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PHP Contracts in London

Browse 416 PHP job vacancies in London

The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the London 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.

3 months to
19 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

PHP

Rank

112

Rank change year-on-year

-6

+48

Contract jobs citing PHP

606

762

569

As % of all contract IT jobs located in London

2.658%

2.866%

1.808%

As % of the Programming Languages category

6.262%

7.439%

4.225%

Number of daily rates quoted

443

554

349

Average daily rate

£325

£330

£300

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

-1.51%

+9.90%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£225

£205

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£450

£443

UK excluding London average daily rate

£275

Number of hourly rates quoted

Average hourly rate

£18.92

£34.00

£22.50

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

-44.35%

+51.11%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£15.15

£20.00

£15.70

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£28.75

£40.00

£80.50

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£22.66

£19.00

£21.80

% change year-on-year

+19.26%

-12.84%

All Programming Languages
London

Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category

9677

10244

13467

As % of all contract IT jobs located in London

42.44%

38.53%

42.80%

Number of daily rates quoted

6907

6983

9169

Average daily rate

£440

£438

£475

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

+0.57%

-7.89%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£300

£280

£300

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£600

£625

UK excluding London average daily rate

£325

Number of hourly rates quoted

119

151

146

Average hourly rate

£35.00

£37.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

-5.40%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£18.75

£20.00

£19.52

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£48.84

£50.00

£55.00

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£35.00

PHP
England

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PHP across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

PHP
Daily Rate Trend

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

PHP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PHP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location (Click each for more statistics)	Rank 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	Find Job Vacancies
City of London	-7	132	£325	-	111
Uxbridge	+2	4	£338	+17.39%
Hammersmith	-2	4	-	-	1
Harrow	0	3	£228	-
Chiswick	-	3	£335	-	3
Hounslow	-5	2	-	-
Kingston Upon Thames	-	2	£275	-	5
Bromley	+2	1	£150	-33.33%
Croydon	-	-	-	-	3
Hayes	-	-	-	-
Ruislip	-	-	-	-
Twickenham	-	-	-	-	2
Isleworth	-	-	-	-
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-
Beckenham	-	-	-	-
Ealing	-	-	-	-
Westminster	-	-	-	-
Osterley	-	-	-	-
Canary Wharf	-	-	-	-
Lewisham	-	-	-	-
Paddington	-	-	-	-
PHP England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1	543 (53.34%)	CSS
2	521 (51.18%)	JavaScript
3	492 (48.33%)	MySQL
4	480 (47.15%)	HTML
5	268 (26.33%)	jQuery
6	239 (23.48%)	HTML5
7	238 (23.38%)	Linux
8	235 (23.08%)	OO
9	231 (22.69%)	Zend
10	206 (20.24%)	Drupal
11	195 (19.16%)	Apache
11	195 (19.16%)	Java
12	171 (16.80%)	Git (software)
13	164 (16.11%)	XML
14	160 (15.72%)	LAMP

15	159 (15.62%)	CSS3
16	150 (14.73%)	Agile Software Development
17	146 (14.34%)	PHP5
18	143 (14.05%)	Web Services
19	138 (13.56%)	MVC
20	134 (13.16%)	SQL
21	131 (12.87%)	Subversion
22	106 (10.41%)	Symfony
23	104 (10.22%)	Scrum
24	103 (10.12%)	Python
24	103 (10.12%)	E-Commerce
25	102 (10.02%)	Ruby
26	101 (9.921%)	CMS
27	99 (9.725%)	Ajax
28	96 (9.430%)	Open Source

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1	543 (53.34%)	CSS
2	480 (47.15%)	HTML
3	268 (26.33%)	jQuery
4	239 (23.48%)	HTML5
5	164 (16.11%)	XML
6	160 (15.72%)	LAMP
7	159 (15.62%)	CSS3
8	143 (14.05%)	Web Services
9	106 (10.41%)	Symfony
10	99 (9.725%)	Ajax
11	93 (9.136%)	XHTML
11	93 (9.136%)	.NET
12	60 (5.894%)	SOAP
12	60 (5.894%)	Zend Framework
13	55 (5.403%)	JSON
14	52 (5.108%)	REST
14	52 (5.108%)	CodeIgniter
15	51 (5.010%)	RESTful
16	40 (3.929%)	Spring
17	37 (3.635%)	Flash

