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This section looks at the demand for LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python) skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank52-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.885 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£288-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£337-
% change on same period last year-
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£30.86£24.88
% change on same period last year+24.06 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads208198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.277 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted4747
Average minimum daily rate£302£292
Average daily rate£332£323
% change on same period last year+3.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted910
Average minimum hourly rate£19.90£26.00
Average hourly rate£21.48£28.65
% change on same period last year-25.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.05£31.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
LAMP South EastLAMP
South East

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.

LAMP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LAMP across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Oxfordshire LAMP Demand Trend

LAMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire LAMP Daily Rate Trend

LAMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire LAMP Hourly Rate Trend

LAMP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 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
AbingdonNew entry-2--
OxfordNew entry-2£288-
LAMP South EastLAMP
South East

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing LAMP 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 LAMP.

16 (85.71 %)MySQL
24 (57.14 %)Apache
24 (57.14 %)Linux
33 (42.86 %)UNIX
33 (42.86 %)Perl
42 (28.57 %)PHP
42 (28.57 %)SQL
42 (28.57 %).NET
42 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
42 (28.57 %)LDAP
42 (28.57 %)CMS
42 (28.57 %)SMTP
42 (28.57 %)HTTP
42 (28.57 %)NFS
42 (28.57 %)SNMP
42 (28.57 %)DNS
42 (28.57 %)HTTPS
42 (28.57 %)Subversion
42 (28.57 %)Content Management
42 (28.57 %)Degree
51 (14.29 %)Load Balancing
51 (14.29 %)Symfony
51 (14.29 %)Zend
51 (14.29 %)PHP5
51 (14.29 %)PHP4
51 (14.29 %)jQuery
51 (14.29 %)AJAX
51 (14.29 %)XPath
51 (14.29 %)XQuery
51 (14.29 %)OO

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing LAMP 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 LAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (28.57 %).NET
12 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
21 (14.29 %)XML
21 (14.29 %)MVC
21 (14.29 %)AJAX
21 (14.29 %)Symfony
21 (14.29 %)jQuery
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (57.14 %)Apache
22 (28.57 %)CMS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)LDAP
12 (28.57 %)SMTP
12 (28.57 %)HTTP
12 (28.57 %)SNMP
12 (28.57 %)DNS
12 (28.57 %)HTTPS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (85.71 %)MySQL
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server
21 (14.29 %)PostgreSQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (28.57 %)Subversion
21 (14.29 %)Eclipse
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Construction
11 (14.29 %)Publishing
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Systems Administrator
14 (57.14 %)Administrator
22 (28.57 %)Developer
31 (14.29 %)Web Developer
31 (14.29 %)PHP Developer
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (57.14 %)Linux
23 (42.86 %)UNIX
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)Content Management
21 (14.29 %)Load Balancing
21 (14.29 %)OO
21 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
21 (14.29 %)Scrum
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (42.86 %)Perl
22 (28.57 %)PHP
22 (28.57 %)SQL
31 (14.29 %)VB.NET
31 (14.29 %)XQuery
31 (14.29 %)XPath
31 (14.29 %)PHP5
31 (14.29 %)PHP4
31 (14.29 %)C#
31 (14.29 %)JavaScript
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (28.57 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (28.57 %)NFS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Zend
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