The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the South West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 105 121 102
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -19
Contract jobs citing LAMP 10 18 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.488% 0.543% 0.536%
As % of the Application Development category 2.070% 2.270% 2.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 3
Average daily rate £288 £475 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.47% +48.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £325 £204
10% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £475 £324
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £311 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.25 £35.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-32.16% +30.00%
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
483 793 628
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.58% 23.93% 22.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 483 277
Average daily rate £325 £339 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.12% +9.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 36
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £10.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LAMP
England

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LAMP across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South West LAMP Jobs Demand Trend

LAMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West LAMP Daily Rate Trend

LAMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West LAMP Hourly Rate Trend

LAMP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Gloucestershire +20 3 - -
Bristol - 3 £294 -
Dorset - 2 £250 -
Somerset - 1 - -
LAMP
England

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 16 (80.00%) PHP
2 15 (75.00%) MySQL
3 14 (70.00%) Linux
4 10 (50.00%) CSS
5 9 (45.00%) HTML
5 9 (45.00%) OO
5 9 (45.00%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (45.00%) PHP5
6 8 (40.00%) jQuery
6 8 (40.00%) Zend
6 8 (40.00%) E-Commerce
7 7 (35.00%) CakePHP
8 6 (30.00%) Zend Framework
8 6 (30.00%) Internet
8 6 (30.00%) Mobile App
9 5 (25.00%) Open Source
9 5 (25.00%) HTML5
10 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
10 3 (15.00%) Scrum
10 3 (15.00%) VMware
10 3 (15.00%) Military
10 3 (15.00%) NetBackup
10 3 (15.00%) Release Management
10 3 (15.00%) Software Testing
10 3 (15.00%) Joomla!
10 3 (15.00%) QA
10 3 (15.00%) Content Management
10 3 (15.00%) Automated Testing
10 3 (15.00%) ISTQB
10 3 (15.00%) Mercator

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development
1 10 (50.00%) CSS
2 9 (45.00%) HTML
3 8 (40.00%) jQuery
4 7 (35.00%) CakePHP
5 6 (30.00%) Zend Framework
6 5 (25.00%) HTML5
7 3 (15.00%) .NET
7 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
8 1 (5.000%) SOAP
8 1 (5.000%) Web Services
8 1 (5.000%) XML
8 1 (5.000%) XHTML
8 1 (5.000%) Ajax
8 1 (5.000%) Symfony
8 1 (5.000%) REST
8 1 (5.000%) CSS3
8 1 (5.000%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) Apache
1 3 (15.00%) Joomla!
2 2 (10.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Internet
2 1 (5.000%) IMAP
2 1 (5.000%) POP3
2 1 (5.000%) SMTP
2 1 (5.000%) HTTP
2 1 (5.000%) DNS
2 1 (5.000%) HTTPS
2 1 (5.000%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (75.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (15.00%) Git (software)
1 3 (15.00%) Hudson
General
1 3 (15.00%) Military
2 1 (5.000%) Marketing
2 1 (5.000%) Electronics
2 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.000%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Developer
2 12 (60.00%) PHP Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Administrator
4 3 (15.00%) Software Tester
4 3 (15.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 3 (15.00%) Linux Administrator
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Test Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Tester
4 3 (15.00%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (10.00%) LAMP Developer
5 2 (10.00%) PHP Joomla! Developer
6 1 (5.000%) MySQL DBA
6 1 (5.000%) Joomla! Developer
6 1 (5.000%) PHP Web Developer
6 1 (5.000%) DBA
6 1 (5.000%) Software Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Mobile App
2 5 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (5.000%) Digital Media
3 1 (5.000%) DTV
3 1 (5.000%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (70.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) UNIX
2 3 (15.00%) Solaris
3 2 (10.00%) Android
3 2 (10.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.000%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) OO
1 9 (45.00%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (15.00%) ITIL
3 3 (15.00%) Scrum
3 3 (15.00%) Content Management
3 3 (15.00%) Automated Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Release Management
3 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.000%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.000%) Refactoring
4 1 (5.000%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.000%) OOP
4 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.000%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 16 (80.00%) PHP
2 9 (45.00%) PHP5
3 3 (15.00%) C
4 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) ISEB
1 3 (15.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) NetBackup
1 3 (15.00%) Puppet
1 3 (15.00%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Zend
2 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (15.00%) Mercator
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.000%) Google
3 1 (5.000%) Facebook
3 1 (5.000%) Twitter
3 1 (5.000%) SAP
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