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The table below looks at the demand for PHP 5 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 PHP5 over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP 5
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008		Same period last year
Rank273409
Rank change on same period last yearUp+136
Matching contract IT job ads15073
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.202 %0.073 %
As % of the category below1.229 %0.373 %
Daily rates quoted7417
Average minimum daily rate£229£233
Average daily rate£265£250
% change on same period last year+5.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£267
UK excluding London average daily rate£235£272
% change on same period last year-13.81 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£24.50
Average hourly rate£40.00£26.00
% change on same period last year+53.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£33.13
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
London
Matching contract IT job ads1220419570
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled16.44 %19.58 %
Daily rates quoted56797743
Average minimum daily rate£402£440
Average daily rate£432£472
% change on same period last year-8.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£462£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted423692
Average minimum hourly rate£29.62£31.23
Average hourly rate£31.89£33.36
% change on same period last year-4.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.16£35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.42£32.94
% change on same period last year+1.47 %
PHP5 EnglandPHP5
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.

PHP5
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

London PHP5 Demand Trend

PHP5
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP5 across the London region.

London PHP5 Daily Rate Trend

PHP5
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP5 across the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

London PHP5 Daily Rate Histogram

PHP5
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the London region.

London PHP5 Hourly Rate Trend

PHP5
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP5 within the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 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.

LocationRank 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 LondonNew entry-10£299-
WimbledonNew entry-5£240-
EnfieldNew entry-2£200-
LutonNew entry-1--
PaddingtonNew entry-1£220-
PHP5 EnglandPHP5
England

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing PHP5 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 PHP5.

1288 (100.00 %)PHP
2213 (73.96 %)MySQL
3162 (56.25 %)CSS
4124 (43.06 %)HTML
5119 (41.32 %)JavaScript
6115 (39.93 %)PHP4
7109 (37.85 %)OO
8107 (37.15 %)XHTML
999 (34.38 %)XML
1083 (28.82 %)AJAX
1182 (28.47 %)OOP
1182 (28.47 %)Linux
1265 (22.57 %)LAMP
1353 (18.40 %)Apache
1433 (11.46 %)MVC
1532 (11.11 %)Zend
1624 (8.333 %)Python
1624 (8.333 %)Symfony
1723 (7.986 %)UNIX
1822 (7.639 %)E-Commerce
1921 (7.292 %)Flash
1921 (7.292 %)CMS
1921 (7.292 %)Subversion
2020 (6.944 %)Perl
2119 (6.597 %)SQL
2119 (6.597 %).NET
2217 (5.903 %)Games
2316 (5.556 %)SQL Server
2316 (5.556 %)Zend Framework
2415 (5.208 %)CakePHP

