Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Kent region.

 PHP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank242747
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Up+20
Matching contract IT job ads11106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent4.365 %2.841 %0.987 %
As % of the Programming Languages category13.75 %12.35 %3.429 %
Daily rates quoted342
Average daily rate£350£150£218
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+133.33 %-31.03 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£273£264
% change year-on-year
-8.250 %+3.310 %
Hourly rates quoted103
Average hourly rate£17.50-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£22.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-18.18 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8081175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent31.75 %23.01 %28.78 %
Daily rates quoted393237
Average daily rate£293£255£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.70 %-15.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£255£150£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£365£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted41217
Average hourly rate£32.50£35.00£23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+52.17 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.50£9.75£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.50£37.50£34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
PHP South EastPHP
South East

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.

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

The table below 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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MaidstoneUp+31--
SittingbourneNo change01--
FolkestoneDown-11--
PHP South EastPHP
South East

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

118 (78.26 %)MySQL
29 (39.13 %)CSS
29 (39.13 %)XML
38 (34.78 %)HTML
38 (34.78 %)LAMP
47 (30.43 %)JavaScript
56 (26.09 %)Apache
65 (21.74 %)Linux
65 (21.74 %)E-Commerce
74 (17.39 %)Web Development
74 (17.39 %)JSON
83 (13.04 %)SQL
92 (8.696 %)B2B
92 (8.696 %)B2C
92 (8.696 %)CMS
92 (8.696 %)Flash
92 (8.696 %)XHTML
92 (8.696 %)SEO
92 (8.696 %)Finance
92 (8.696 %)AJAX
92 (8.696 %)jQuery
101 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
101 (4.348 %)osCommerce
101 (4.348 %)ActionScript 3.0
101 (4.348 %)ActionScript 2.0
101 (4.348 %)Local Government
101 (4.348 %)German Language
101 (4.348 %)Symfony
101 (4.348 %)PHP5
101 (4.348 %)Government

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
19 (39.13 %)CSS
19 (39.13 %)XML
28 (34.78 %)HTML
28 (34.78 %)LAMP
34 (17.39 %)JSON
42 (8.696 %)Flash
42 (8.696 %)XHTML
42 (8.696 %)AJAX
42 (8.696 %)jQuery
51 (4.348 %)Symfony
51 (4.348 %).NET
51 (4.348 %)ASP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (26.09 %)Apache
22 (8.696 %)CMS
31 (4.348 %)osCommerce
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (78.26 %)MySQL
21 (4.348 %)SQL Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (8.696 %)Finance
21 (4.348 %)Local Government
21 (4.348 %)Government
21 (4.348 %)Legal
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
119 (82.61 %)Developer
213 (56.52 %)PHP Developer
35 (21.74 %)Web Developer
44 (17.39 %)Infrastructure Architect
44 (17.39 %)Architect
53 (13.04 %)MySQL Developer
53 (13.04 %)SQL Developer
62 (8.696 %)LAMP Developer
71 (4.348 %)Designer
71 (4.348 %)Senior PHP Developer
71 (4.348 %)Senior Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (4.348 %)German Language
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (21.74 %)Linux
21 (4.348 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (4.348 %)Windows
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (21.74 %)E-Commerce
24 (17.39 %)Web Development
32 (8.696 %)B2B
32 (8.696 %)B2C
32 (8.696 %)SEO
41 (4.348 %)Validation
41 (4.348 %)Content Management
41 (4.348 %)OO
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (30.43 %)JavaScript
23 (13.04 %)SQL
31 (4.348 %)ActionScript 3.0
31 (4.348 %)ActionScript 2.0
31 (4.348 %)PHP5
31 (4.348 %)C#
31 (4.348 %)ActionScript
31 (4.348 %)Java
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (4.348 %)Security Cleared