North West PHP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PHP skills within the North West 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 PHP over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Aldershot Barnstaple Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bletchley Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheadle Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Clapham Cleckheaton County Londonderry Coventry Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Dorset East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Feltham Gateshead Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Horsham Huddersfield Isle of Wight Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Pontypridd Portsmouth Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Romford Runcorn Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Sunderland Surrey Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wilmslow Wimbledon Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	75	82
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching contract IT job ads	73	51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.096 %	0.054 %
As % of the category below	4.942 %	4.533 %
Daily rates quoted	6	2
Average minimum daily rate	£165	£223
Average daily rate	£191	£225
% change on same period last year	-15.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£218	£228
UK excluding London average daily rate	£282	£265
% change on same period last year	+6.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.29	£17.29
Average hourly rate	£24.87	£20.14
% change on same period last year	+23.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.44	£23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.21	£26.99
% change on same period last year	+0.84 %
Programming Languages North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1477	1125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.948 %	1.193 %
Daily rates quoted	290	165
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£300
Average daily rate	£360	£317
% change on same period last year	+13.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£332
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	145	125
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.08	£25.39
Average hourly rate	£29.45	£28.66
% change on same period last year	+2.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.82	£31.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.13	£33.16
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing PHP within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 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.

Location	Rank 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
Manchester	-7	38	£181	-
Cheshire	-12	19	£225	-24.87 %
Merseyside	-5	9	-	-
Lancashire	+4	4	-	-
Cumbria	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 57 (48.72 %) MySQL 2 45 (38.46 %) JavaScript 3 39 (33.33 %) HTML 4 36 (30.77 %) CSS 5 32 (27.35 %) XML 6 30 (25.64 %) AJAX 7 25 (21.37 %) SQL 8 21 (17.95 %) .NET 9 20 (17.09 %) ASP 9 20 (17.09 %) PHP5 10 18 (15.38 %) Linux 10 18 (15.38 %) XHTML 11 14 (11.97 %) ActionScript 12 13 (11.11 %) OO 12 13 (11.11 %) Apache