Application Platforms
1	206 (20.24%)	Drupal
2	195 (19.16%)	Apache
3	101 (9.921%)	CMS
4	76 (7.466%)	Magento
4	76 (7.466%)	WordPress
5	42 (4.126%)	Amazon AWS
6	28 (2.750%)	Tomcat
7	27 (2.652%)	IIS
8	25 (2.456%)	nginx
9	23 (2.259%)	Amazon EC2
10	20 (1.965%)	Apache Solr
11	16 (1.572%)	SharePoint
12	11 (1.081%)	Moodle
13	9 (0.884%)	SharePoint 2010
14	8 (0.786%)	MS Exchange
14	8 (0.786%)	Joomla!
15	7 (0.688%)	Amazon S3
15	7 (0.688%)	ExpressionEngine
15	7 (0.688%)	Route 53
16	6 (0.589%)	Exchange Server 2010

Applications
1	43 (4.224%)	Photoshop
2	11 (1.081%)	MS Excel
3	7 (0.688%)	Adobe Illustrator
4	5 (0.491%)	MS Visio
5	4 (0.393%)	Fireworks
5	4 (0.393%)	MS Office
6	1 (0.098%)	Google Apps
6	1 (0.098%)	InDesign
6	1 (0.098%)	InfoPath
6	1 (0.098%)	MS PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	6 (0.589%)	Google Analytics
2	3 (0.295%)	ION MarketView
2	3 (0.295%)	PeopleSoft Financials
3	2 (0.196%)	WebTrends
3	2 (0.196%)	Dynamics NAV
3	2 (0.196%)	RMDS
4	1 (0.098%)	Cerner Millennium
4	1 (0.098%)	SiteCatalyst
4	1 (0.098%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	1 (0.098%)	Dynamics CRM

Communications & Networking
1	49 (4.813%)	Internet
2	43 (4.224%)	HTTP
3	37 (3.635%)	DNS
4	26 (2.554%)	SAN
5	25 (2.456%)	Firewall
6	18 (1.768%)	TCP/IP
7	14 (1.375%)	SSL
8	13 (1.277%)	Intranet
9	12 (1.179%)	NAS
10	11 (1.081%)	Network Security
10	11 (1.081%)	FTP
11	10 (0.982%)	RTP
11	10 (0.982%)	RTSP
12	7 (0.688%)	Fibre Channel
12	7 (0.688%)	LDAP
12	7 (0.688%)	Extranet
13	6 (0.589%)	LAN
14	5 (0.491%)	VoIP
15	4 (0.393%)	Reverse Proxy
15	4 (0.393%)	BIG-IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	492 (48.33%)	MySQL
2	54 (5.305%)	SQL Server
3	46 (4.519%)	MongoDB
4	31 (3.045%)	NoSQL
5	17 (1.670%)	RDBMS
6	16 (1.572%)	Redis
7	14 (1.375%)	CouchDB
8	10 (0.982%)	PostgreSQL
9	9 (0.884%)	Apache Cassandra
9	9 (0.884%)	Oracle 8/8i
10	8 (0.786%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
10	8 (0.786%)	Big Data
10	8 (0.786%)	SQL Server 2008
11	7 (0.688%)	SQL Server Integration Services
12	6 (0.589%)	Hadoop
13	3 (0.295%)	SAP Data Services
13	3 (0.295%)	SQL Server 2005
13	3 (0.295%)	MS Access
13	3 (0.295%)	BusinessObjects
14	2 (0.196%)	GIS

Development Applications
1	171 (16.80%)	Git (software)
2	131 (12.87%)	Subversion
3	51 (5.010%)	Jenkins
4	38 (3.733%)	Selenium
5	28 (2.750%)	Cucumber
6	26 (2.554%)	PHPUnit
7	25 (2.456%)	Hudson
8	21 (2.063%)	JIRA
8	21 (2.063%)	GitHub
9	19 (1.866%)	Maven
10	13 (1.277%)	Mercurial
11	12 (1.179%)	Eclipse
12	10 (0.982%)	Visual Studio
13	9 (0.884%)	QUnit
13	9 (0.884%)	Jasmine
13	9 (0.884%)	Trac
14	8 (0.786%)	Behat
14	8 (0.786%)	Redmine
15	7 (0.688%)	WebDriver
15	7 (0.688%)	FogBugz

