The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hemel Hempstead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAMP 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 of the Application Development category for the Hemel Hempstead 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
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LAMP 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 2.128% - -
As % of the Application Development category 6.250% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.25 £35.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-32.16% +30.00%
All Application Development
Hemel Hempstead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
16 21 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 34.04% 22.58% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 3
Average daily rate £85 £300 £130
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-71.66% +130.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £39.50 £8.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+364.70% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LAMP
Hertfordshire

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LAMP across the Hemel Hempstead region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hemel Hempstead LAMP Jobs Demand Trend

LAMP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LAMP across the Hemel Hempstead region.

Hemel Hempstead LAMP Daily Rate Trend

LAMP
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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.

1 6 (100.00%) PHP
1 6 (100.00%) MySQL
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) Web Services
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Apache
3 2 (33.33%) XML
3 2 (33.33%) Git (software)
3 2 (33.33%) Silverlight
3 2 (33.33%) Subversion
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
1 3 (50.00%) Web Services
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git (software)
1 2 (33.33%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) PHP Developer
2 3 (50.00%) LAMP Developer
3 2 (33.33%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) PHP
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript