The first table below looks at the demand for PHP5 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 PHP5 over the 3 months to 21 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 Programming Languages 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP 5
Rank 49 58 47
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -11
Contract jobs citing PHP5 1 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.188% 0.359% 0.322%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.613% 1.215% 1.342%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £313 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.88% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £293 £263
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £12.50
All Programming Languages
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
163 247 149
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 30.64% 29.55% 23.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 157 73
Average daily rate £313 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £415 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 21 11
Average hourly rate £36.75 £32.50 £37.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.07% -12.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.73 £21.90 £16.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PHP5
South West

PHP5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bristol PHP5 Jobs Demand Trend

PHP5
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP5 across the Bristol region.

Bristol PHP5 Daily Rate Trend

PHP5
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the Bristol region.

Bristol PHP5 Hourly Rate Trend

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing PHP5 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 PHP5.

1 11 (100.00%) PHP
2 10 (90.91%) Linux
2 10 (90.91%) MySQL
3 8 (72.73%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (63.64%) CakePHP
4 7 (63.64%) CSS
4 7 (63.64%) jQuery
5 6 (54.55%) HTML
5 6 (54.55%) OO
5 6 (54.55%) Zend
5 6 (54.55%) LAMP
6 5 (45.45%) Internet
6 5 (45.45%) E-Commerce
6 5 (45.45%) HTML5
7 4 (36.36%) Open Source
7 4 (36.36%) SaaS
7 4 (36.36%) Zend Framework
7 4 (36.36%) RDBMS
8 2 (18.18%) Marketing
9 1 (9.091%) CodeIgniter
9 1 (9.091%) Google Analytics
9 1 (9.091%) Internet Marketing
9 1 (9.091%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (9.091%) DTV
9 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
9 1 (9.091%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (9.091%) Google
9 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (9.091%) Apache
9 1 (9.091%) MVC

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing PHP5 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 PHP5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (63.64%) CakePHP
1 7 (63.64%) CSS
1 7 (63.64%) jQuery
2 6 (54.55%) HTML
2 6 (54.55%) LAMP
3 5 (45.45%) HTML5
4 4 (36.36%) Zend Framework
5 1 (9.091%) CodeIgniter
5 1 (9.091%) Web Services
5 1 (9.091%) CSS3
5 1 (9.091%) Yii
5 1 (9.091%) MooTools
5 1 (9.091%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Apache
1 1 (9.091%) IIS
1 1 (9.091%) WordPress
1 1 (9.091%) Magento
1 1 (9.091%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Google Analytics
1 1 (9.091%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) MySQL
2 4 (36.36%) RDBMS
General
1 2 (18.18%) Marketing
2 1 (9.091%) Electronics
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
1 11 (100.00%) PHP Developer
2 3 (27.27%) PHP MySQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Open Source
1 4 (36.36%) SaaS
2 1 (9.091%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (54.55%) OO
3 5 (45.45%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.091%) Internet Marketing
4 1 (9.091%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.091%) MVC
4 1 (9.091%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.091%) SQL
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Zend
2 1 (9.091%) Google
2 1 (9.091%) SAP
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