London PHP4 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PHP 4 skills within the London region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP4 over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PHP 4
Location Berkshire Bristol Cheshire City of London East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Herefordshire Hertfordshire Leeds Lichfield Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington South East South West Staffordshire Stockport Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wimbledon Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	330	452
Rank change on same period last year	+122
Matching contract IT job ads	74	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.098 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	0.597 %	0.134 %
Daily rates quoted	42	5
Average minimum daily rate	£222	£246
Average daily rate	£257	£271
% change on same period last year	-5.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£292	£296
UK excluding London average daily rate	£250	£200
% change on same period last year	+25.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£45.00	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£45.00	£25.00
% change on same period last year	+80.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.00	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.00	£28.50
% change on same period last year	+40.35 %
Programming Languages London
Matching contract IT job ads	12394	19380
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	16.36 %	19.30 %
Daily rates quoted	5714	7671
Average minimum daily rate	£402	£439
Average daily rate	£432	£471
% change on same period last year	-8.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£463	£502
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	422	692
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.35	£32.50
Average hourly rate	£31.42	£34.70
% change on same period last year	-9.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.49	£36.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.47	£33.03
% change on same period last year	+1.31 %
PHP4 England

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.

PHP4
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP4 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

PHP4
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP4 across the London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP4 across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP4 across the London region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP4 within the London 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.

Location	Rank 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
City of London	-	3	£263	-
Paddington	-	1	£220	-
Wimbledon	-	1	£275	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing PHP4 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 PHP4.

1 134 (100.00 %) PHP 2 122 (91.04 %) PHP5 3 107 (79.85 %) MySQL 4 83 (61.94 %) CSS 5 68 (50.75 %) XHTML 6 64 (47.76 %) XML 7 63 (47.01 %) JavaScript 7 63 (47.01 %) HTML 8 46 (34.33 %) AJAX 9 36 (26.87 %) OO 10 34 (25.37 %) OOP 11 26 (19.40 %) Linux 12 20 (14.93 %) Apache 13 19 (14.18 %) LAMP 14 16 (11.94 %) Oracle

15 15 (11.19 %) Subversion 16 14 (10.45 %) SQL Server 16 14 (10.45 %) WebServices 17 13 (9.701 %) Perl 18 12 (8.955 %) MVC 18 12 (8.955 %) Python 19 10 (7.463 %) CMS 19 10 (7.463 %) CakePHP 20 9 (6.716 %) .NET 20 9 (6.716 %) UNIX 21 8 (5.970 %) Shell Script 21 8 (5.970 %) .NET Framework 22 6 (4.478 %) Zend 22 6 (4.478 %) Flash 22 6 (4.478 %) E-Commerce

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing PHP4 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 PHP4. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 83 (61.94 %) CSS 2 68 (50.75 %) XHTML 3 64 (47.76 %) XML 4 63 (47.01 %) HTML 5 46 (34.33 %) AJAX 6 19 (14.18 %) LAMP 7 14 (10.45 %) WebServices 8 12 (8.955 %) MVC 9 10 (7.463 %) CakePHP 10 9 (6.716 %) .NET 11 8 (5.970 %) .NET Framework 12 5 (3.731 %) XSLT 13 4 (2.985 %) Symfony 14 3 (2.239 %) SOAP 14 3 (2.239 %) Zend Framework 14 3 (2.239 %) Spring 15 2 (1.493 %) CodeIgniter 15 2 (1.493 %) script.aculo.us 16 1 (0.746 %) Middleware 16 1 (0.746 %) EDI	Application Platforms 1 20 (14.93 %) Apache 2 10 (7.463 %) CMS 3 5 (3.731 %) IIS 4 3 (2.239 %) Joomla! 5 1 (0.746 %) SugarCRM
Applications 1 4 (2.985 %) MS Project 2 2 (1.493 %) Photoshop 2 2 (1.493 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 1 (0.746 %) 3ds Max	Communications & Networking 1 4 (2.985 %) Internet 2 1 (0.746 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 107 (79.85 %) MySQL 2 14 (10.45 %) SQL Server 3 6 (4.478 %) TOAD 4 1 (0.746 %) Data Mining 4 1 (0.746 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (0.746 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 15 (11.19 %) Subversion 2 6 (4.478 %) Flash 3 3 (2.239 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 3 (2.239 %) JIRA 4 2 (1.493 %) Eclipse 5 1 (0.746 %) Dreamweaver
General 1 3 (2.239 %) Telecoms 2 1 (0.746 %) Games 2 1 (0.746 %) Advertising 2 1 (0.746 %) Publishing 2 1 (0.746 %) Graphic Design 2 1 (0.746 %) Interactive Media 2 1 (0.746 %) Insurance	Job Titles 1 128 (95.52 %) Developer 2 122 (91.04 %) PHP Developer 3 11 (8.209 %) Web Developer 4 9 (6.716 %) PHP Web Developer 5 5 (3.731 %) Senior Developer 5 5 (3.731 %) Senior PHP Developer 6 4 (2.985 %) Junior Developer 6 4 (2.985 %) Junior PHP Developer 6 4 (2.985 %) Junior 7 3 (2.239 %) MySQL Developer 8 2 (1.493 %) Web Designer 8 2 (1.493 %) Senior Programmer 8 2 (1.493 %) Web Programmer 8 2 (1.493 %) Programmer 9 1 (0.746 %) Applications Developer 9 1 (0.746 %) Senior ActionScript Developer 9 1 (0.746 %) ActionScript Developer 9 1 (0.746 %) Senior Flash Developer 9 1 (0.746 %) Flash Developer
Miscellaneous 1 5 (3.731 %) W3C 1 5 (3.731 %) Web 2.0 2 4 (2.985 %) Social Network 3 1 (0.746 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 26 (19.40 %) Linux 2 9 (6.716 %) UNIX 3 4 (2.985 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 36 (26.87 %) OO 2 34 (25.37 %) OOP 3 6 (4.478 %) E-Commerce 4 5 (3.731 %) OOD 4 5 (3.731 %) UML 5 4 (2.985 %) Load Testing 5 4 (2.985 %) Unit Testing 5 4 (2.985 %) OOA/OOD 6 2 (1.493 %) SEO 7 1 (0.746 %) Web Design 7 1 (0.746 %) Migration 7 1 (0.746 %) CRM 7 1 (0.746 %) RAD 7 1 (0.746 %) Web Development 7 1 (0.746 %) Business Analysis 7 1 (0.746 %) Agile Software Development 7 1 (0.746 %) Web Mining	Programming Languages 1 134 (100.00 %) PHP 2 122 (91.04 %) PHP5 3 63 (47.01 %) JavaScript 4 13 (9.701 %) Perl 5 12 (8.955 %) Python 6 8 (5.970 %) Shell Script 7 3 (2.239 %) DHTML 7 3 (2.239 %) SQL 7 3 (2.239 %) Java 8 2 (1.493 %) ActionScript 9 1 (0.746 %) C 9 1 (0.746 %) C++
Qualifications 1 1 (0.746 %) Degree	Vendors 1 16 (11.94 %) Oracle 2 6 (4.478 %) Zend 3 4 (2.985 %) Microsoft 4 1 (0.746 %) Macromedia 4 1 (0.746 %) HP 4 1 (0.746 %) SAP 4 1 (0.746 %) Google