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The table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 PHP Developer
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4038
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads911
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.013 %
As % of the category below2.083 %2.434 %
Daily rates quoted26
Average minimum daily rate£238£250
Average daily rate£250£275
% change on same period last year-9.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£263£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£219£260
% change on same period last year-15.69 %
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£28.36£32.59
% change on same period last year-12.97 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads432452
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.871 %0.554 %
Daily rates quoted10191
Average minimum daily rate£293£333
Average daily rate£312£353
% change on same period last year-11.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.05 %
Hourly rates quoted113100
Average minimum hourly rate£21.97£16.84
Average hourly rate£22.85£18.82
% change on same period last year+21.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.72£20.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.06£23.41
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
PHP Developer South EastPHP Developer
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.

PHP Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP Developer across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire PHP Developer Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire PHP Developer Daily Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP 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 Developer within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
OxfordUp+116£200-
PHP Developer South EastPHP Developer
South East

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited PHP 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 Developer in their job title.

131 (100.00 %)PHP
218 (58.06 %)MySQL
315 (48.39 %)Zend
315 (48.39 %)PHP5
412 (38.71 %)CMS
511 (35.48 %)JavaScript
610 (32.26 %)LAMP
77 (22.58 %)MVC
77 (22.58 %)CSS
86 (19.35 %)HTML
95 (16.13 %)OO
95 (16.13 %)Zend Framework
95 (16.13 %)Symfony
104 (12.90 %)PHP4
104 (12.90 %)AJAX
113 (9.677 %)OOP
113 (9.677 %)XHTML
113 (9.677 %)E-Commerce
113 (9.677 %)Apache
113 (9.677 %)XML
113 (9.677 %)Web Development
122 (6.452 %)QA
122 (6.452 %)Linux
122 (6.452 %)SQL
131 (3.226 %)Marketing
131 (3.226 %)PostgreSQL
131 (3.226 %)Web Design
131 (3.226 %)Retail
131 (3.226 %)Content Management
131 (3.226 %)Eclipse

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited PHP 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (32.26 %)LAMP
27 (22.58 %)MVC
27 (22.58 %)CSS
36 (19.35 %)HTML
45 (16.13 %)Symfony
45 (16.13 %)Zend Framework
54 (12.90 %)AJAX
63 (9.677 %)XHTML
63 (9.677 %)XML
71 (3.226 %)Flash
71 (3.226 %)SOAP
71 (3.226 %)WebServices
71 (3.226 %).NET
71 (3.226 %)ASP
71 (3.226 %)ASP.NET
71 (3.226 %)Adobe Flex
71 (3.226 %)CodeIgniter
71 (3.226 %)jQuery
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (38.71 %)CMS
23 (9.677 %)Apache
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.226 %)Extranet
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (58.06 %)MySQL
21 (3.226 %)PostgreSQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.226 %)Eclipse
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (3.226 %)Retail
11 (3.226 %)Marketing
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (6.452 %)Linux
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (16.13 %)OO
23 (9.677 %)E-Commerce
23 (9.677 %)OOP
23 (9.677 %)Web Development
31 (3.226 %)Web Design
31 (3.226 %)Content Management
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (100.00 %)PHP
215 (48.39 %)PHP5
311 (35.48 %)JavaScript
44 (12.90 %)PHP4
52 (6.452 %)SQL
61 (3.226 %)ActionScript
61 (3.226 %)XQuery
61 (3.226 %)XPath
61 (3.226 %)C#
61 (3.226 %)Delphi
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (6.452 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (48.39 %)Zend