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The table below looks at the demand for PHP skills within the Gloucestershire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4754
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.003 %
As % of the category below5.556 %1.786 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£213£200
Average daily rate£222£233
% change on same period last year-5.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£230£267
UK excluding London average daily rate£277£256
% change on same period last year+8.28 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£36.67-
Average hourly rate£36.83-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£37.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.80£28.79
% change on same period last year-6.90 %
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads198168
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.268 %0.166 %
Daily rates quoted3821
Average minimum daily rate£347£285
Average daily rate£371£305
% change on same period last year+21.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£326
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Hourly rates quoted2731
Average minimum hourly rate£29.31£30.84
Average hourly rate£32.43£32.05
% change on same period last year+1.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.54£33.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.30£32.93
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
PHP South WestPHP
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.

PHP
Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire PHP Demand Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire PHP Daily Rate Trend

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Gloucestershire PHP Hourly Rate Histogram

PHP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
GloucesterNew entry-2£170-
TewkesburyNew entry-1£170-
CirencesterNew entry-1£325-
PHP South WestPHP
South West

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing PHP 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 PHP.

14 (33.33 %)XHTML
14 (33.33 %)PHP5
14 (33.33 %)Linux
14 (33.33 %)MySQL
14 (33.33 %)CSS
23 (25.00 %)Windows
23 (25.00 %)LAMP
23 (25.00 %)Migration
32 (16.67 %)CMS
32 (16.67 %)PHP4
32 (16.67 %)Symfony
32 (16.67 %)Zend
32 (16.67 %)Apache
32 (16.67 %)XML
32 (16.67 %)UNIX
32 (16.67 %)HTML
32 (16.67 %)JavaScript
41 (8.333 %)SQL
41 (8.333 %).NET
41 (8.333 %)Java
41 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
41 (8.333 %)Flash
41 (8.333 %)C#
41 (8.333 %)SEO
41 (8.333 %)Finance
41 (8.333 %)Marketing
41 (8.333 %)Multimedia
41 (8.333 %)Billing
41 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
41 (8.333 %)CGI

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing PHP 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 PHP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (33.33 %)CSS
14 (33.33 %)XHTML
23 (25.00 %)LAMP
32 (16.67 %)Symfony
32 (16.67 %)XML
32 (16.67 %)HTML
41 (8.333 %).NET
41 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
41 (8.333 %)CGI
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (16.67 %)Apache
12 (16.67 %)CMS
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (33.33 %)MySQL
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)Flash
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Finance
11 (8.333 %)Multimedia
11 (8.333 %)Billing
11 (8.333 %)Marketing
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (100.00 %)Developer
211 (91.67 %)PHP Developer
33 (25.00 %)Web Developer
42 (16.67 %)PHP Web Developer
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (33.33 %)Linux
23 (25.00 %)Windows
32 (16.67 %)UNIX
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)Migration
21 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
21 (8.333 %)SEO
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (33.33 %)PHP5
22 (16.67 %)PHP4
22 (16.67 %)JavaScript
31 (8.333 %)SQL
31 (8.333 %)C#
31 (8.333 %)Java
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)Zend