The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Leeds region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 60 46 47
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +1
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 12 20 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 1.585% 2.247% 1.314%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.671% 2.370% 1.379%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 4
Average daily rate £275 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £187 £238 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £338 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £250 £250
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £15.75
% change year-on-year
+57.89% +20.63%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
718 844 580
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 94.85% 94.83% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 482 272
Average daily rate £300 £335 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.44% -1.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 48 45
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.96% -15.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £6.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £35.60 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
PHP Developer
West Yorkshire

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PHP Developer across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds PHP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds PHP Developer Daily Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leeds PHP Developer Daily Rate Histogram

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 19 (100.00%) PHP
2 15 (78.95%) CSS
3 13 (68.42%) Agile Software Development
4 12 (63.16%) OO
5 10 (52.63%) HTML
6 9 (47.37%) JavaScript
6 9 (47.37%) MySQL
7 8 (42.11%) XML
7 8 (42.11%) MVC
7 8 (42.11%) Zend
8 6 (31.58%) Web Development
9 5 (26.32%) Ajax
9 5 (26.32%) XSLT
9 5 (26.32%) Linux
9 5 (26.32%) Apache
9 5 (26.32%) XHTML
9 5 (26.32%) B2C
9 5 (26.32%) Internet
9 5 (26.32%) RIA
9 5 (26.32%) jQuery
9 5 (26.32%) Open Source
10 3 (15.79%) HTML5
10 3 (15.79%) PHP5
10 3 (15.79%) Symfony
11 2 (10.53%) CMS
12 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (5.263%) WordPress
12 1 (5.263%) Moodle
12 1 (5.263%) Drupal
12 1 (5.263%) LAMP

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Development
1 15 (78.95%) CSS
2 10 (52.63%) HTML
3 8 (42.11%) XML
4 5 (26.32%) Ajax
4 5 (26.32%) XSLT
4 5 (26.32%) XHTML
4 5 (26.32%) jQuery
5 3 (15.79%) HTML5
5 3 (15.79%) Symfony
6 1 (5.263%) LAMP
6 1 (5.263%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 5 (26.32%) Apache
2 2 (10.53%) CMS
3 1 (5.263%) WordPress
3 1 (5.263%) Moodle
3 1 (5.263%) Drupal
3 1 (5.263%) Joomla!
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) MySQL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) RIA
1 5 (26.32%) Open Source
2 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Linux
2 1 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (63.16%) OO
3 8 (42.11%) MVC
4 6 (31.58%) Web Development
5 5 (26.32%) B2C
6 1 (5.263%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) PHP
2 9 (47.37%) JavaScript
3 3 (15.79%) PHP5
4 1 (5.263%) SQL
4 1 (5.263%) C
4 1 (5.263%) Java
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Zend
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