The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex 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 17 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 Essex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 44 43 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.491% 0.244% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.538% 0.260% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £260 £250
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £15.75
% change year-on-year
+57.89% +20.63%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
372 384 376
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 91.40% 93.66% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 188 169
Average daily rate £301 £294 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.29% +2.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 57 77
Average hourly rate £30.00 £27.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -1.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £41.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
PHP Developer
East of England

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex PHP Developer Daily Rate Trend

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 Essex region.

Essex PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) osCommerce
2 1 (50.00%) Magento

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) osCommerce
1 1 (50.00%) Magento
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PHP