The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 30 60 41
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -19
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 20 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 3.876% 0.478% 1.393%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.073% 0.512% 1.473%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 4
Average daily rate £250 £200 £163
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +23.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £250 £250
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
- +25.80%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
491 782 611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 95.16% 93.54% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 519 331
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £218 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 35 40
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.00 £10.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £36.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
PHP Developer
South West

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PHP Developer across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bristol PHP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol PHP Developer Daily Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol PHP Developer Daily Rate Histogram

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Developer in their job title.

1 43 (100.00%) PHP
2 32 (74.42%) CSS
3 31 (72.09%) MySQL
4 29 (67.44%) HTML
5 23 (53.49%) JavaScript
6 17 (39.53%) jQuery
7 15 (34.88%) Linux
8 14 (32.56%) Zend
9 10 (23.26%) PHP5
9 10 (23.26%) OO
10 9 (20.93%) Drupal
11 8 (18.60%) CakePHP
11 8 (18.60%) Agile Software Development
11 8 (18.60%) LAMP
11 8 (18.60%) HTML5
12 7 (16.28%) Symfony
12 7 (16.28%) WordPress
13 6 (13.95%) Magento
13 6 (13.95%) Zend Framework
13 6 (13.95%) CodeIgniter
13 6 (13.95%) MVC
13 6 (13.95%) E-Commerce
14 5 (11.63%) Internet
15 4 (9.302%) Marketing
15 4 (9.302%) Web Development
15 4 (9.302%) RDBMS
15 4 (9.302%) XHTML
15 4 (9.302%) OOP
15 4 (9.302%) SQL
15 4 (9.302%) CSS3

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (74.42%) CSS
2 29 (67.44%) HTML
3 17 (39.53%) jQuery
4 8 (18.60%) CakePHP
4 8 (18.60%) LAMP
4 8 (18.60%) HTML5
5 7 (16.28%) Symfony
6 6 (13.95%) Zend Framework
6 6 (13.95%) CodeIgniter
7 4 (9.302%) XHTML
7 4 (9.302%) CSS3
8 2 (4.651%) Flash
8 2 (4.651%) Web Services
8 2 (4.651%) RESTful
9 1 (2.326%) Yii
9 1 (2.326%) ASP
9 1 (2.326%) .NET
9 1 (2.326%) Spring
9 1 (2.326%) MooTools
Application Platforms
1 9 (20.93%) Drupal
2 7 (16.28%) WordPress
3 6 (13.95%) Magento
4 3 (6.977%) ExpressionEngine
4 3 (6.977%) Apache
5 2 (4.651%) CMS
6 1 (2.326%) Shopify
6 1 (2.326%) IIS
6 1 (2.326%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (2.326%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (4.651%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (2.326%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (72.09%) MySQL
2 4 (9.302%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.326%) Hazelcast
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.651%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (9.302%) Marketing
2 2 (4.651%) Electronics
2 2 (4.651%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.651%) Finance
2 2 (4.651%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.326%) Back Office
3 1 (2.326%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.302%) Open Source
2 3 (6.977%) SaaS
3 2 (4.651%) DTV
4 1 (2.326%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 15 (34.88%) Linux
2 2 (4.651%) Debian
3 1 (2.326%) Windows
3 1 (2.326%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.26%) OO
2 8 (18.60%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (13.95%) MVC
3 6 (13.95%) E-Commerce
4 4 (9.302%) Web Development
4 4 (9.302%) OOP
5 3 (6.977%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (4.651%) Programme Management
6 2 (4.651%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.326%) Change Control
7 1 (2.326%) Analytics
7 1 (2.326%) Scrum
7 1 (2.326%) Data Analysis
7 1 (2.326%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.326%) Internet Marketing
Programming Languages
1 43 (100.00%) PHP
2 23 (53.49%) JavaScript
3 10 (23.26%) PHP5
4 4 (9.302%) SQL
5 1 (2.326%) C#
5 1 (2.326%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (2.326%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.326%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (32.56%) Zend
2 2 (4.651%) SAP
3 1 (2.326%) Google
Bristol, Avon
In order to be successful you will be an experienced web developer with experience in the following technologies: PHP, HTML, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, Jquery and MySQL Within this...
Venn Group
Rate: £200 - 350 Per Day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP developer (PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, MVC experience - Zend, Symfony, CodeIgniter, Expression Engine) Opus Recruitment Solutions are seeking a PHP developer (PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, MVC)...
OPUS
Rate: GBP150 to GBP250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The successful PHP developer will be working for an established agency on a couple of different web based projects... Requirements OOPHP MySQL HTML, CSS, Javascript (jQuery) Ideally web...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £150 to £250 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The PHP Developer will have a strong background in designing and delivering complex web based applications using PHP, Linux, MySQL and ideally working with the Zend framework. Additionally...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Desirable, but not essential is experience in any of the following: - Integrating with RESTful web services layer - Agile (Scrum or XP) - Modern web technologies and frameworks such as...
Parham Consulting
Rate: Up to £350 per day Maximum £350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The role: We are looking for an experienced PHP developer to join our multi-skilled team. We do not believe in a one-size-fits-all programming language...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013