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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

 PHP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank121432
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Up+18
Matching contract IT job ads941
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire6.716 %3.670 %0.337 %
As % of the Programming Languages category19.15 %14.29 %1.282 %
Daily rates quoted400
Average daily rate£263--
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£273£264
% change year-on-year
-8.250 %+3.310 %
Hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£162.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£22.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-18.18 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
472878
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire35.07 %25.69 %26.26 %
Daily rates quoted22825
Average daily rate£263£300£270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %+11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£221£226£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£440£318£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted226
Average hourly rate£35.00£30.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66 %+20.00 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
PHP East MidlandsPHP
East Midlands

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
LeicesterNew entry-2£250-
Market HarboroughNew entry-2£263-
PHP East MidlandsPHP
East Midlands

PHP
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

110 (66.67 %)MySQL
28 (53.33 %)SQL Server
28 (53.33 %)C#
28 (53.33 %)Web Development
37 (46.67 %)AJAX
37 (46.67 %).NET
37 (46.67 %)JavaScript
37 (46.67 %)ASP.NET
37 (46.67 %)CSS
46 (40.00 %)jQuery
54 (26.67 %)Drupal
54 (26.67 %)Digital Marketing
54 (26.67 %)Marketing
54 (26.67 %)HTML
63 (20.00 %)XHTML
72 (13.33 %)Magento
72 (13.33 %)W3C
72 (13.33 %)XSLT
72 (13.33 %)OO
72 (13.33 %)XML
81 (6.667 %)XSL
81 (6.667 %)ActionScript
81 (6.667 %)C
81 (6.667 %)SEO
81 (6.667 %)Pay per click
81 (6.667 %)Adobe Flex

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (46.67 %)AJAX
17 (46.67 %).NET
17 (46.67 %)ASP.NET
17 (46.67 %)CSS
26 (40.00 %)jQuery
34 (26.67 %)HTML
43 (20.00 %)XHTML
52 (13.33 %)XSLT
52 (13.33 %)XML
61 (6.667 %)XSL
61 (6.667 %)Adobe Flex
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (26.67 %)Drupal
22 (13.33 %)Magento
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (66.67 %)MySQL
28 (53.33 %)SQL Server
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Marketing
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
115 (100.00 %)Developer
28 (53.33 %)Web Developer
35 (33.33 %).NET Developer
35 (33.33 %)C# Developer
44 (26.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
44 (26.67 %)PHP Developer
44 (26.67 %).NET Web Developer
44 (26.67 %)C# Web Developer
44 (26.67 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
53 (20.00 %)Drupal Developer
61 (6.667 %)PHP Drupal Developer
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)W3C
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (53.33 %)Web Development
24 (26.67 %)Digital Marketing
32 (13.33 %)OO
41 (6.667 %)SEO
41 (6.667 %)Pay per click
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (53.33 %)C#
27 (46.67 %)JavaScript
31 (6.667 %)ActionScript
31 (6.667 %)C