The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Web Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP Web Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Web Developer
Rank 116 125 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Web Developer 2 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.086% 0.225% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.246% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £213 £189 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.58% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £213 £230 £219
% change year-on-year
-7.60% +5.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.63%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2173 2851 2817
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.22% 91.64% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1036 1402 1393
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 171 189
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
PHP Web Developer
England

PHP Web Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PHP Web Developer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West PHP Web Developer Jobs Demand Trend

PHP Web Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP Web Developer across the North West region.

North West PHP Web Developer Daily Rate Trend

PHP Web Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP Web Developer across the North West region.

North West PHP Web Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Web Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Web Developer within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +6 2 £213 -13.26%
Merseyside +2 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 - -
PHP Web Developer
England

PHP Web Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited PHP Web Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Web Developer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (50.00%) PHP5
2 2 (50.00%) jQuery
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) CSS
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (50.00%) LAMP
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) XHTML
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) MySQL
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (25.00%) SEO
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) CMS
3 1 (25.00%) Magento
3 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
3 1 (25.00%) Plesk
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) CSS3
3 1 (25.00%) Facebook
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Ajax

PHP Web Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited PHP Web Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Web Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) jQuery
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) LAMP
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) XHTML
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) CSS3
2 1 (25.00%) Ajax
2 1 (25.00%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) CMS
1 1 (25.00%) Magento
1 1 (25.00%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) SEO
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (50.00%) PHP5
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Plesk
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Facebook
1 1 (25.00%) Zend
Liverpool, Merseyside
My client based in Liverpool. are currently recruiting for a number of PHP Web Developers. You will be writing code for a web enabled commercial website in a...
The Bridge Ltd
Rate: Up to £35,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
As a Web Developer you will be expected to have experience with: * PHP coding * MySQL databases * JAVA script * HTML and related technologies Desirable knowledge and experience * Linux knowledge (...
SEC Recruitment Limited
Rate: daily rate negotiable
Posted: 24 May 2013