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The table below looks at the demand for PHP 5 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 PHP5 over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP 5
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6488
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads77
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.008 %
As % of the category below2.215 %1.163 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£200£220
Average daily rate£250£270
% change on same period last year-7.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£258£245
% change on same period last year+5.50 %
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£24.88£21.17
% change on same period last year+17.56 %
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 %
PHP5 East of EnglandPHP5
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.

PHP5
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire PHP5 Demand Trend

PHP5
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP5 across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire PHP5 Daily Rate Trend

PHP5
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire PHP5 Hourly Rate Trend

PHP5
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP5 across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire PHP5 Hourly Rate Histogram

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing PHP5 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 PHP5.

110 (100.00 %)PHP
28 (80.00 %)PHP4
28 (80.00 %)MySQL
37 (70.00 %)XML
46 (60.00 %)JavaScript
55 (50.00 %)CSS
55 (50.00 %)AJAX
64 (40.00 %)XHTML
73 (30.00 %)Linux
73 (30.00 %)HTML
82 (20.00 %)Content Management
82 (20.00 %)CMS
82 (20.00 %)Photoshop
82 (20.00 %)OOP
82 (20.00 %)OO
82 (20.00 %)Apache
82 (20.00 %)WSDL
82 (20.00 %)XSLT
91 (10.00 %)UNIX
91 (10.00 %)Shell Script
91 (10.00 %)Python
91 (10.00 %)Oracle
91 (10.00 %)SQL Server
91 (10.00 %)Perl
91 (10.00 %).NET
91 (10.00 %)LAMP
91 (10.00 %)Subversion
91 (10.00 %)MVC
91 (10.00 %)Finance
91 (10.00 %)Web Development

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing PHP5 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 PHP5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (70.00 %)XML
25 (50.00 %)AJAX
25 (50.00 %)CSS
34 (40.00 %)XHTML
43 (30.00 %)HTML
52 (20.00 %)XSLT
52 (20.00 %)WSDL
61 (10.00 %)MVC
61 (10.00 %)LAMP
61 (10.00 %).NET
61 (10.00 %).NET Framework
61 (10.00 %)CakePHP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)Apache
12 (20.00 %)CMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (20.00 %)Photoshop
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (80.00 %)MySQL
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Subversion
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Finance
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (100.00 %)Developer
29 (90.00 %)PHP Developer
34 (40.00 %)Web Developer
43 (30.00 %)PHP Web Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)Linux
21 (10.00 %)UNIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)OOP
12 (20.00 %)OO
12 (20.00 %)Content Management
21 (10.00 %)Web Development
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)PHP
28 (80.00 %)PHP4
36 (60.00 %)JavaScript
41 (10.00 %)Perl
41 (10.00 %)Python
41 (10.00 %)Shell Script
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Oracle