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The table below looks at the demand for PHP 5 skills within the Oxfordshire 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
Rank42-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.000 %
As % of the category below5.776 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£239-
Average daily rate£273-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£306-
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 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads277235
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.392 %0.238 %
Daily rates quoted7832
Average minimum daily rate£293£261
Average daily rate£315£286
% change on same period last year+10.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.99 %
Hourly rates quoted1812
Average minimum hourly rate£30.48£29.14
Average hourly rate£32.90£31.29
% change on same period last year+5.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.32£33.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.17£32.72
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
PHP5 South EastPHP5
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.

PHP5
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Oxfordshire PHP5 Demand Trend

PHP5
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP5 across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire PHP5 Daily Rate Trend

PHP5
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP5 across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Oxfordshire PHP5 Daily Rate Histogram

PHP5
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire PHP5 Hourly Rate Trend

PHP5
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP5 within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
OxfordNew entry-5£275-
Henley-on-ThamesNew entry-1--
PHP5 South EastPHP5
South East

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

142 (100.00 %)PHP
231 (73.81 %)Zend
329 (69.05 %)MySQL
428 (66.67 %)JavaScript
520 (47.62 %)CSS
618 (42.86 %)Zend Framework
714 (33.33 %)HTML
813 (30.95 %)PHP4
911 (26.19 %)Symfony
911 (26.19 %)XHTML
1010 (23.81 %)OO
119 (21.43 %)XML
128 (19.05 %)SQL
137 (16.67 %)Apache
137 (16.67 %)MVC
137 (16.67 %)PostgreSQL
146 (14.29 %)AJAX
146 (14.29 %)Web Development
155 (11.90 %)E-Commerce
164 (9.524 %)Eclipse
164 (9.524 %)XQuery
164 (9.524 %)C#
164 (9.524 %).NET
164 (9.524 %)ASP.NET
164 (9.524 %)XPath
164 (9.524 %)LAMP
164 (9.524 %)jQuery
173 (7.143 %)OOP
173 (7.143 %)Scrum
182 (4.762 %)CMS

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (47.62 %)CSS
218 (42.86 %)Zend Framework
314 (33.33 %)HTML
411 (26.19 %)XHTML
411 (26.19 %)Symfony
59 (21.43 %)XML
67 (16.67 %)MVC
76 (14.29 %)AJAX
84 (9.524 %)LAMP
84 (9.524 %).NET
84 (9.524 %)ASP.NET
84 (9.524 %)jQuery
91 (2.381 %)Drupal
91 (2.381 %)Adobe Flex
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (16.67 %)Apache
22 (4.762 %)CMS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (69.05 %)MySQL
27 (16.67 %)PostgreSQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (9.524 %)Eclipse
22 (4.762 %)Subversion
31 (2.381 %)Flash
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (2.381 %)Marketing
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
136 (85.71 %)Developer
232 (76.19 %)PHP Developer
33 (7.143 %)MySQL Developer
33 (7.143 %)Web Developer
41 (2.381 %)Senior Developer
41 (2.381 %)Support Engineer
41 (2.381 %)PHP Web Developer
41 (2.381 %)Senior PHP Developer
41 (2.381 %)HTML Developer
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (23.81 %)OO
26 (14.29 %)Web Development
35 (11.90 %)E-Commerce
43 (7.143 %)Scrum
43 (7.143 %)OOP
52 (4.762 %)Agile Software Development
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
142 (100.00 %)PHP
228 (66.67 %)JavaScript
313 (30.95 %)PHP4
48 (19.05 %)SQL
54 (9.524 %)C#
54 (9.524 %)XQuery
54 (9.524 %)XPath
61 (2.381 %)ActionScript
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (4.762 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (73.81 %)Zend