12 13 (11.11 %) LAMP 13 12 (10.26 %) Flash 13 12 (10.26 %) Web Development 14 11 (9.402 %) Python 14 11 (9.402 %) ASP.NET 15 10 (8.547 %) C# 16 9 (7.692 %) Content Management 17 8 (6.838 %) Lingo 17 8 (6.838 %) JSP 17 8 (6.838 %) Photoshop 17 8 (6.838 %) E-Commerce 17 8 (6.838 %) W3C 18 7 (5.983 %) Dreamweaver 18 7 (5.983 %) SQL Server 18 7 (5.983 %) CMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development 1 39 (33.33 %) HTML 2 36 (30.77 %) CSS 3 32 (27.35 %) XML 4 30 (25.64 %) AJAX 5 21 (17.95 %) .NET 6 20 (17.09 %) ASP 7 18 (15.38 %) XHTML 8 13 (11.11 %) LAMP 9 11 (9.402 %) ASP.NET 10 8 (6.838 %) JSP 11 6 (5.128 %) XSLT 12 4 (3.419 %) WebServices 13 3 (2.564 %) Drupal 14 2 (1.709 %) Zend Framework 14 2 (1.709 %) ASP.NET 2.0 14 2 (1.709 %) SOAP 15 1 (0.855 %) Struts 15 1 (0.855 %) J2EE 15 1 (0.855 %) ADO 15 1 (0.855 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 13 (11.11 %) Apache 2 7 (5.983 %) CMS 3 6 (5.128 %) Joomla! 4 3 (2.564 %) ColdFusion 5 1 (0.855 %) IIS 5 1 (0.855 %) Tomcat 5 1 (0.855 %) SharePoint 5 1 (0.855 %) Umbraco
Applications 1 8 (6.838 %) Photoshop 2 4 (3.419 %) Adobe Illustrator	Communications & Networking 1 5 (4.274 %) Intranet 2 2 (1.709 %) Internet 3 1 (0.855 %) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 57 (48.72 %) MySQL 2 7 (5.983 %) SQL Server 3 1 (0.855 %) DTS 3 1 (0.855 %) SQL Server 7 3 1 (0.855 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (0.855 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 12 (10.26 %) Flash 2 7 (5.983 %) Dreamweaver 3 3 (2.564 %) Subversion 4 2 (1.709 %) ClearQuest 4 2 (1.709 %) ClearCase 4 2 (1.709 %) Eclipse 5 1 (0.855 %) Visual Studio
General 1 4 (3.419 %) Retail 1 4 (3.419 %) Marketing 2 2 (1.709 %) Graphic Design 2 2 (1.709 %) Online Games 2 2 (1.709 %) Games 2 2 (1.709 %) Health 2 2 (1.709 %) Advertising 2 2 (1.709 %) Pharmaceutical 3 1 (0.855 %) Back Office 3 1 (0.855 %) Finance 3 1 (0.855 %) Education 3 1 (0.855 %) Publishing 3 1 (0.855 %) Multimedia	Job Titles 1 100 (85.47 %) Developer 2 46 (39.32 %) PHP Developer 3 43 (36.75 %) Web Developer 4 10 (8.547 %) MySQL Developer 5 9 (7.692 %) PHP Web Developer 5 9 (7.692 %) Programmer 5 9 (7.692 %) Web Designer 6 7 (5.983 %) Senior Developer 7 6 (5.128 %) Web Programmer 7 6 (5.128 %) Senior PHP Developer 8 5 (4.274 %) .NET Developer 8 5 (4.274 %) ActionScript Developer 9 4 (3.419 %) Senior Web Developer 9 4 (3.419 %) Software Engineer 9 4 (3.419 %) Senior PHP Web Developer 9 4 (3.419 %) Software Development Engineer 10 3 (2.564 %) Junior Web Developer 10 3 (2.564 %) Flash Developer 10 3 (2.564 %) Applications Developer 10 3 (2.564 %) Junior
Miscellaneous 1 8 (6.838 %) W3C 2 5 (4.274 %) SCORM 3 4 (3.419 %) NHS 4 2 (1.709 %) EPoS 4 2 (1.709 %) IPTV 4 2 (1.709 %) Web 2.0 4 2 (1.709 %) DTV 4 2 (1.709 %) E-Learning 5 1 (0.855 %) Blackberry	Operating Systems 1 18 (15.38 %) Linux 2 6 (5.128 %) Unix 3 1 (0.855 %) Windows 3 1 (0.855 %) Solaris 3 1 (0.855 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (11.11 %) OO 2 12 (10.26 %) Web Development 3 9 (7.692 %) Content Management 4 8 (6.838 %) E-Commerce 5 7 (5.983 %) Web Design 6 6 (5.128 %) CRM 7 4 (3.419 %) UML 8 3 (2.564 %) Change Management 9 2 (1.709 %) Migration 9 2 (1.709 %) Creative Marketing 9 2 (1.709 %) Systems Analysis 9 2 (1.709 %) SC Cleared 9 2 (1.709 %) Security Cleared 10 1 (0.855 %) Pay per click 10 1 (0.855 %) Internet Marketing 10 1 (0.855 %) Time Management 10 1 (0.855 %) SEO 10 1 (0.855 %) Workflow 10 1 (0.855 %) OOP 10 1 (0.855 %) OOD	Programming Languages 1 45 (38.46 %) JavaScript 2 25 (21.37 %) SQL 3 20 (17.09 %) PHP5 4 14 (11.97 %) ActionScript 5 11 (9.402 %) Python 6 10 (8.547 %) C# 7 8 (6.838 %) Lingo 8 6 (5.128 %) Perl 9 5 (4.274 %) VB 9 5 (4.274 %) Java 10 4 (3.419 %) Ruby 10 4 (3.419 %) PHP4 11 3 (2.564 %) VB.NET 12 2 (1.709 %) VB6 12 2 (1.709 %) Shell Script 13 1 (0.855 %) ABAP 13 1 (0.855 %) VBScript 13 1 (0.855 %) C++ 13 1 (0.855 %) DHTML
Qualifications 1 3 (2.564 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.855 %) PAS 78
Vendors 1 4 (3.419 %) Zend 2 3 (2.564 %) Adobe 3 2 (1.709 %) VMware 3 2 (1.709 %) Oracle 4 1 (0.855 %) SAP 4 1 (0.855 %) Microsoft 4 1 (0.855 %) Google