The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cambridge 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
PHP Developer
Rank 36 27 31
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +4
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 5 23 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.462% 5.502% 0.400%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.629% 5.852% 0.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 1
Average daily rate £150 £288 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-47.82% -23.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £260 £250
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £15.75
% change year-on-year
+57.89% +20.63%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
307 393 245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 89.77% 94.02% 98.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 198 124
Average daily rate £350 £310 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 51 47
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +168.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £10.38 £11.78
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £52.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
PHP Developer
Cambridgeshire

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 19 (100.00%) PHP
2 18 (94.74%) MySQL
3 16 (84.21%) CSS
4 14 (73.68%) HTML
5 12 (63.16%) JavaScript
6 10 (52.63%) jQuery
7 9 (47.37%) Drupal
8 8 (42.11%) Web Development
9 7 (36.84%) OO
10 6 (31.58%) Zend
11 5 (26.32%) Degree
11 5 (26.32%) JSON
11 5 (26.32%) Symfony
11 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
11 5 (26.32%) CMS
12 4 (21.05%) Apache
12 4 (21.05%) Linux
12 4 (21.05%) PHP5
13 3 (15.79%) WordPress
13 3 (15.79%) Git (software)
13 3 (15.79%) Open Source
13 3 (15.79%) XML
13 3 (15.79%) Subversion
14 2 (10.53%) Ajax
14 2 (10.53%) TDD
14 2 (10.53%) MVC
14 2 (10.53%) SEO
14 2 (10.53%) XHTML
14 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
14 2 (10.53%) OOD

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 16 (84.21%) CSS
2 14 (73.68%) HTML
3 10 (52.63%) jQuery
4 5 (26.32%) JSON
4 5 (26.32%) Symfony
5 3 (15.79%) XML
6 2 (10.53%) XHTML
6 2 (10.53%) Ajax
6 2 (10.53%) Zend Framework
6 2 (10.53%) CodeIgniter
6 2 (10.53%) HTML5
6 2 (10.53%) Memcached
7 1 (5.263%) Node.js
7 1 (5.263%) CSS3
7 1 (5.263%) RESTful
7 1 (5.263%) SOAP
7 1 (5.263%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 9 (47.37%) Drupal
2 5 (26.32%) CMS
3 4 (21.05%) Apache
4 3 (15.79%) WordPress
5 1 (5.263%) Magento
5 1 (5.263%) concrete5
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (94.74%) MySQL
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.263%) MongoDB
3 1 (5.263%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Subversion
1 3 (15.79%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (5.263%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Open Source
2 1 (5.263%) Digital Media
2 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.263%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Web Development
2 7 (36.84%) OO
3 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
3 2 (10.53%) OOD
3 2 (10.53%) MVC
3 2 (10.53%) SEO
3 2 (10.53%) TDD
3 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
3 2 (10.53%) Information Architecture
4 1 (5.263%) OOP
4 1 (5.263%) Content Management
4 1 (5.263%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.263%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) PHP
2 12 (63.16%) JavaScript
3 4 (21.05%) PHP5
4 1 (5.263%) Java
4 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) Varnish
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Zend
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle