The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Application Development category for the 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 322 263 388
Rank change year-on-year
-59 +125
Contract jobs citing LAMP 205 357 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.494% 0.669% 0.340%
As % of the Application Development category 1.814% 2.552% 1.204%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 236 104
Average daily rate £313 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £320
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 6
Average hourly rate £32.50 £35.75 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +30.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +30.00%
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11298 13988 16114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.21% 26.19% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7248 8388 9560
Average daily rate £375 £355 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.63% -11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 367 558
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.30 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -6.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LAMP
UK

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LAMP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England LAMP Jobs Demand Trend

LAMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England LAMP Daily Rate Trend

LAMP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAMP across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England LAMP Daily Rate Histogram

LAMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England LAMP Hourly Rate Trend

LAMP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London -68 101 £338 -10.00%
South East +14 44 £325 +6.12%
Yorkshire -12 23 £325 +13.04%
East of England +19 11 £293 +6.36%
North West +12 10 £250 -23.07%
South West +20 8 £288 -39.47%
East Midlands - 6 £273 -
West Midlands +6 2 £275 +10.00%
LAMP
UK

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing LAMP 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 LAMP.

1 295 (75.84%) PHP
2 229 (58.87%) MySQL
3 171 (43.96%) Linux
4 160 (41.13%) CSS
5 149 (38.30%) JavaScript
6 148 (38.05%) HTML
7 125 (32.13%) Apache
8 96 (24.68%) jQuery
9 84 (21.59%) HTML5
10 64 (16.45%) XML
11 63 (16.20%) Zend
12 62 (15.94%) PHP5
13 59 (15.17%) Red Hat
14 55 (14.14%) Open Source
15 54 (13.88%) Git (software)
16 53 (13.62%) Drupal
16 53 (13.62%) OO
16 53 (13.62%) Scrum
17 52 (13.37%) E-Commerce
18 49 (12.60%) MVC
19 48 (12.34%) Agile Software Development
20 43 (11.05%) Puppet
20 43 (11.05%) CSS3
21 42 (10.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21 42 (10.80%) OOP
21 42 (10.80%) Java
21 42 (10.80%) Oracle
22 41 (10.54%) Perl
23 40 (10.28%) Ajax
24 37 (9.512%) Subversion

