The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridgeshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 32 24 34
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +10
Contract jobs citing PHP 22 43 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 3.846% 5.931% 3.987%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.462% 11.56% 7.788%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 6
Average daily rate £250 £300 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +6.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £250 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £325 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £60.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +166.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £19.00 £21.80
% change year-on-year
+19.26% -12.84%
All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
260 372 321
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 45.45% 51.31% 51.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 190 145
Average daily rate £328 £313 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.80% -6.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £202 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 46 43
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £33.10 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PHP
East of England

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire PHP Jobs Demand Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire PHP Daily Rate Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire PHP Daily Rate Histogram

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridge -8 11 £240 -20.00% 20
Peterborough - 5 £275 - 2
Ely - - - -
Huntingdon - - - - 1
PHP
East of England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 42 (79.25%) CSS
2 38 (71.70%) MySQL
3 36 (67.92%) HTML
4 31 (58.49%) JavaScript
5 26 (49.06%) jQuery
6 18 (33.96%) Linux
6 18 (33.96%) OO
7 17 (32.08%) Drupal
8 15 (28.30%) Apache
9 14 (26.42%) XML
9 14 (26.42%) JSON
10 13 (24.53%) Ajax
11 12 (22.64%) Zend
11 12 (22.64%) CMS
12 11 (20.75%) Java
12 11 (20.75%) PHP5
12 11 (20.75%) Symfony
13 10 (18.87%) WordPress
13 10 (18.87%) Web Development
13 10 (18.87%) Subversion
14 9 (16.98%) Git (software)
15 8 (15.09%) Memcached
15 8 (15.09%) SQL
16 7 (13.21%) .NET
16 7 (13.21%) C#
16 7 (13.21%) Oracle
16 7 (13.21%) SQL Server
16 7 (13.21%) TDD
16 7 (13.21%) Redis
16 7 (13.21%) Ruby

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Development
1 42 (79.25%) CSS
2 36 (67.92%) HTML
3 26 (49.06%) jQuery
4 14 (26.42%) XML
4 14 (26.42%) JSON
5 13 (24.53%) Ajax
6 11 (20.75%) Symfony
7 8 (15.09%) Memcached
8 7 (13.21%) .NET
9 6 (11.32%) HTML5
10 5 (9.434%) XSLT
10 5 (9.434%) LAMP
10 5 (9.434%) CSS3
10 5 (9.434%) RESTful
10 5 (9.434%) CodeIgniter
11 4 (7.547%) WPF
11 4 (7.547%) Java EE
11 4 (7.547%) Node.js
11 4 (7.547%) Web Services
11 4 (7.547%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 17 (32.08%) Drupal
2 15 (28.30%) Apache
3 12 (22.64%) CMS
4 10 (18.87%) WordPress
5 4 (7.547%) Magento
5 4 (7.547%) concrete5
6 3 (5.660%) nginx
7 1 (1.887%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.887%) Joomla!
Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Photoshop
2 5 (9.434%) GIMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (71.70%) MySQL
2 7 (13.21%) SQL Server
2 7 (13.21%) Redis
3 4 (7.547%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.887%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (18.87%) Subversion
2 9 (16.98%) Git (software)
3 3 (5.660%) PhoneGap
3 3 (5.660%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 1 (1.887%) Telecoms
1 1 (1.887%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 46 (86.79%) Developer
2 28 (52.83%) PHP Developer
3 14 (26.42%) Web Developer
4 6 (11.32%) Drupal Developer
4 6 (11.32%) PHP Drupal Developer
5 5 (9.434%) PHP Web Developer
6 4 (7.547%) Front-End Developer
6 4 (7.547%) UI Developer
6 4 (7.547%) UI Programmer
6 4 (7.547%) Senior Developer
7 3 (5.660%) Software Engineer
7 3 (5.660%) Senior PHP Developer
7 3 (5.660%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (3.774%) PHP MySQL Developer
8 2 (3.774%) Front-End Web Developer
8 2 (3.774%) Web Applications Developer
8 2 (3.774%) Software Developer
8 2 (3.774%) Applications Developer
8 2 (3.774%) .NET Developer
9 1 (1.887%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.547%) Open Source
2 2 (3.774%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.774%) W3C
3 1 (1.887%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.887%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (33.96%) Linux
2 2 (3.774%) Windows
3 1 (1.887%) UNIX
3 1 (1.887%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.96%) OO
2 10 (18.87%) Web Development
3 7 (13.21%) TDD
4 6 (11.32%) MVC
5 5 (9.434%) OOP
5 5 (9.434%) Compatibility Testing
5 5 (9.434%) Unit Testing
6 4 (7.547%) SEO
6 4 (7.547%) E-Commerce
7 3 (5.660%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (3.774%) Information Architecture
8 2 (3.774%) Web Design
8 2 (3.774%) OOD
9 1 (1.887%) Computer Forensics
9 1 (1.887%) Penetration Testing
9 1 (1.887%) Reverse Engineering
9 1 (1.887%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 31 (58.49%) JavaScript
2 11 (20.75%) Java
2 11 (20.75%) PHP5
3 8 (15.09%) SQL
4 7 (13.21%) C#
4 7 (13.21%) Ruby
5 2 (3.774%) Python
5 2 (3.774%) Perl
6 1 (1.887%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (3.774%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.887%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.887%) Varnish
Vendors
1 12 (22.64%) Zend
2 7 (13.21%) Oracle
3 3 (5.660%) Sencha
4 1 (1.887%) Microsoft
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