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The table below looks at the demand for PHP skills within the Cumbria 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 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank13-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below28.57 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£275-
UK excluding London average daily rate£259£268
% change on same period last year-3.47 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.63£26.80
% change on same period last year-8.08 %
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cumbria
Matching contract IT job ads143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted70
Average minimum daily rate£289-
Average daily rate£289-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£289-
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.27£32.75
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
PHP North WestPHP
North West

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

Cumbria 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 Cumbria region.

Cumbria 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 Cumbria region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Cumbria 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 Cumbria region.

Cumbria 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 Cumbria region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Barrow-in-FurnessNew entry-3£275-
PHP North WestPHP
North West

PHP
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cumbria 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.

15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
15 (100.00 %)SQL
15 (100.00 %).NET
23 (60.00 %)Oracle
23 (60.00 %)SC Cleared
23 (60.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (60.00 %)Agile Software Development
23 (60.00 %)Software Engineering
23 (60.00 %)Java
23 (60.00 %)Government
23 (60.00 %)VB.NET
23 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
23 (60.00 %)XML
23 (60.00 %)MS Access
32 (40.00 %)DTS
32 (40.00 %)Adobe
32 (40.00 %)ColdFusion
32 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (40.00 %)C#
32 (40.00 %)HTML
32 (40.00 %).NET Framework
32 (40.00 %)Zend
32 (40.00 %)Zend Framework

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cumbria 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.

Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
23 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
23 (60.00 %)XML
32 (40.00 %).NET Framework
32 (40.00 %)Zend Framework
32 (40.00 %)HTML
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)ColdFusion
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
23 (60.00 %)MS Access
32 (40.00 %)DTS
32 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Government
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (60.00 %)Systems Engineer
23 (60.00 %)Systems Developer
23 (60.00 %)Principal Systems Engineer
23 (60.00 %)Principal Engineer
32 (40.00 %)SQL Developer
32 (40.00 %)SQL Server Developer
32 (40.00 %)PHP Developer
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Agile Software Development
13 (60.00 %)Software Engineering
13 (60.00 %)SC Cleared
13 (60.00 %)Security Cleared
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (60.00 %)VB.NET
23 (60.00 %)Java
32 (40.00 %)C#
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Oracle
22 (40.00 %)Adobe
22 (40.00 %)Zend