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing LAMP 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 LAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 160 (41.13%) CSS
2 148 (38.05%) HTML
3 96 (24.68%) jQuery
4 84 (21.59%) HTML5
5 64 (16.45%) XML
6 43 (11.05%) CSS3
7 40 (10.28%) Ajax
8 36 (9.254%) Web Services
9 33 (8.483%) SOAP
9 33 (8.483%) Symfony
10 32 (8.226%) .NET
11 30 (7.712%) REST
12 28 (7.198%) JSON
13 24 (6.170%) Zend Framework
14 20 (5.141%) XHTML
15 15 (3.856%) J2EE
15 15 (3.856%) CakePHP
16 11 (2.828%) Ruby on Rails
16 11 (2.828%) Java EE
17 9 (2.314%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 125 (32.13%) Apache
2 53 (13.62%) Drupal
3 23 (5.913%) CMS
4 20 (5.141%) Amazon AWS
5 17 (4.370%) Magento
6 13 (3.342%) WordPress
7 12 (3.085%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (2.571%) Tomcat
9 9 (2.314%) nginx
10 7 (1.799%) Joomla!
11 6 (1.542%) Route 53
11 6 (1.542%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.285%) Apache Solr
12 5 (1.285%) Moodle
12 5 (1.285%) OpenStack
12 5 (1.285%) ESB
13 4 (1.028%) LiveSite
13 4 (1.028%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.771%) ExpressionEngine
15 2 (0.514%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (2.314%) Photoshop
2 7 (1.799%) MS Office
3 5 (1.285%) MS Excel
4 3 (0.771%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.771%) Fireworks
5 2 (0.514%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.257%) Google Apps
6 1 (0.257%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.257%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 2 (0.514%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 2 (0.514%) Front Arena
1 2 (0.514%) Summit
2 1 (0.257%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.257%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.941%) DNS
2 26 (6.684%) HTTP
3 17 (4.370%) Firewall
4 16 (4.113%) Internet
5 15 (3.856%) SAN
6 10 (2.571%) SSL
7 8 (2.057%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.057%) WAN
7 8 (2.057%) SMTP
7 8 (2.057%) NAS
8 7 (1.799%) Network Security
8 7 (1.799%) RTP
8 7 (1.799%) RTSP
8 7 (1.799%) Intranet
9 6 (1.542%) Kerberos
10 5 (1.285%) Extranet
10 5 (1.285%) LDAP
11 4 (1.028%) LAN
12 3 (0.771%) DHCP
13 2 (0.514%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (58.87%) MySQL
2 22 (5.656%) NoSQL
3 14 (3.599%) MongoDB
4 13 (3.342%) Redis
4 13 (3.342%) RDBMS
5 11 (2.828%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.799%) CouchDB
7 6 (1.542%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.285%) Couchbase
8 5 (1.285%) SimpleDB
9 4 (1.028%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (0.771%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.771%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.771%) GIS
11 2 (0.514%) SQL Server 2000
11 2 (0.514%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.514%) SQL Server 2005
12 1 (0.257%) Big Data
12 1 (0.257%) QlikView
12 1 (0.257%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 54 (13.88%) Git (software)
2 37 (9.512%) Subversion
3 17 (4.370%) JIRA
4 16 (4.113%) PHPUnit
5 15 (3.856%) Jenkins
6 12 (3.085%) Hudson
7 8 (2.057%) Selenium
8 6 (1.542%) Maven
9 5 (1.285%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.028%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.514%) Introscope
11 2 (0.514%) GitHub
11 2 (0.514%) Phing
12 1 (0.257%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.257%) Mercurial
12 1 (0.257%) Flash Builder
12 1 (0.257%) Axure RP
12 1 (0.257%) Capistrano
12 1 (0.257%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.257%) CruiseControl
General
1 31 (7.969%) Finance
2 9 (2.314%) Marketing
2 9 (2.314%) Telecoms
3 8 (2.057%) Retail
4 5 (1.285%) Games
4 5 (1.285%) Banking
5 4 (1.028%) Back Office
6 3 (0.771%) Manufacturing
6 3 (0.771%) Military
7 1 (0.257%) Music
7 1 (0.257%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.257%) Electronics
7 1 (0.257%) Front Office
7 1 (0.257%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.257%) Publishing
7 1 (0.257%) Automotive
7 1 (0.257%) Legal
Job Titles
1 246 (63.24%) Developer
2 145 (37.28%) PHP Developer
3 30 (7.712%) LAMP Developer
4 27 (6.941%) Drupal Developer
4 27 (6.941%) Web Developer
5 26 (6.684%) Architect
6 24 (6.170%) Linux Engineer
7 21 (5.398%) Systems Administrator
8 20 (5.141%) Administrator
9 18 (4.627%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 18 (4.627%) Linux Administrator
10 16 (4.113%) PHP MySQL Developer
10 16 (4.113%) Systems Engineer
11 15 (3.856%) PHP Web Developer
12 12 (3.085%) Senior Developer
12 12 (3.085%) Front-End Developer
13 11 (2.828%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.571%) Programmer
14 10 (2.571%) PHP Drupal Developer
15 9 (2.314%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.14%) Open Source
2 17 (4.370%) Mobile App
3 15 (3.856%) Computer Science
4 14 (3.599%) Digital Media
5 11 (2.828%) Clustering
6 8 (2.057%) Derivative
6 8 (2.057%) Spread Betting
7 7 (1.799%) Social Media
7 7 (1.799%) iPad
8 6 (1.542%) iPhone
8 6 (1.542%) SaaS
8 6 (1.542%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.285%) IaaS
9 5 (1.285%) Taxonomies
9 5 (1.285%) Blog
10 4 (1.028%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.028%) Ontologies
11 3 (0.771%) Web 2.0
11 3 (0.771%) Replication
11 3 (0.771%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 171 (43.96%) Linux
2 42 (10.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 32 (8.226%) Windows
4 17 (4.370%) UNIX
5 11 (2.828%) Android
5 11 (2.828%) CentOS
6 10 (2.571%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.314%) Debian