General
1	58 (5.697%)	Marketing
2	43 (4.224%)	Finance
3	31 (3.045%)	Retail
4	23 (2.259%)	Publishing
5	20 (1.965%)	Banking
6	18 (1.768%)	Games
7	12 (1.179%)	Advertising
8	11 (1.081%)	Investment Banking
9	9 (0.884%)	Pharmaceutical
10	7 (0.688%)	Telecoms
11	4 (0.393%)	Multimedia
12	3 (0.295%)	Retail Banking
12	3 (0.295%)	Corporate Banking
12	3 (0.295%)	Manufacturing
12	3 (0.295%)	Automotive
13	1 (0.098%)	Interactive Media
13	1 (0.098%)	Electronics
13	1 (0.098%)	Back Office
13	1 (0.098%)	Law
13	1 (0.098%)	Legal

Job Titles
1	755 (74.17%)	Developer
2	375 (36.84%)	PHP Developer
3	134 (13.16%)	Drupal Developer
4	102 (10.02%)	Web Developer
5	82 (8.055%)	Senior Developer
6	74 (7.269%)	Front-End Developer
7	46 (4.519%)	Senior PHP Developer
8	43 (4.224%)	PHP Drupal Developer
9	39 (3.831%)	Software Engineer
10	34 (3.340%)	JavaScript Developer
10	34 (3.340%)	PHP Web Developer
11	31 (3.045%)	Analyst
11	31 (3.045%)	PHP MySQL Developer
12	27 (2.652%)	DevOps Engineer
13	23 (2.259%)	Systems Engineer
14	22 (2.161%)	Administrator
15	21 (2.063%)	Lead Developer
16	20 (1.965%)	Systems Administrator
17	19 (1.866%)	Java Developer
18	18 (1.768%)	Architect

Miscellaneous
1	96 (9.430%)	Open Source
2	65 (6.385%)	Digital Media
3	38 (3.733%)	Mobile App
4	27 (2.652%)	Computer Science
5	22 (2.161%)	W3C
6	18 (1.768%)	Social Media
7	17 (1.670%)	Clustering
8	15 (1.473%)	New Media
9	13 (1.277%)	SaaS
10	11 (1.081%)	Taxonomies
11	9 (0.884%)	iPhone
11	9 (0.884%)	iPad
11	9 (0.884%)	IPTV
12	8 (0.786%)	Blackberry
13	7 (0.688%)	Cloud Computing
13	7 (0.688%)	Replication
13	7 (0.688%)	Blog
13	7 (0.688%)	Social Network
13	7 (0.688%)	Graphic Design
13	7 (0.688%)	Ontologies

Operating Systems
1	238 (23.38%)	Linux
2	79 (7.760%)	UNIX
3	57 (5.599%)	Windows
4	56 (5.501%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	36 (3.536%)	Android
5	36 (3.536%)	Apple iOS
6	29 (2.849%)	CentOS
7	25 (2.456%)	Ubuntu
8	16 (1.572%)	Solaris
9	14 (1.375%)	Windows Server 2008
10	13 (1.277%)	Windows Server 2003
11	10 (0.982%)	Windows XP
12	7 (0.688%)	Windows 7
13	5 (0.491%)	Windows Phone
13	5 (0.491%)	Mac OS X
14	4 (0.393%)	VMS
15	3 (0.295%)	Gentoo
15	3 (0.295%)	SUSE
16	2 (0.196%)	Debian
16	2 (0.196%)	Windows Phone 7