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing PHP5 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 PHP5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1162 (56.25 %)CSS
2124 (43.06 %)HTML
3107 (37.15 %)XHTML
499 (34.38 %)XML
583 (28.82 %)AJAX
665 (22.57 %)LAMP
733 (11.46 %)MVC
824 (8.333 %)Symfony
919 (6.597 %).NET
1016 (5.556 %)Zend Framework
1115 (5.208 %)CakePHP
1214 (4.861 %)Drupal
1214 (4.861 %)WebServices
1312 (4.167 %)XSLT
149 (3.125 %).NET Framework
158 (2.778 %)DOM
158 (2.778 %)SOAP
165 (1.736 %)CodeIgniter
165 (1.736 %)Adobe Flex
165 (1.736 %)Google Maps API
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
153 (18.40 %)Apache
221 (7.292 %)CMS
38 (2.778 %)Joomla!
45 (1.736 %)WordPress
45 (1.736 %)IIS
52 (0.694 %)ColdFusion
61 (0.347 %)Tomcat
61 (0.347 %)SugarCRM
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (2.778 %)Photoshop
24 (1.389 %)MS Project
33 (1.042 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (0.694 %)ImageReady
42 (0.694 %)MS Office
42 (0.694 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.347 %)MS Excel
51 (0.347 %)Acrobat
51 (0.347 %)Fireworks
51 (0.347 %)InDesign
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (4.167 %)Internet
23 (1.042 %)Intranet
31 (0.347 %)Wireless
31 (0.347 %)SMTP
31 (0.347 %)TCP/IP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1213 (73.96 %)MySQL
216 (5.556 %)SQL Server
32 (0.694 %)Data Mining
32 (0.694 %)TOAD
32 (0.694 %)PostgreSQL
41 (0.347 %)MS Access
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (7.292 %)Flash
121 (7.292 %)Subversion
22 (0.694 %)Dreamweaver
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (5.903 %)Games
28 (2.778 %)Marketing
35 (1.736 %)Interactive Media
35 (1.736 %)Finance
44 (1.389 %)Publishing
52 (0.694 %)Health
52 (0.694 %)Advertising
52 (0.694 %)Online Games
52 (0.694 %)Music
61 (0.347 %)Graphic Design
61 (0.347 %)Animation
61 (0.347 %)Construction
61 (0.347 %)Education
61 (0.347 %)Telecoms
61 (0.347 %)Retail
61 (0.347 %)Insurance
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1273 (94.79 %)Developer
2216 (75.00 %)PHP Developer
330 (10.42 %)Web Developer
416 (5.556 %)MySQL Developer
514 (4.861 %)PHP Web Developer
613 (4.514 %)Senior Developer
79 (3.125 %)LAMP Developer
88 (2.778 %)Programmer
97 (2.431 %)Junior
97 (2.431 %)Junior Developer
106 (2.083 %)Flash Developer
106 (2.083 %)Senior PHP Developer
106 (2.083 %)Junior PHP Developer
115 (1.736 %)ActionScript Developer
115 (1.736 %)Applications Developer
123 (1.042 %)C++ Developer
123 (1.042 %)JavaScript Developer
123 (1.042 %)Senior MySQL Developer
123 (1.042 %)Web Programmer
132 (0.694 %)C++ Programmer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (4.167 %)Social Network
210 (3.472 %)W3C
38 (2.778 %)Web 2.0
44 (1.389 %)Computer Science
51 (0.347 %)Wiki
51 (0.347 %)BBC
51 (0.347 %)Streaming Video
51 (0.347 %)Replication
51 (0.347 %)Streaming Media
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
182 (28.47 %)Linux
223 (7.986 %)UNIX
310 (3.472 %)Windows
45 (1.736 %)Red Hat Linux
54 (1.389 %)Mac OS X
63 (1.042 %)Debian
71 (0.347 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.347 %)Solaris
71 (0.347 %)FreeBSD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1109 (37.85 %)OO
282 (28.47 %)OOP
322 (7.639 %)E-Commerce
413 (4.514 %)OOD
413 (4.514 %)Scrum
511 (3.819 %)SEO
67 (2.431 %)Software Engineering
76 (2.083 %)OOA/OOD
76 (2.083 %)Web Development
85 (1.736 %)UML
94 (1.389 %)Load Testing
94 (1.389 %)Unit Testing
103 (1.042 %)Content Management
103 (1.042 %)Internet Marketing
112 (0.694 %)Web Analytics
112 (0.694 %)Statistical Analysis
112 (0.694 %)Agile Software Development
121 (0.347 %)Business Analysis
121 (0.347 %)Migration
121 (0.347 %)Web Design
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1288 (100.00 %)PHP
2119 (41.32 %)JavaScript
3115 (39.93 %)PHP4
424 (8.333 %)Python
520 (6.944 %)Perl
619 (6.597 %)SQL
714 (4.861 %)Java
813 (4.514 %)C++
911 (3.819 %)ActionScript
1010 (3.472 %)Ruby
119 (3.125 %)Shell Script
128 (2.778 %)C#
137 (2.431 %)C
145 (1.736 %)RPG
153 (1.042 %)VB.NET
161 (0.347 %)VB
161 (0.347 %)VB6
161 (0.347 %)VBA
161 (0.347 %)DHTML
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (1.736 %)Degree
21 (0.347 %)MySQL Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.694 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.347 %)Squid
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (11.11 %)Zend
215 (5.208 %)Oracle
36 (2.083 %)Microsoft
36 (2.083 %)Google
45 (1.736 %)Red Hat
52 (0.694 %)Adobe
61 (0.347 %)Macromedia
61 (0.347 %)HP
61 (0.347 %)Apple
61 (0.347 %)Cisco
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