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The table below looks at the demand for LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python) skills within the Gloucestershire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank49-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.099 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£274£285
% change on same period last year-3.87 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.17£21.95
% change on same period last year+14.65 %
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads91106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.143 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted2228
Average minimum daily rate£327£362
Average daily rate£355£377
% change on same period last year-5.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted427
Average minimum hourly rate£33.70£26.45
Average hourly rate£34.70£27.67
% change on same period last year+25.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.70£28.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
LAMP South WestLAMP
South West

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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Gloucestershire LAMP Demand Trend

LAMP
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

14 (100.00 %)PHP
23 (75.00 %)Migration
23 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Linux
23 (75.00 %)MySQL
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)Eclipse
31 (25.00 %)Finance
31 (25.00 %)HTML

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)HTML
11 (25.00 %)XML
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (75.00 %)MySQL
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Eclipse
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %)PHP Developer
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Linux
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Migration
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)PHP
21 (25.00 %)SQL