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The table below looks at the demand for PHP 4 skills within the England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP4 over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP 4
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank473573
Rank change on same period last yearUp+100
Matching contract IT job ads7558
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.107 %0.059 %
As % of the category below0.346 %0.168 %
Daily rates quoted3014
Average minimum daily rate£218£209
Average daily rate£254£223
% change on same period last year+14.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£291£236
UK excluding London average daily rate£233£224
% change on same period last year+3.66 %
Hourly rates quoted17
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00£22.00
Average hourly rate£45.00£23.00
% change on same period last year+95.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£80.00£24.25
% change on same period last year+229.89 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching contract IT job ads2168034523
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled30.81 %34.87 %
Daily rates quoted757610929
Average minimum daily rate£369£402
Average daily rate£395£429
% change on same period last year-7.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£421£455
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Hourly rates quoted15672577
Average minimum hourly rate£30.08£30.56
Average hourly rate£32.16£32.72
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.23£34.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.32£32.74
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
PHP4 UKPHP4
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.

PHP4
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP4 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England PHP4 Demand Trend

PHP4
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP4 across the England region.

England PHP4 Daily Rate Trend

PHP4
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP4 across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England PHP4 Daily Rate Histogram

PHP4
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP4 across the England region.

England PHP4 Hourly Rate Trend

PHP4
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP4 within the England region over the 3 months to 7 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
LondonUp+10238£258+16.42 %
YorkshireUp+1515£230-4.16 %
South EastUp+429£240+4.34 %
East of EnglandUp+324--
North EastNew entry-3--
North WestUp+123--
West MidlandsNew entry-2--
South WestUp+281--
PHP4 UKPHP4
UK

PHP4
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing PHP4 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 PHP4.

1189 (100.00 %)PHP
2175 (92.59 %)PHP5
3150 (79.37 %)MySQL
498 (51.85 %)CSS
591 (48.15 %)JavaScript
689 (47.09 %)XML
775 (39.68 %)HTML
775 (39.68 %)XHTML
863 (33.33 %)AJAX
945 (23.81 %)OOP
1044 (23.28 %)OO
1142 (22.22 %)Apache
1238 (20.11 %)Linux
1331 (16.40 %)LAMP
1429 (15.34 %)Oracle
1523 (12.17 %)SQL
1621 (11.11 %)MVC
1720 (10.58 %)SQL Server
1818 (9.524 %)CMS
1917 (8.995 %)Python
2016 (8.466 %)Subversion
2016 (8.466 %)Zend
2115 (7.937 %)E-Commerce
2115 (7.937 %).NET
2214 (7.407 %)UNIX
2313 (6.878 %)ASP
2313 (6.878 %)Perl
2412 (6.349 %)Marketing
2412 (6.349 %)CakePHP
2511 (5.820 %)Symfony

PHP4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing PHP4 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 PHP4. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
198 (51.85 %)CSS
289 (47.09 %)XML
375 (39.68 %)HTML
375 (39.68 %)XHTML
463 (33.33 %)AJAX
531 (16.40 %)LAMP
621 (11.11 %)MVC
715 (7.937 %).NET
813 (6.878 %)ASP
912 (6.349 %)CakePHP
1011 (5.820 %).NET Framework
1011 (5.820 %)Symfony
118 (4.233 %)WebServices
118 (4.233 %)RSS
126 (3.175 %)Zend Framework
126 (3.175 %)jQuery
135 (2.646 %)XSLT
135 (2.646 %)SOAP
144 (2.116 %)ASP.NET
153 (1.587 %)CodeIgniter
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
142 (22.22 %)Apache
218 (9.524 %)CMS
35 (2.646 %)IIS
43 (1.587 %)Joomla!
52 (1.058 %)SugarCRM
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (2.116 %)MS Project
23 (1.587 %)Photoshop
23 (1.587 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (0.529 %)MS Excel
31 (0.529 %)3ds Max
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (2.646 %)Internet
21 (0.529 %)Wireless
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1150 (79.37 %)MySQL
220 (10.58 %)SQL Server
37 (3.704 %)PostgreSQL
45 (2.646 %)RDBMS
52 (1.058 %)Oracle 10g
52 (1.058 %)MS Access
52 (1.058 %)TOAD
61 (0.529 %)Data Mining
61 (0.529 %)SQL Server 2005
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (8.466 %)Subversion
211 (5.820 %)Dreamweaver
37 (3.704 %)Flash
44 (2.116 %)Eclipse
52 (1.058 %)Oracle APEX
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (6.349 %)Marketing
25 (2.646 %)Games
25 (2.646 %)Advertising
32 (1.058 %)Graphic Design
32 (1.058 %)Online Games
41 (0.529 %)Flash Games
41 (0.529 %)Retail
41 (0.529 %)Insurance
41 (0.529 %)Publishing
41 (0.529 %)Telecoms
41 (0.529 %)Finance
41 (0.529 %)Electric
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1176 (93.12 %)Developer
2159 (84.13 %)PHP Developer
322 (11.64 %)Web Developer
412 (6.349 %)PHP Web Developer
58 (4.233 %)Senior PHP Developer
58 (4.233 %)Senior Developer
67 (3.704 %)LAMP Developer
76 (3.175 %)Programmer
85 (2.646 %)Analyst
85 (2.646 %)MySQL Developer
94 (2.116 %)Analyst Programmer
94 (2.116 %)ASP Developer
103 (1.587 %)Senior Programmer
103 (1.587 %)PHP Programmer
112 (1.058 %)Web Programmer
112 (1.058 %)Junior PHP Developer
112 (1.058 %)Junior
112 (1.058 %)Web Designer
112 (1.058 %)Junior Developer
121 (0.529 %)PL/SQL Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (4.233 %)Web 2.0
25 (2.646 %)Social Network
34 (2.116 %)W3C
42 (1.058 %)DTV
42 (1.058 %)IPTV
51 (0.529 %)Computer Science
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
138 (20.11 %)Linux
214 (7.407 %)UNIX
35 (2.646 %)Windows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
145 (23.81 %)OOP
244 (23.28 %)OO
315 (7.937 %)E-Commerce
48 (4.233 %)Web Design
57 (3.704 %)OOD
66 (3.175 %)Web Development
75 (2.646 %)Load Testing
84 (2.116 %)Unit Testing
84 (2.116 %)UML
84 (2.116 %)OOA/OOD
93 (1.587 %)CRM
93 (1.587 %)Scrum
102 (1.058 %)Creative Marketing
102 (1.058 %)SEO
111 (0.529 %)Migration
111 (0.529 %)ERP
111 (0.529 %)Content Management
111 (0.529 %)Software Engineering
111 (0.529 %)Requirements Analysis
111 (0.529 %)B2B
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1189 (100.00 %)PHP
2175 (92.59 %)PHP5
391 (48.15 %)JavaScript
423 (12.17 %)SQL
517 (8.995 %)Python
613 (6.878 %)Perl
711 (5.820 %)PL/SQL
711 (5.820 %)Shell Script
84 (2.116 %)XPath
84 (2.116 %)XQuery
84 (2.116 %)ActionScript
84 (2.116 %)C#
92 (1.058 %)DHTML
101 (0.529 %)C
101 (0.529 %)C++
101 (0.529 %)MAXScript
101 (0.529 %)Lingo
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (0.529 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
129 (15.34 %)Oracle
216 (8.466 %)Zend
38 (4.233 %)Microsoft
41 (0.529 %)Adobe
41 (0.529 %)Macromedia
41 (0.529 %)HP
41 (0.529 %)Google