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The table below looks at the demand for PHP 4 skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP4 over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP 4
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6688
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads57
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.582 %1.163 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£220
Average daily rate-£270
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£233£250
% change on same period last year-7.00 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£27.00-
Average hourly rate£27.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.00£22.70
% change on same period last year+14.53 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads316602
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.508 %0.646 %
Daily rates quoted110217
Average minimum daily rate£306£294
Average daily rate£323£314
% change on same period last year+2.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£331
% change on same period last year-4.02 %
Hourly rates quoted3674
Average minimum hourly rate£33.21£33.54
Average hourly rate£34.10£34.50
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.99£35.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£32.68
% change on same period last year-5.35 %
PHP4 East of EnglandPHP4
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.

PHP4
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP4 across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire PHP4 Demand Trend

PHP4
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP4 across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire PHP4 Daily Rate Trend

PHP4
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP4 across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire PHP4 Hourly Rate Trend

PHP4
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP4 across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire PHP4 Hourly Rate Histogram

PHP4
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing PHP4 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 PHP4.

18 (100.00 %)PHP
18 (100.00 %)PHP5
26 (75.00 %)MySQL
35 (62.50 %)XML
44 (50.00 %)JavaScript
44 (50.00 %)AJAX
53 (37.50 %)CSS
53 (37.50 %)Linux
62 (25.00 %)XSLT
62 (25.00 %)Apache
62 (25.00 %)XHTML
62 (25.00 %)WSDL
62 (25.00 %)Photoshop
62 (25.00 %)Content Management
62 (25.00 %)CMS
71 (12.50 %)LAMP
71 (12.50 %)Subversion
71 (12.50 %)MVC
71 (12.50 %)Finance
71 (12.50 %)Web Development
71 (12.50 %).NET Framework
71 (12.50 %)CakePHP
71 (12.50 %)HTML
71 (12.50 %)Oracle
71 (12.50 %)SQL Server
71 (12.50 %)Perl
71 (12.50 %).NET
71 (12.50 %)Shell Script
71 (12.50 %)Python
71 (12.50 %)UNIX

PHP4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing PHP4 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 PHP4. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (62.50 %)XML
24 (50.00 %)AJAX
33 (37.50 %)CSS
42 (25.00 %)XSLT
42 (25.00 %)XHTML
42 (25.00 %)WSDL
51 (12.50 %)MVC
51 (12.50 %)LAMP
51 (12.50 %).NET Framework
51 (12.50 %)CakePHP
51 (12.50 %)HTML
51 (12.50 %).NET
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)Apache
12 (25.00 %)CMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)Photoshop
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (75.00 %)MySQL
21 (12.50 %)SQL Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)Subversion
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Finance
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (100.00 %)Developer
27 (87.50 %)PHP Developer
34 (50.00 %)Web Developer
43 (37.50 %)PHP Web Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (37.50 %)Linux
21 (12.50 %)UNIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)Content Management
21 (12.50 %)Web Development
21 (12.50 %)OOP
21 (12.50 %)OO
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)PHP
18 (100.00 %)PHP5
24 (50.00 %)JavaScript
31 (12.50 %)Perl
31 (12.50 %)Python
31 (12.50 %)Shell Script
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Oracle