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This section looks at the demand for PHP skills within the Kent 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3937
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads617
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.017 %
As % of the category below3.947 %7.173 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£167
Average daily rate-£171
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£175
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£242
% change on same period last year+15.01 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£11.00
Average hourly rate£20.00£12.00
% change on same period last year+66.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.73£29.99
% change on same period last year-10.87 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads152237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.201 %0.236 %
Daily rates quoted5756
Average minimum daily rate£297£277
Average daily rate£319£287
% change on same period last year+11.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£296
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted2043
Average minimum hourly rate£25.63£34.99
Average hourly rate£27.48£40.23
% change on same period last year-31.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.34£45.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
PHP South EastPHP
South East

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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Tunbridge WellsNew entry-1--
MaidstoneNew entry-1--
SevenoaksUp+101--
PHP South EastPHP
South East

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

19 (75.00 %)MySQL
28 (66.67 %)CSS
28 (66.67 %)XHTML
35 (41.67 %)AJAX
44 (33.33 %)E-Commerce
44 (33.33 %).NET
44 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
44 (33.33 %)HTML
53 (25.00 %)JavaScript
53 (25.00 %)ASP
53 (25.00 %)OO
53 (25.00 %)W3C
53 (25.00 %)Marketing
62 (16.67 %)PHP5
62 (16.67 %)Content Management
62 (16.67 %)OOP
62 (16.67 %)SQL
62 (16.67 %)SQL Server
71 (8.333 %)Photoshop
71 (8.333 %)IIS
71 (8.333 %)VB.NET
71 (8.333 %)XML
71 (8.333 %)UNIX
71 (8.333 %)Windows
71 (8.333 %)Document Management
71 (8.333 %)CMS
71 (8.333 %)LAMP
71 (8.333 %)Web Design
71 (8.333 %)Intranet
71 (8.333 %)Apache

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (66.67 %)CSS
18 (66.67 %)XHTML
25 (41.67 %)AJAX
34 (33.33 %).NET
34 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
34 (33.33 %)HTML
43 (25.00 %)ASP
51 (8.333 %)XML
51 (8.333 %)LAMP
51 (8.333 %)CakePHP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)IIS
11 (8.333 %)CMS
11 (8.333 %)Apache
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)Photoshop
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)Intranet
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (75.00 %)MySQL
22 (16.67 %)SQL Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)Flash
11 (8.333 %)Dreamweaver
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Marketing
21 (8.333 %)Graphic Design
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (91.67 %)Developer
29 (75.00 %)PHP Developer
35 (41.67 %)Web Developer
44 (33.33 %)PHP Web Developer
52 (16.67 %)MySQL Developer
61 (8.333 %)Photoshop Designer
61 (8.333 %)Web Designer
61 (8.333 %)Website Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (25.00 %)W3C
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)UNIX
11 (8.333 %)Windows
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)E-Commerce
23 (25.00 %)OO
32 (16.67 %)Content Management
32 (16.67 %)OOP
41 (8.333 %)Document Management
41 (8.333 %)Web Design
41 (8.333 %)OOD
41 (8.333 %)Web Development
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (25.00 %)JavaScript
22 (16.67 %)PHP5
22 (16.67 %)SQL
31 (8.333 %)VB.NET