The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 24 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 East of England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 84 94 114
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +20
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 30 38 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.403% 1.286% 0.492%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.502% 1.372% 0.519%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 9
Average daily rate £225 £275 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £218 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £319 £295
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £250 £250
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £190.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +763.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
- +25.80%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2770 2506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.41% 93.74% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1297 1100
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 280 320
Average hourly rate £22.66 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.36% +31.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £41.70 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Cambridgeshire -3 12 £225 -25.00%
Norfolk +3 7 £300 +18.81%
Essex +1 5 £275 +10.00%
Hertfordshire +8 4 £313 -10.71%
Bedfordshire +3 4 £175 -22.22%
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 72 (100.00%) PHP
2 56 (77.78%) CSS
3 54 (75.00%) HTML
4 44 (61.11%) JavaScript
5 41 (56.94%) MySQL
6 38 (52.78%) jQuery
7 34 (47.22%) Drupal
8 22 (30.56%) XHTML
9 21 (29.17%) Unit Testing
10 18 (25.00%) Photoshop
10 18 (25.00%) Publishing
11 15 (20.83%) Web Development
11 15 (20.83%) Code Coverage
12 14 (19.44%) Zend
13 12 (16.67%) OO
13 12 (16.67%) Linux
14 11 (15.28%) Apache
14 11 (15.28%) Symfony
15 9 (12.50%) WordPress
15 9 (12.50%) CMS
15 9 (12.50%) LAMP
16 8 (11.11%) MVC
16 8 (11.11%) XML
17 7 (9.722%) PHP5
17 7 (9.722%) SharePoint
17 7 (9.722%) JSON
18 6 (8.333%) CodeIgniter
18 6 (8.333%) E-Commerce
18 6 (8.333%) HTML5
19 5 (6.944%) Git (software)

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 56 (77.78%) CSS
2 54 (75.00%) HTML
3 38 (52.78%) jQuery
4 22 (30.56%) XHTML
5 11 (15.28%) Symfony
6 9 (12.50%) LAMP
7 8 (11.11%) XML
8 7 (9.722%) JSON
9 6 (8.333%) CodeIgniter
9 6 (8.333%) HTML5
10 5 (6.944%) CSS3
11 4 (5.556%) Ajax
11 4 (5.556%) SOAP
12 3 (4.167%) Ruby on Rails
12 3 (4.167%) Zend Framework
13 2 (2.778%) Silverlight
13 2 (2.778%) CakePHP
13 2 (2.778%) Web Services
13 2 (2.778%) DHTML
13 2 (2.778%) WAMP
Application Platforms
1 34 (47.22%) Drupal
2 11 (15.28%) Apache
3 9 (12.50%) WordPress
3 9 (12.50%) CMS
4 7 (9.722%) SharePoint
5 4 (5.556%) concrete5
6 3 (4.167%) Magento
7 1 (1.389%) osCommerce
7 1 (1.389%) IIS
7 1 (1.389%) Joomla!
Applications
1 18 (25.00%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (56.94%) MySQL
2 5 (6.944%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.389%) Redis
3 1 (1.389%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.389%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (6.944%) Git (software)
2 3 (4.167%) Subversion
3 1 (1.389%) Selenium
General
1 18 (25.00%) Publishing
2 1 (1.389%) Marketing
2 1 (1.389%) Retail
2 1 (1.389%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.167%) Open Source
1 3 (4.167%) Semantic Web
2 2 (2.778%) iPhone
2 2 (2.778%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.389%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.389%) W3C
3 1 (1.389%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (2.778%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.17%) Unit Testing
2 15 (20.83%) Web Development
2 15 (20.83%) Code Coverage
3 12 (16.67%) OO
4 8 (11.11%) MVC
5 6 (8.333%) E-Commerce
6 4 (5.556%) Content Management
7 3 (4.167%) Waterfall
7 3 (4.167%) OOP
7 3 (4.167%) RDF
8 2 (2.778%) TDD
8 2 (2.778%) SEO
8 2 (2.778%) OOD
8 2 (2.778%) Information Architecture
9 1 (1.389%) Continuous Integration
9 1 (1.389%) Time Management
9 1 (1.389%) Workflow
9 1 (1.389%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (1.389%) Migration
9 1 (1.389%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 72 (100.00%) PHP
2 44 (61.11%) JavaScript
3 7 (9.722%) PHP5
4 4 (5.556%) SQL
5 3 (4.167%) SPARQL
6 2 (2.778%) Ruby
7 1 (1.389%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (5.556%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (1.389%) Varnish
Vendors
1 14 (19.44%) Zend
2 2 (2.778%) Oracle
3 1 (1.389%) Mercator
Essex
PHP Developer - contract - HTML, CSS, - Immediate start - My client requires a PHP developer to join their team on a 3 month contract, you will need to have at...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Essex
PHP Developer - contract - HTML, CSS, - Immediate start - £150-200 per day. My client requires a PHP developer to join their team on a 3 month contract, you will...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013