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This section looks at the demand for LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank358490
Rank change on same period last yearUp+132
Matching contract IT job ads225130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.297 %0.138 %
As % of the category below1.333 %0.626 %
Daily rates quoted4517
Average minimum daily rate£269£266
Average daily rate£308£277
% change on same period last year+11.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£288
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£168
% change on same period last year+101.75 %
Hourly rates quoted306
Average minimum hourly rate£28.71£21.13
Average hourly rate£32.45£25.19
% change on same period last year+28.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.19£29.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£24.50
% change on same period last year+31.60 %
Application Development EnglandApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1688120782
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled22.26 %22.04 %
Daily rates quoted56966414
Average minimum daily rate£354£376
Average daily rate£381£402
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted9711342
Average minimum hourly rate£30.31£31.05
Average hourly rate£32.67£33.42
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.03£35.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
LAMP UKLAMP
UK

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.

LAMP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LAMP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England LAMP Demand Trend

LAMP
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAMP across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England LAMP Daily Rate Histogram

LAMP
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAMP across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England LAMP Hourly Rate Histogram

LAMP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing LAMP within the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
LondonUp+7187£279-13.60 %
South EastUp+6744£252-
North EastUp+4341£200-
East of EnglandDown-416£562+235.82 %
West MidlandsUp+1314£295-
North WestDown-58--
YorkshireUp+105--
East MidlandsNo change05--
South WestUp+223£250-
South CoastNew entry-3--
LAMP UKLAMP
UK

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

1340 (87.63 %)PHP
2274 (70.62 %)MySQL
3235 (60.57 %)Linux
4204 (52.58 %)Apache
5145 (37.37 %)JavaScript
6138 (35.57 %)CSS
7137 (35.31 %)HTML
8120 (30.93 %)PHP5
992 (23.71 %)AJAX
1080 (20.62 %)XML
1171 (18.30 %)OO
1260 (15.46 %)XHTML
1355 (14.18 %)CMS
1452 (13.40 %)Web Development
1544 (11.34 %)Drupal
1641 (10.57 %)Python
1737 (9.536 %)OOP
1836 (9.278 %)Perl
1935 (9.021 %)Dreamweaver
1935 (9.021 %)PHP4
2034 (8.763 %)WebServices
2132 (8.247 %)SQL
2231 (7.990 %).NET
2231 (7.990 %)COBOL
2330 (7.732 %)Content Management
2428 (7.216 %)Macromedia
2525 (6.443 %)Red Hat
2624 (6.186 %)E-Commerce
2624 (6.186 %)Unix
2723 (5.928 %)XSLT

