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This section looks at the demand for PHP 5 skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited PHP5 over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP 5
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8168
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.217 %0.327 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£160-
Average daily rate£170-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£180-
UK excluding London average daily rate£216£228
% change on same period last year-4.99 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£23.00-
Average hourly rate£23.20-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£23.40-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.20£20.63
% change on same period last year+22.15 %
Programming Languages ManchesterProgramming Languages
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads575306
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.758 %0.320 %
Daily rates quoted8941
Average minimum daily rate£326£264
Average daily rate£344£291
% change on same period last year+18.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£333
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted5640
Average minimum hourly rate£26.58£24.58
Average hourly rate£28.90£26.05
% change on same period last year+10.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.21£27.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.21£33.14
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
PHP5 North WestPHP5
North West

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester PHP5 Daily Rate Trend

PHP5
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester PHP5 Hourly Rate Trend

PHP5
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing PHP5 within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 8 July 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
StockportNew entry-2--
PHP5 North WestPHP5
North West

PHP5
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

19 (100.00 %)PHP
28 (88.89 %)MySQL
28 (88.89 %)AJAX
36 (66.67 %)XML
45 (55.56 %)CSS
45 (55.56 %)JavaScript
45 (55.56 %)E-Commerce
54 (44.44 %)OO
63 (33.33 %)HTML
63 (33.33 %)CRM
72 (22.22 %)Zend
72 (22.22 %)Apache
81 (11.11 %)XHTML
81 (11.11 %)XSLT
81 (11.11 %)Linux
81 (11.11 %)CMS
81 (11.11 %)LAMP
81 (11.11 %)C#
81 (11.11 %)Perl
81 (11.11 %)WebServices
81 (11.11 %)VB.NET
81 (11.11 %).NET
81 (11.11 %)Zend Framework
81 (11.11 %)Drupal
81 (11.11 %)PHP4
81 (11.11 %)jQuery
81 (11.11 %)Umbraco
81 (11.11 %)Web Development

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development
18 (88.89 %)AJAX
26 (66.67 %)XML
35 (55.56 %)CSS
43 (33.33 %)HTML
51 (11.11 %)XHTML
51 (11.11 %)XSLT
51 (11.11 %)LAMP
51 (11.11 %)WebServices
51 (11.11 %).NET
51 (11.11 %)Zend Framework
51 (11.11 %)Drupal
51 (11.11 %)jQuery
Application Platforms
12 (22.22 %)Apache
21 (11.11 %)CMS
21 (11.11 %)Umbraco
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (88.89 %)MySQL
Job Titles
19 (100.00 %)Developer
26 (66.67 %)PHP Developer
33 (33.33 %)Web Developer
42 (22.22 %)MySQL Developer
51 (11.11 %)Lead Developer
51 (11.11 %)PHP Web Developer
Operating Systems
11 (11.11 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
15 (55.56 %)E-Commerce
24 (44.44 %)OO
33 (33.33 %)CRM
41 (11.11 %)Web Development
Programming Languages
19 (100.00 %)PHP
25 (55.56 %)JavaScript
31 (11.11 %)C#
31 (11.11 %)Perl
31 (11.11 %)VB.NET
31 (11.11 %)PHP4
Vendors
12 (22.22 %)Zend
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