)	CSS
5	14 (8.14%)	RESTful
6	11 (6.40%)	ASP.NET
7	9 (5.23%)	AngularJS
8	8 (4.65%)	ASP.NET MVC
8	8 (4.65%)	ASP.NET Web API
8	8 (4.65%)	CSS3
8	8 (4.65%)	Node.js
8	8 (4.65%)	Web Services
9	7 (4.07%)	Kafka
9	7 (4.07%)	Lucene
10	6 (3.49%)	Qt
11	3 (1.74%)	Boost C++ Libraries
11	3 (1.74%)	WPF
12	2 (1.16%)	jQuery
12	2 (1.16%)	Silverlight

Miscellaneous
1	91 (52.91%)	Computer Science
2	83 (48.26%)	Algorithms
3	24 (13.95%)	Analytical Skills
4	13 (7.56%)	Enterprise Software
5	6 (3.49%)	Life Science
6	4 (2.33%)	Robotics
7	3 (1.74%)	Embedded Systems
8	2 (1.16%)	Credit Risk
8	2 (1.16%)	Data Structures
8	2 (1.16%)	Greenfield Project
8	2 (1.16%)	User Experience
9	1 (0.58%)	CESG
9	1 (0.58%)	CUDA
9	1 (0.58%)	Cyber Attack
9	1 (0.58%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
9	1 (0.58%)	Grid Computing
9	1 (0.58%)	N-Tier
9	1 (0.58%)	VHDL

Operating Systems
1	38 (22.09%)	Linux
2	27 (15.70%)	Windows
3	5 (2.91%)	Unix
4	1 (0.58%)	Embedded Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	105 (61.05%)	Mathematics
2	81 (47.09%)	Machine Learning
3	73 (42.44%)	Physics
4	52 (30.23%)	Software Engineering
5	34 (19.77%)	Agile Software Development
6	28 (16.28%)	Artificial Intelligence
7	27 (15.70%)	Statistics
8	26 (15.12%)	Signal Processing
9	25 (14.53%)	Image Processing
10	23 (13.37%)	Biology
10	23 (13.37%)	Computer Vision
11	22 (12.79%)	OO
12	18 (10.47%)	Chemistry
12	18 (10.47%)	Data Analysis
13	17 (9.88%)	Multithreading
14	15 (8.72%)	Analytics
14	15 (8.72%)	TDD
15	14 (8.14%)	Data Modelling
16	13 (7.56%)	Statistical Modelling
17	12 (6.98%)	Distributed Algorithms

Programming Languages
1	96 (55.81%)	C++
2	93 (54.07%)	Python
3	51 (29.65%)	Java
4	45 (26.16%)	C#
5	44 (25.58%)	MATLAB
6	40 (23.26%)	C
7	38 (22.09%)	R
8	16 (9.30%)	Ruby
9	15 (8.72%)	JavaScript
10	14 (8.14%)	SQL
11	9 (5.23%)	VB
12	8 (4.65%)	Scala
13	7 (4.07%)	F#
13	7 (4.07%)	Perl
14	5 (2.91%)	Fortran
14	5 (2.91%)	PHP
15	3 (1.74%)	Bash Shell
15	3 (1.74%)	Delphi
15	3 (1.74%)	Embedded C
15	3 (1.74%)	Pascal

Qualifications
1	85 (49.42%)	Degree
2	20 (11.63%)	Master's Degree
3	14 (8.14%)	Numerate Degree
4	11 (6.40%)	Security Cleared
5	9 (5.23%)	SC Cleared
6	2 (1.16%)	Computer Science Degree