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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
1138 (35.57 %)CSS
2137 (35.31 %)HTML
392 (23.71 %)AJAX
480 (20.62 %)XML
560 (15.46 %)XHTML
644 (11.34 %)Drupal
734 (8.763 %)WebServices
831 (7.990 %).NET
923 (5.928 %)XSLT
1021 (5.412 %)ASP.NET
1113 (3.351 %)J2EE
1212 (3.093 %)CakePHP
139 (2.320 %)jQuery
139 (2.320 %)SOAP
147 (1.804 %)ASP
147 (1.804 %)YUI
147 (1.804 %)WebSphere
155 (1.289 %)Adobe Flex
155 (1.289 %)Zend Framework
155 (1.289 %)DOM
Application Platforms
1204 (52.58 %)Apache
255 (14.18 %)CMS
323 (5.928 %)IIS
418 (4.639 %)Tomcat
510 (2.577 %)Joomla!
68 (2.062 %)JBoss
68 (2.062 %)WebLogic
68 (2.062 %)BizTalk Server
75 (1.289 %)ColdFusion
81 (0.258 %)Umbraco
81 (0.258 %)Mambo
Applications
19 (2.320 %)Photoshop
23 (0.773 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (0.515 %)Fireworks
41 (0.258 %)MS Excel
41 (0.258 %)MS Visio
41 (0.258 %)ImageReady
Business Applications
14 (1.031 %)Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
119 (4.897 %)Internet
216 (4.124 %)Firewall
216 (4.124 %)HTTP
37 (1.804 %)TCP/IP
37 (1.804 %)DNS
37 (1.804 %)SSH
44 (1.031 %)SMTP
44 (1.031 %)FTP
44 (1.031 %)Intranet
51 (0.258 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1274 (70.62 %)MySQL
214 (3.608 %)SQL Server
35 (1.289 %)SQL Server Integration Services
43 (0.773 %)PostgreSQL
51 (0.258 %)DB2
51 (0.258 %)Data Mining
51 (0.258 %)RDBMS
51 (0.258 %)GIS
Development Applications
135 (9.021 %)Dreamweaver
223 (5.928 %)Subversion
315 (3.866 %)Flash
41 (0.258 %)Eclipse
41 (0.258 %)Zend Studio
General
119 (4.897 %)Marketing
218 (4.639 %)Finance
315 (3.866 %)Retail
413 (3.351 %)Games
511 (2.835 %)Publishing
64 (1.031 %)Police
64 (1.031 %)Education
64 (1.031 %)Advertising
64 (1.031 %)Interactive Media
72 (0.515 %)Government
81 (0.258 %)Manufacturing
81 (0.258 %)Construction
81 (0.258 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.258 %)Back Office
81 (0.258 %)Graphic Design
81 (0.258 %)Animation
81 (0.258 %)Multimedia
81 (0.258 %)Local Government
81 (0.258 %)Music
81 (0.258 %)Online Games
Job Titles
1325 (83.76 %)Developer
2180 (46.39 %)PHP Developer
3100 (25.77 %)Web Developer
429 (7.474 %)PHP Web Developer
521 (5.412 %)Senior Developer
619 (4.897 %)MySQL Developer
713 (3.351 %)Architect
811 (2.835 %)Senior PHP Developer
99 (2.320 %)Administrator
108 (2.062 %)Lead Developer
108 (2.062 %)Senior Web Developer
117 (1.804 %)Programmer
117 (1.804 %)Linux Support
126 (1.546 %)Junior Developer
126 (1.546 %)Consultant
126 (1.546 %)Systems Administrator
126 (1.546 %)Junior
135 (1.289 %)Solutions Architect
135 (1.289 %)Applications Developer
135 (1.289 %)Team Leader
Miscellaneous
119 (4.897 %)Web 2.0
216 (4.124 %)Replication
216 (4.124 %)Clustering
310 (2.577 %)W3C
46 (1.546 %)Social Network
54 (1.031 %)Computer Science
63 (0.773 %)RIA
72 (0.515 %)Taxonomies
72 (0.515 %)E-Learning
81 (0.258 %)Client/Server
81 (0.258 %)Wiki
Operating Systems
1235 (60.57 %)Linux
224 (6.186 %)Unix
322 (5.670 %)Debian
413 (3.351 %)Windows
58 (2.062 %)Solaris
61 (0.258 %)FreeBSD
61 (0.258 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
171 (18.30 %)OO
252 (13.40 %)Web Development
337 (9.536 %)OOP
430 (7.732 %)Content Management
524 (6.186 %)E-Commerce
619 (4.897 %)OOD
712 (3.093 %)Migration
811 (2.835 %)Scrum
910 (2.577 %)UML
109 (2.320 %)SEO
118 (2.062 %)Software Engineering
127 (1.804 %)B2B
127 (1.804 %)Security Management
136 (1.546 %)SOA
144 (1.031 %)OOA/OOD
144 (1.031 %)MVC
144 (1.031 %)Agile Software Development
144 (1.031 %)Data Migration
153 (0.773 %)TDD
162 (0.515 %)Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1340 (87.63 %)PHP
2145 (37.37 %)JavaScript
3120 (30.93 %)PHP5
441 (10.57 %)Python
536 (9.278 %)Perl
635 (9.021 %)PHP4
732 (8.247 %)SQL
831 (7.990 %)COBOL
923 (5.928 %)Java
1016 (4.124 %)C#
1110 (2.577 %)C++
1110 (2.577 %)Ruby
129 (2.320 %)ActionScript
136 (1.546 %)C
144 (1.031 %)Delphi
144 (1.031 %)DHTML
144 (1.031 %)Smalltalk
152 (0.515 %)VB.NET
152 (0.515 %)RPG
161 (0.258 %)XPath
Qualifications
19 (2.320 %)Degree
25 (1.289 %)MCP
25 (1.289 %)Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.515 %)QA
21 (0.258 %)WAI
System Software
16 (1.546 %)ISA Server
21 (0.258 %)NetBackup
21 (0.258 %)MSMQ
Vendors
128 (7.216 %)Macromedia
225 (6.443 %)Red Hat
314 (3.608 %)Zend
411 (2.835 %)Microsoft
57 (1.804 %)Oracle
64 (1.031 %)Adobe
64 (1.031 %)Sun
64 (1.031 %)HP
64 (1.031 %)Dell
64 (1.031 %)Yahoo!
71 (0.258 %)Google
71 (0.258 %)VERITAS
71 (0.258 %)IBM
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