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The table below looks at the demand for PHP 5 skills within the Merseyside 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP 5
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-40
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads05
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.000 %3.145 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£257
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
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£28.86£23.75
% change on same period last year+21.50 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads182159
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.257 %0.161 %
Daily rates quoted5843
Average minimum daily rate£298£273
Average daily rate£313£290
% change on same period last year+7.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£307
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.99 %
Hourly rates quoted2822
Average minimum hourly rate£27.04£24.12
Average hourly rate£30.41£26.01
% change on same period last year+16.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.78£27.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.17£32.72
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Merseyside PHP5 Demand 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside PHP5 Hourly Rate Trend

PHP5
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

17 (100.00 %)PHP
25 (71.43 %)MySQL
25 (71.43 %)Linux
34 (57.14 %)LAMP
34 (57.14 %)Apache
43 (42.86 %)Intranet
43 (42.86 %)AJAX
43 (42.86 %)JavaScript
43 (42.86 %)Retail
52 (28.57 %)PHP4
52 (28.57 %)Online Games
52 (28.57 %)IPTV
52 (28.57 %)Marketing
52 (28.57 %)Creative Marketing
52 (28.57 %)DTV
52 (28.57 %)Games
61 (14.29 %)Adobe Illustrator
61 (14.29 %)Migration
61 (14.29 %)ColdFusion
61 (14.29 %)UML
61 (14.29 %)Photoshop
61 (14.29 %)VB
61 (14.29 %)Zend
61 (14.29 %)VB6

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (57.14 %)LAMP
23 (42.86 %)AJAX
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (57.14 %)Apache
21 (14.29 %)ColdFusion
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)Photoshop
11 (14.29 %)Adobe Illustrator
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (42.86 %)Intranet
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (71.43 %)MySQL
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (42.86 %)Retail
22 (28.57 %)Marketing
22 (28.57 %)Online Games
22 (28.57 %)Games
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
15 (71.43 %)PHP Developer
24 (57.14 %)PHP Web Developer
24 (57.14 %)Web Developer
33 (42.86 %)Senior Developer
33 (42.86 %)Senior Web Developer
33 (42.86 %)Senior PHP Developer
33 (42.86 %)Senior PHP Web Developer
41 (14.29 %)Web Applications Developer
41 (14.29 %)Applications Developer
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)DTV
12 (28.57 %)IPTV
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (71.43 %)Linux
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)Creative Marketing
21 (14.29 %)UML
21 (14.29 %)Migration
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)PHP
23 (42.86 %)JavaScript
32 (28.57 %)PHP4
41 (14.29 %)VB
41 (14.29 %)VB6
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Zend