The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Reading 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 69 77 70
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 6 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.675% 0.177% 0.400%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.741% 0.192% 0.463%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
Average daily rate £275 - £238
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 - £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 - £248
UK excluding London average daily rate £248 £260 £234
% change year-on-year
-4.80% +11.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £22.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- +9.75%
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
810 1042 864
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.11% 92.29% 86.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 366 383
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 50 38
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% +44.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £11.85 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.50 £27.50 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
PHP Developer
Berkshire

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading PHP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading PHP Developer Daily Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the Reading region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Reading PHP Developer Daily Rate Histogram

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

1 9 (100.00%) PHP
2 8 (88.89%) MySQL
3 7 (77.78%) CMS
4 6 (66.67%) CSS
4 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
5 4 (44.44%) HTML
6 3 (33.33%) jQuery
6 3 (33.33%) HTML5
6 3 (33.33%) CSS3
6 3 (33.33%) Open Source
6 3 (33.33%) Digital Media
7 2 (22.22%) Drupal
7 2 (22.22%) Marketing
7 2 (22.22%) OOP
7 2 (22.22%) Automotive
8 1 (11.11%) Migration
8 1 (11.11%) Games
8 1 (11.11%) E-Learning
8 1 (11.11%) OO
8 1 (11.11%) XSLT
8 1 (11.11%) Windows
8 1 (11.11%) UML
8 1 (11.11%) Web Development
8 1 (11.11%) Joomla!
8 1 (11.11%) Zend
8 1 (11.11%) Zend Framework
8 1 (11.11%) Ajax
8 1 (11.11%) IPTV
8 1 (11.11%) Streaming Music
8 1 (11.11%) Online Games

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 6 (66.67%) CSS
2 4 (44.44%) HTML
3 3 (33.33%) jQuery
3 3 (33.33%) HTML5
3 3 (33.33%) CSS3
4 1 (11.11%) XSLT
4 1 (11.11%) Zend Framework
4 1 (11.11%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 7 (77.78%) CMS
2 2 (22.22%) Drupal
3 1 (11.11%) Joomla!
3 1 (11.11%) WordPress
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) MySQL
General
1 2 (22.22%) Marketing
1 2 (22.22%) Automotive
2 1 (11.11%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Open Source
1 3 (33.33%) Digital Media
2 1 (11.11%) E-Learning
2 1 (11.11%) IPTV
2 1 (11.11%) Streaming Music
2 1 (11.11%) Online Games
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) OOP
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) OO
2 1 (11.11%) UML
2 1 (11.11%) Web Development
2 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) PHP
2 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Zend