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

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1415
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads322
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.022 %
As % of the category below7.692 %17.74 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£285
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£242
% change on same period last year+15.01 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.73£29.99
% change on same period last year-10.87 %
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Luton
Matching contract IT job ads39124
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.123 %
Daily rates quoted2242
Average minimum daily rate£276£304
Average daily rate£293£345
% change on same period last year-14.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted57
Average minimum hourly rate£27.00£31.40
Average hourly rate£29.25£35.15
% change on same period last year-16.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.50£38.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
PHP LondonPHP
London

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.

PHP
Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

116 (88.89 %)CSS
215 (83.33 %)MySQL
313 (72.22 %)XHTML
313 (72.22 %)Zend
313 (72.22 %)Zend Framework
412 (66.67 %)Interactive Media
412 (66.67 %)SEO
412 (66.67 %)OO
59 (50.00 %)PHP5
59 (50.00 %)OOP
65 (27.78 %)LAMP
65 (27.78 %)JavaScript
74 (22.22 %)Linux
74 (22.22 %)Apache
83 (16.67 %)HTML
83 (16.67 %)PHP4
92 (11.11 %)SQL
101 (5.556 %)VB.NET
101 (5.556 %).NET
101 (5.556 %)SQL Server
101 (5.556 %)ASP
101 (5.556 %)ASP.NET
101 (5.556 %)C#
101 (5.556 %)XML
101 (5.556 %)XSLT
101 (5.556 %)Web Development
101 (5.556 %)Education
101 (5.556 %)W3C
101 (5.556 %)Internet

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (88.89 %)CSS
213 (72.22 %)XHTML
213 (72.22 %)Zend Framework
35 (27.78 %)LAMP
43 (16.67 %)HTML
51 (5.556 %).NET
51 (5.556 %)ASP
51 (5.556 %)ASP.NET
51 (5.556 %)XML
51 (5.556 %)XSLT
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (22.22 %)Apache
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.556 %)Internet
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (83.33 %)MySQL
21 (5.556 %)SQL Server
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (66.67 %)Interactive Media
21 (5.556 %)Education
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (100.00 %)Developer
211 (61.11 %)Web Developer
36 (33.33 %)PHP Developer
41 (5.556 %)PHP Web Developer
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.556 %)W3C
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (22.22 %)Linux
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (66.67 %)SEO
112 (66.67 %)OO
29 (50.00 %)OOP
31 (5.556 %)Web Development
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (50.00 %)PHP5
25 (27.78 %)JavaScript
33 (16.67 %)PHP4
42 (11.11 %)SQL
51 (5.556 %)VB.NET
51 (5.556 %)C#
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (72.22 %)Zend