The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Application Development category for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 47 - 42
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LAMP 3 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.562% - 1.085%
As % of the Application Development category 2.778% - 7.368%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £294 - £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £311 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.25 £35.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-32.16% +30.00%
All Application Development
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
108 200 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 20.22% 23.53% 14.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 138 36
Average daily rate £305 £320 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.84% +16.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £238 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £405 £372
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 7
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LAMP
South West

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LAMP across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bristol LAMP Jobs Demand Trend

LAMP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LAMP across the Bristol region.

Bristol LAMP Daily Rate Trend

LAMP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LAMP across the Bristol region.

Bristol LAMP Hourly Rate Trend

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing LAMP 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 LAMP.

1 9 (100.00%) PHP
1 9 (100.00%) MySQL
1 9 (100.00%) CSS
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (88.89%) HTML
2 8 (88.89%) Zend
3 7 (77.78%) CakePHP
3 7 (77.78%) PHP5
3 7 (77.78%) jQuery
3 7 (77.78%) OO
4 6 (66.67%) Zend Framework
5 5 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (55.56%) Open Source
5 5 (55.56%) HTML5
5 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce
5 5 (55.56%) Internet
6 2 (22.22%) Apache
7 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
7 1 (11.11%) SAP
7 1 (11.11%) DTV
7 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) Electronics
7 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 1 (11.11%) Finance
7 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
7 1 (11.11%) Debian
7 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
7 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
7 1 (11.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (11.11%) Marketing

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing LAMP 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 LAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) CSS
2 8 (88.89%) HTML
3 7 (77.78%) CakePHP
3 7 (77.78%) jQuery
4 6 (66.67%) Zend Framework
5 5 (55.56%) HTML5
6 1 (11.11%) Symfony
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) Joomla!
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (11.11%) Electronics
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
1 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 8 (88.89%) PHP Developer
3 1 (11.11%) LAMP Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Joomla! Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Open Source
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
2 1 (11.11%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) OO
2 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce
2 5 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) PHP
2 7 (77.78%) PHP5
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Zend
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
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