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The table below looks at the demand for PHP skills within the Bedford region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank97
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below20.00 %50.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£258£268
% change on same period last year-3.72 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.00
Average hourly rate-£13.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.07£29.29
% change on same period last year-14.42 %
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Bedford
Matching contract IT job ads1512
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted52
Average minimum daily rate£360£225
Average daily rate£367£263
% change on same period last year+39.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.67
Average hourly rate-£31.17
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£31.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
PHP BedfordshirePHP
Bedfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

PHP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bedford PHP Demand Trend

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP across the Bedford region.

Bedford PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford region citing PHP 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited PHP.

14 (100.00 %)CSS
23 (75.00 %)Web Development
23 (75.00 %)XHTML
23 (75.00 %)JavaScript
23 (75.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)AJAX
32 (50.00 %)Marketing
32 (50.00 %)MySQL
32 (50.00 %)SQL Server
32 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (50.00 %).NET
32 (50.00 %)XML
41 (25.00 %)Electronics
41 (25.00 %)Construction
41 (25.00 %)Education
41 (25.00 %)Electric
41 (25.00 %)CMS
41 (25.00 %)Games
41 (25.00 %)XML-RPC
41 (25.00 %)Degree
41 (25.00 %)Mathematics
41 (25.00 %)Physics
41 (25.00 %)Computer Science
41 (25.00 %)PHP5
41 (25.00 %)PHP4
41 (25.00 %)Content Management
41 (25.00 %)Apache
41 (25.00 %)SOAP
41 (25.00 %)WebServices

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford region citing PHP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PHP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)CSS
23 (75.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)XHTML
23 (75.00 %)AJAX
32 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (50.00 %)XML
32 (50.00 %).NET
41 (25.00 %)J2EE
41 (25.00 %)SOAP
41 (25.00 %)WebServices
41 (25.00 %)WSDL
41 (25.00 %)XML-RPC
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)Apache
11 (25.00 %)CMS
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)MySQL
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)ClearCase
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Marketing
21 (25.00 %)Electronics
21 (25.00 %)Construction
21 (25.00 %)Education
21 (25.00 %)Electric
21 (25.00 %)Games
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (75.00 %)PHP Developer
32 (50.00 %)Web Developer
41 (25.00 %)Java Developer
41 (25.00 %)PHP Web Developer
41 (25.00 %)Java Web Developer
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Web 2.0
11 (25.00 %)Mathematics
11 (25.00 %)Physics
11 (25.00 %)Computer Science
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Web Development
21 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (25.00 %)Content Management
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)JavaScript
13 (75.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)PHP5
21 (25.00 %)PHP4
21 (25.00 %)Java
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Degree
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)Mapinfo
11 (25.00 %)Google