Processes & Methodologies
1	235 (23.08%)	OO
2	150 (14.73%)	Agile Software Development
3	138 (13.56%)	MVC
4	104 (10.22%)	Scrum
5	103 (10.12%)	E-Commerce
6	95 (9.332%)	Web Development
7	93 (9.136%)	TDD
8	78 (7.662%)	OOP
9	60 (5.894%)	Continuous Integration
10	54 (5.305%)	BDD
11	34 (3.340%)	Content Management
11	34 (3.340%)	Web Design
12	31 (3.045%)	SOA
13	27 (2.652%)	Unit Testing
14	26 (2.554%)	Kanban
14	26 (2.554%)	Project Management
15	25 (2.456%)	Pair Programming
16	23 (2.259%)	Automated Testing
16	23 (2.259%)	SEO
17	21 (2.063%)	Analytics

Programming Languages
1	521 (51.18%)	JavaScript
2	195 (19.16%)	Java
3	146 (14.34%)	PHP5
4	134 (13.16%)	SQL
5	103 (10.12%)	Python
6	102 (10.02%)	Ruby
7	90 (8.841%)	Perl
8	46 (4.519%)	C#
9	36 (3.536%)	Shell Script
10	31 (3.045%)	Bash shell
11	28 (2.750%)	C++
12	23 (2.259%)	Objective-C
13	17 (1.670%)	ActionScript
14	13 (1.277%)	VB
15	12 (1.179%)	XPath
16	11 (1.081%)	PowerShell
17	10 (0.982%)	C
18	9 (0.884%)	Groovy
18	9 (0.884%)	ActionScript 3.0
19	7 (0.688%)	PL/SQL

Qualifications
1	42 (4.126%)	Degree
2	9 (0.884%)	Microsoft Certification
3	6 (0.589%)	RHCE
3	6 (0.589%)	MCSE
4	4 (0.393%)	SC Cleared
4	4 (0.393%)	Security Cleared
5	2 (0.196%)	ISEB
5	2 (0.196%)	ITIL Certification
5	2 (0.196%)	PMP
5	2 (0.196%)	PMI Certification
6	1 (0.098%)	ISTQB
6	1 (0.098%)	MCP
6	1 (0.098%)	OCA
6	1 (0.098%)	Oracle Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	23 (2.259%)	QA
2	4 (0.393%)	ISO 9001
3	3 (0.295%)	SLA
4	1 (0.098%)	HL7
4	1 (0.098%)	WCAG

System Software
1	25 (2.456%)	Varnish
2	13 (1.277%)	Active Directory
3	11 (1.081%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	11 (1.081%)	Samba
4	10 (0.982%)	NFS
4	10 (0.982%)	vSphere
5	6 (0.589%)	Xen
5	6 (0.589%)	Hyper-V
6	4 (0.393%)	vCloud
7	3 (0.295%)	Apache ZooKeeper
7	3 (0.295%)	Squid
8	2 (0.196%)	VMware ESX
9	1 (0.098%)	VMware ESXi

Systems Management
1	65 (6.385%)	Puppet
2	34 (3.340%)	Nagios
3	18 (1.768%)	Zenoss
4	8 (0.786%)	Red Hat Spacewalk
4	8 (0.786%)	Cobbler
4	8 (0.786%)	ZABBIX
5	7 (0.688%)	SCOM
6	6 (0.589%)	SCCM
6	6 (0.589%)	Splunk
7	4 (0.393%)	Tivoli
8	3 (0.295%)	OpenView
9	2 (0.196%)	HP Quality Center
10	1 (0.098%)	Munin
10	1 (0.098%)	Vagrant

Vendors
1	231 (22.69%)	Zend
2	75 (7.367%)	Red Hat
3	66 (6.483%)	Oracle
4	37 (3.635%)	Google
5	30 (2.947%)	Microsoft
6	28 (2.750%)	Adobe
7	25 (2.456%)	Facebook
7	25 (2.456%)	Twitter
8	19 (1.866%)	JBoss
9	18 (1.768%)	VMware
10	16 (1.572%)	NetApp
11	15 (1.473%)	Rackspace
12	13 (1.277%)	Cisco
12	13 (1.277%)	Salesforce.com
13	9 (0.884%)	Sybase
14	8 (0.786%)	EMC
15	7 (0.688%)	F5
15	7 (0.688%)	HP
16	6 (0.589%)	Dell
16	6 (0.589%)	Veritas

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West Central London

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Rate: GBP250 to GBP380 per day

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Rate: £350 per day

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North West London

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Rate: £350 per day

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