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The table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 PHP Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6291
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching contract IT job ads94
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.977 %0.250 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£215£260
% change on same period last year-17.32 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£27.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£27.00£20.00
% change on same period last year+35.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.43£27.27
% change on same period last year-3.09 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
Average minimum daily rate£337£324
Average daily rate£357£344
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted112194
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£23.77
Average hourly rate£27.67£24.98
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
PHP Developer East of EnglandPHP Developer
East of England

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP Developer across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire PHP Developer Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire PHP Developer Daily Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire PHP Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

116 (100.00 %)PHP
214 (87.50 %)MySQL
39 (56.25 %)PHP5
47 (43.75 %)PHP4
47 (43.75 %)JavaScript
56 (37.50 %)CSS
56 (37.50 %)XML
56 (37.50 %)UNIX
65 (31.25 %)Adobe
65 (31.25 %)Acrobat
65 (31.25 %)MS Office
65 (31.25 %)Project Planning
74 (25.00 %)AJAX
74 (25.00 %)XHTML
74 (25.00 %)HTML
83 (18.75 %)OO
92 (12.50 %)Content Management
92 (12.50 %)WSDL
92 (12.50 %)CMS
92 (12.50 %)Linux
92 (12.50 %)OOP
92 (12.50 %)XSLT
92 (12.50 %)Photoshop
101 (6.250 %)Oracle
101 (6.250 %)SQL Server
101 (6.250 %)Perl
101 (6.250 %).NET
101 (6.250 %)Apache
101 (6.250 %)Python
101 (6.250 %)E-Commerce

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (37.50 %)CSS
16 (37.50 %)XML
24 (25.00 %)HTML
24 (25.00 %)XHTML
24 (25.00 %)AJAX
32 (12.50 %)WSDL
32 (12.50 %)XSLT
41 (6.250 %).NET
41 (6.250 %)MVC
41 (6.250 %).NET Framework
41 (6.250 %)CakePHP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (12.50 %)CMS
21 (6.250 %)Apache
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (31.25 %)MS Office
15 (31.25 %)Acrobat
22 (12.50 %)Photoshop
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.250 %)Internet
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (87.50 %)MySQL
21 (6.250 %)SQL Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.250 %)Subversion
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.250 %)Finance
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (37.50 %)UNIX
22 (12.50 %)Linux
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (31.25 %)Project Planning
23 (18.75 %)OO
32 (12.50 %)OOP
32 (12.50 %)Content Management
41 (6.250 %)E-Commerce
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (100.00 %)PHP
29 (56.25 %)PHP5
37 (43.75 %)PHP4
37 (43.75 %)JavaScript
41 (6.250 %)Perl
41 (6.250 %)Python
41 (6.250 %)Shell Script
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (31.25 %)Adobe
21 (6.250 %)Oracle