8 8 (2.057%) Solaris
8 8 (2.057%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.028%) VMS
9 4 (1.028%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.514%) HPUX
10 2 (0.514%) SUSE
10 2 (0.514%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.257%) Windows Phone 8
11 1 (0.257%) Windows Phone
11 1 (0.257%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.257%) Fedora
11 1 (0.257%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (13.62%) OO
1 53 (13.62%) Scrum
2 52 (13.37%) E-Commerce
3 49 (12.60%) MVC
4 48 (12.34%) Agile Software Development
5 42 (10.80%) OOP
6 28 (7.198%) Continuous Integration
7 27 (6.941%) Web Development
8 22 (5.656%) TDD
9 15 (3.856%) SOA
10 13 (3.342%) ITIL
10 13 (3.342%) Configuration Management
11 11 (2.828%) Load Balancing
11 11 (2.828%) Content Management
12 10 (2.571%) Automated Testing
13 9 (2.314%) Web Application Development
13 9 (2.314%) Kanban
14 8 (2.057%) Project Management
14 8 (2.057%) Migration
15 7 (1.799%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 295 (75.84%) PHP
2 149 (38.30%) JavaScript
3 62 (15.94%) PHP5
4 42 (10.80%) Java
5 41 (10.54%) Perl
6 34 (8.740%) SQL
7 27 (6.941%) Ruby
8 25 (6.427%) Python
9 21 (5.398%) C++
10 20 (5.141%) Bash shell
11 13 (3.342%) C#
12 11 (2.828%) C
13 9 (2.314%) Objective-C
14 6 (1.542%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.771%) ActionScript
16 2 (0.514%) VBScript
16 2 (0.514%) PHP4
16 2 (0.514%) Groovy
16 2 (0.514%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.514%) XPath
Qualifications
1 20 (5.141%) Degree
2 11 (2.828%) RHCE
3 9 (2.314%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.057%) Postgraduate
4 8 (2.057%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.542%) ISEB
5 6 (1.542%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.028%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (0.771%) RHCT
8 2 (0.514%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.257%) SCSA
9 1 (0.257%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.257%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.257%) HPUX Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.799%) QA
2 1 (0.257%) WAI
2 1 (0.257%) SLA
2 1 (0.257%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (2.828%) Postfix
2 10 (2.571%) Samba
3 9 (2.314%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.799%) Sendmail
5 6 (1.542%) Varnish
5 6 (1.542%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.028%) Active Directory
7 3 (0.771%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.514%) NFS
8 2 (0.514%) Squid
9 1 (0.257%) XenApp
9 1 (0.257%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.257%) OpenSSO
9 1 (0.257%) vSphere
9 1 (0.257%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.257%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.257%) Xen
Systems Management
1 43 (11.05%) Puppet
2 20 (5.141%) Nagios
3 12 (3.085%) ZABBIX
4 11 (2.828%) Red Hat Satellite
5 6 (1.542%) OpenView
6 5 (1.285%) Cobbler
7 4 (1.028%) NetBackup
7 4 (1.028%) Splunk
7 4 (1.028%) CA Wily
8 2 (0.514%) SCCM
8 2 (0.514%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.257%) Cacti
9 1 (0.257%) Munin
9 1 (0.257%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (0.257%) Plesk
9 1 (0.257%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 63 (16.20%) Zend
2 59 (15.17%) Red Hat
3 42 (10.80%) Oracle
4 20 (5.141%) Microsoft
5 15 (3.856%) VMware
5 15 (3.856%) JBoss
6 10 (2.571%) Facebook
7 9 (2.314%) Google
8 8 (2.057%) Rackspace
9 7 (1.799%) Twitter
10 6 (1.542%) Apple
11 5 (1.285%) Akamai
11 5 (1.285%) HP
11 5 (1.285%) Adobe
12 4 (1.028%) Cisco
12 4 (1.028%) RightScale
12 4 (1.028%) Sitecore
13 3 (0.771%) Omniture
13 3 (0.771%) Mercator
14 2 (0.514%) PeopleSoft
South East
A large digital agency with multiple offices are currently looking to take on a PHP developer on a temp-perm basis. There growing rapidly and need extra resource...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £150.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
UK South, South East
A large digital agency with multiple offices are currently looking to take on a PHP developer on a temp-perm basis.There growing rapidly and need extra resource...
Premier Group
Rate: £150.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hampshire
PHP Developer required for an exiting project based in Hampshire. Looking for a seasoned PHP developer working on a LAMP stack and also working closely with HTML/CSS.
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
East Sussex
PHP Developer x 3, Contract, Brighton, East Sussex, 4 months PHP - LAMP Brighton, East Sussex PHP Developer required for immediate requirement within well established Brighton based client. The...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate will work on several exciting projects over the 6 month period and liaise with some exciting clients. The agency is rapidly growing and they enjoy...
Interquest Group PLC
Rate: £275 - £350 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Roc Search are urgently recruiting for a PHP/ Joomla developer to join a digital agency based in Bristol, working alongside other experienced developers using the latest technologies. You...
Roc Search
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
Essential requirements: Soft skills: Excellent communication Senior level The ability to work autonomously as the Sole PHP developer A strong sense of ownership of the project Client facing...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
East Anglia
Drupal Developer Cambridgeshire. Drupal Developer My Cambridgeshire based client is an award winning digital agency and are looking for developers who have strong Drupal, Javascript, HTML and CSS...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £250.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
This leading integrated marketing agency based in London is looking for a contract back-end PHP developer with ZEND2 and API skills to work on a short term...
Futureheads Recruitment Ltd
Rate: From £300 to £360 per day DOE
Posted: 21 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Contract PHP Developer - Hampshire Coast - circa £300pd... The successful Contract PHP Developer will support the company's global ecommerce expansion and will assist with digital projects. The PHP...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £275 - £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Portsmouth, South East
The successful Contract PHP Developer will support the company's global ecommerce expansion and will assist with digital projects. The PHP Developer will also develop and test reliable...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £275 - £300 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Sussex, South East
Moodle Developer - OOP PHP / MVC / CMS / Moodle / HTML / CSS / JavaScriptA leading technology company based in East Sussex are looking for a PHP Developer to start a 6 month...
OPUS
Rate: GBP175 to GBP200 per day
Posted: 26 April 2013
Portsmouth, South East
The successful Contract LAMP Developer will support the company's global ecommerce expansion and will assist with digital projects. The LAMP Web Solutions Developer will also develop and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £275 - £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Contract LAMP Web Solutions Developer - Hampshire Coast - circa £300pd... The successful Contract LAMP Developer will support the company's global ecommerce expansion and will assist with digital projects.....
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £275 - £300 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
A highly recognizable brand within the marketing world, has a contract requirement for a PHP Developer, for at least six months. Based in the heart of Central London,...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £250 - £290 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
My client is looking for LAMP back-end developer who will be working with one front-end developer and a tech director overseeing to deliver a whole campaign...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
My client is looking for LAMP back-end developer who will be working with one front-end developer and a tech director overseeing to deliver a whole campaign...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Central London / West End
We are now looking for an all-round digital developer to work across the Royal Opera House digital portfolio, principally on the continued development of the website but...
Royal Opera House
Rate: £32,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Sussex, South East
Drupal Developer OR Themer, West Sussex - Immediate start!!!Drupal 6 or 7 / PHP / LAMP / HTML5 / JavaScript / jQuery / Responsive DesignMy client are going through a period of continued growth...
OPUS
Rate: Competitive Rate or Permanent Placement
Posted: 2 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The PHP Developer will have a strong background in designing and delivering complex web based applications using PHP, Linux, MySQL and ideally working with the Zend framework. Additionally...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Essential Technical Skills & Functional Knowledge: -In depth knowledge of PHP5, SQL (Oracle, MySQL), JavaScript (jQuery, JSON, etc.) -Proficient in HTML(5) and CSS(3) -Ability to accurately estimate...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £400 - £450 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Drupal 7. -Cloud Based Infrastructure - Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, ELB, CloudFormation, CloudFront, Route 53) -Linux (Ubuntu, Redhat) -Apache... -Nginx. -PHP. -MongoDB. -MySQL/Percona. -HTML4/5 + Javascript + CSS2/...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Rate: From £100 to £150 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Drupal 7. -Cloud Based Infrastructure - Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, ELB, CloudFormation, CloudFront, Route 53) -Linux (Ubuntu, Redhat) -Apache... -Nginx. -PHP. -MongoDB. -MySQL/Percona. -HTML4/5 + Javascript + CSS2/...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Rate: From £100 to £150 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
WE WANT YOU to join our team of highly skilled contractors who we will then coach, support and enable to open the Pandora’s Box that is the...
Bite Consulting
Rate: From £25 to £50 per hour DOE and skills range & location
Posted: 30 April 2013
London
Linux, JBoss, TomCat, Apache, PHP, DNS) Monitoring (e.g... Oracle, MySQL, NoSQL e.g. Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, Hadoop & CouchDB) Security: Encryption; Network security; Network topology; System Hardening, Pen...
Bearing Partnership
Rate: From £450 to £480 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Surrey
Must be from a software development background with up to date skills in ASP.Net, C#.Net, SQL 2008, WCF, WF and associated design patterns... *Computer sciences or...
Fusion People
Rate: £500 per day + market rates
Posted: 21 May 2013