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The table below looks at the demand for PHP skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4867
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads1411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.014 %
As % of the category below7.107 %2.806 %
Daily rates quoted53
Average minimum daily rate£268£150
Average daily rate£281£183
% change on same period last year+53.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£217
UK excluding London average daily rate£240£277
% change on same period last year-13.10 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£21.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.72£33.18
% change on same period last year-19.46 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads197392
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.395 %0.490 %
Daily rates quoted7375
Average minimum daily rate£295£281
Average daily rate£307£293
% change on same period last year+4.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£306
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.19 %
Hourly rates quoted1425
Average minimum hourly rate£19.05£30.91
Average hourly rate£20.92£32.89
% change on same period last year-36.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.78£34.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.94£32.49
% change on same period last year-4.75 %
PHP South EastPHP
South East

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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Buckinghamshire PHP Demand Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire PHP Daily Rate Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Buckinghamshire PHP Daily Rate Histogram

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
High WycombeNew entry-7£210-
Milton KeynesUp+102£240+20.00 %
MarlowNew entry-1£600-
AmershamNew entry-1£138-
BeaconsfieldNew entry-1£215-
PHP South EastPHP
South East

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

114 (51.85 %)MySQL
213 (48.15 %)HTML
213 (48.15 %)CSS
213 (48.15 %)XHTML
311 (40.74 %)JavaScript
48 (29.63 %)ASP
48 (29.63 %)AJAX
57 (25.93 %)E-Commerce
57 (25.93 %)OO
65 (18.52 %)JSP
65 (18.52 %)SQL
65 (18.52 %)Marketing
65 (18.52 %)JSTL
65 (18.52 %)jQuery
74 (14.81 %)PHP5
74 (14.81 %)XML
74 (14.81 %)Photoshop
83 (11.11 %)C#
83 (11.11 %)Apache
83 (11.11 %)Flash
83 (11.11 %)WebServices
83 (11.11 %)CMS
92 (7.407 %)LAMP
92 (7.407 %)Joomla!
92 (7.407 %)Web Development
92 (7.407 %)Subversion
92 (7.407 %)Linux
92 (7.407 %).NET
92 (7.407 %)Perl
92 (7.407 %)Java

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (48.15 %)HTML
113 (48.15 %)CSS
113 (48.15 %)XHTML
28 (29.63 %)AJAX
28 (29.63 %)ASP
35 (18.52 %)JSP
35 (18.52 %)JSTL
35 (18.52 %)jQuery
44 (14.81 %)XML
53 (11.11 %)Flash
53 (11.11 %)WebServices
62 (7.407 %)LAMP
62 (7.407 %).NET
71 (3.704 %)ASP.NET
71 (3.704 %)SOAP
71 (3.704 %)MVC
71 (3.704 %)Adobe Flex
71 (3.704 %)Ruby on Rails
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (11.11 %)Apache
13 (11.11 %)CMS
22 (7.407 %)Joomla!
31 (3.704 %)Drupal
31 (3.704 %)WordPress
31 (3.704 %)Mambo
31 (3.704 %)TYPO3
31 (3.704 %)Tomcat
31 (3.704 %)ColdFusion
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (14.81 %)Photoshop
21 (3.704 %)Fireworks
21 (3.704 %)Adobe Illustrator
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.704 %)Intranet
11 (3.704 %)Internet
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (51.85 %)MySQL
21 (3.704 %)SQL Server
21 (3.704 %)Informix
21 (3.704 %)PostgreSQL
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (7.407 %)Subversion
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (18.52 %)Marketing
21 (3.704 %)Advertising
21 (3.704 %)Banking
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (77.78 %)Developer
213 (48.15 %)PHP Developer
34 (14.81 %)Web Developer
34 (14.81 %)Front-End Developer
42 (7.407 %)MySQL Developer
42 (7.407 %)Junior
42 (7.407 %)Software Developer
42 (7.407 %)Web Designer
42 (7.407 %)Junior Developer
51 (3.704 %)Junior Web Developer
51 (3.704 %)Server Administrator
51 (3.704 %)Architect
51 (3.704 %)Administrator
51 (3.704 %)Junior PHP Developer
51 (3.704 %)LAMP Developer
51 (3.704 %)Front-End Web Developer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.704 %)Tandem
11 (3.704 %)RIA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (7.407 %)Linux
21 (3.704 %)UNIX
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (25.93 %)OO
17 (25.93 %)E-Commerce
22 (7.407 %)Web Development
31 (3.704 %)Email Marketing
31 (3.704 %)Digital Marketing
31 (3.704 %)Web Design
31 (3.704 %)UML
31 (3.704 %)OOP
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (40.74 %)JavaScript
25 (18.52 %)SQL
34 (14.81 %)PHP5
43 (11.11 %)C#
52 (7.407 %)Java
52 (7.407 %)Perl
61 (3.704 %)PHP4
61 (3.704 %)Python
61 (3.704 %)Ruby
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.704 %)Active Directory
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (3.704 %)Adobe