The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 21 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 Glasgow 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 73 58 58
Rank change year-on-year
-15 0
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 7 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.731% 0.388% 0.146%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.772% 0.408% 0.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
Average daily rate £300 £250 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +19.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £250 £250
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
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
907 736 651
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.78% 95.21% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 350 379
Average daily rate £338 £319 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.79% -8.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £210 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 37 20
Average hourly rate £14.00 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
PHP Developer
Scotland

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 8 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 5 (62.50%) CSS
2 5 (62.50%) Drupal
3 4 (50.00%) HTML
4 3 (37.50%) MySQL
4 3 (37.50%) jQuery
4 3 (37.50%) HTML5
4 3 (37.50%) CSS3
5 2 (25.00%) Social Media
5 2 (25.00%) Joomla!
5 2 (25.00%) PHP5
5 2 (25.00%) PHP4
5 2 (25.00%) Music
5 2 (25.00%) CMS
5 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (25.00%) Linux
5 2 (25.00%) OO
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) Web Services
6 1 (12.50%) XML
6 1 (12.50%) Windows
6 1 (12.50%) SOAP
6 1 (12.50%) Apache
6 1 (12.50%) XHTML
6 1 (12.50%) OOP
6 1 (12.50%) LAMP
6 1 (12.50%) Marketing
6 1 (12.50%) Web Development
6 1 (12.50%) Telematics

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 5 (62.50%) CSS
2 4 (50.00%) HTML
3 3 (37.50%) jQuery
3 3 (37.50%) HTML5
3 3 (37.50%) CSS3
4 2 (25.00%) Web Services
5 1 (12.50%) XML
5 1 (12.50%) SOAP
5 1 (12.50%) XHTML
5 1 (12.50%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) Drupal
2 2 (25.00%) Joomla!
2 2 (25.00%) CMS
3 1 (12.50%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) MySQL
General
1 2 (25.00%) Music
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Social Media
2 1 (12.50%) Telematics
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (12.50%) OOP
2 1 (12.50%) Web Development
2 1 (12.50%) Web Application Development
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) PHP5
3 2 (25.00%) PHP4
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
PHP Developer / Senior PHP Developer / Lead PHP Developer... To be considered for the role candidates must be able to demonstrate the following skills and attributes: *OOP experience using...
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Rate: £1 per day + Neg DOE
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £280 - £350 per day
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