The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role 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 PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 66 96 92
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -4
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 36 36 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.792% 1.151% 1.189%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.919% 1.226% 1.272%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 24 17
Average daily rate £230 £240 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £191 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £325 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £258 £250
% change year-on-year
-2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +100.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year
- +23.28%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1876 2937 2830
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.38% 93.92% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1118 1762 1405
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £485 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 175 256
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £22.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -1.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.58 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bristol +33 22 £250 +25.00% 15
Dorset +4 5 £200 -0.24% 6
Somerset -8 4 £263 +14.13% 9
Gloucestershire - 2 £228 - 11
Devon -1 1 £225 +12.50% 5
Wiltshire -5 1 - - 3
Cornwall - - - -
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 76 (100.00%) PHP
2 49 (64.47%) JavaScript
3 48 (63.16%) CSS
4 47 (61.84%) MySQL
5 44 (57.89%) HTML
6 35 (46.05%) jQuery
7 23 (30.26%) Zend
8 22 (28.95%) MVC
9 21 (27.63%) Linux
10 14 (18.42%) Symfony
11 13 (17.11%) CodeIgniter
12 12 (15.79%) WordPress
13 11 (14.47%) Web Services
13 11 (14.47%) Agile Software Development
14 10 (13.16%) Ajax
14 10 (13.16%) OO
14 10 (13.16%) E-Commerce
15 9 (11.84%) LAMP
15 9 (11.84%) Magento
16 8 (10.53%) Drupal
16 8 (10.53%) HTML5
16 8 (10.53%) SQL
17 7 (9.211%) Shell Script
17 7 (9.211%) Website Architecture
18 6 (7.895%) CSS3
18 6 (7.895%) PHP5
18 6 (7.895%) RESTful
18 6 (7.895%) RDBMS
18 6 (7.895%) CMS
19 5 (6.579%) Scrum

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 48 (63.16%) CSS
2 44 (57.89%) HTML
3 35 (46.05%) jQuery
4 14 (18.42%) Symfony
5 13 (17.11%) CodeIgniter
6 11 (14.47%) Web Services
7 10 (13.16%) Ajax
8 9 (11.84%) LAMP
9 8 (10.53%) HTML5
10 6 (7.895%) CSS3
10 6 (7.895%) RESTful
11 5 (6.579%) ActiveMQ
11 5 (6.579%) XHTML
11 5 (6.579%) CakePHP
11 5 (6.579%) Spring
11 5 (6.579%) Zend Framework
12 2 (2.632%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 1 (1.316%) ASP
13 1 (1.316%) SOAP
13 1 (1.316%) XML
Application Platforms
1 12 (15.79%) WordPress
2 9 (11.84%) Magento
3 8 (10.53%) Drupal
4 6 (7.895%) CMS
5 5 (6.579%) Apache
5 5 (6.579%) Joomla!
5 5 (6.579%) Shopify
6 3 (3.947%) ExpressionEngine
7 1 (1.316%) IIS
7 1 (1.316%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.316%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.632%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.316%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.579%) Internet
2 2 (2.632%) HTTP
3 1 (1.316%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.316%) Intranet
3 1 (1.316%) DNS
3 1 (1.316%) POP3
3 1 (1.316%) SMTP
3 1 (1.316%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (61.84%) MySQL
2 6 (7.895%) RDBMS
3 5 (6.579%) Hazelcast
4 1 (1.316%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.579%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.316%) Subversion
General
1 4 (5.263%) Marketing
2 2 (2.632%) Electronics
2 2 (2.632%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.632%) Finance
2 2 (2.632%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.316%) Retail
3 1 (1.316%) Advertising
3 1 (1.316%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.579%) Mobile App
2 3 (3.947%) SaaS
2 3 (3.947%) Open Source
3 2 (2.632%) DTV
4 1 (1.316%) Streaming Media
4 1 (1.316%) Streaming Video
4 1 (1.316%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.316%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (27.63%) Linux
2 2 (2.632%) Android
2 2 (2.632%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.632%) Debian
3 1 (1.316%) Windows
3 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.95%) MVC
2 11 (14.47%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (13.16%) OO
3 10 (13.16%) E-Commerce
4 7 (9.211%) Website Architecture
5 5 (6.579%) Scrum
5 5 (6.579%) Unit Testing
5 5 (6.579%) Refactoring
6 4 (5.263%) OOP
6 4 (5.263%) Web Development
7 3 (3.947%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (2.632%) CAFM
8 2 (2.632%) Business Analysis
8 2 (2.632%) Programme Management
8 2 (2.632%) Asset Management
8 2 (2.632%) Project Management
8 2 (2.632%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.316%) CRM
9 1 (1.316%) Data Analysis
9 1 (1.316%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 76 (100.00%) PHP
2 49 (64.47%) JavaScript
3 8 (10.53%) SQL
4 7 (9.211%) Shell Script
5 6 (7.895%) PHP5
6 1 (1.316%) Python
6 1 (1.316%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.316%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (6.579%) Degree
2 1 (1.316%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.316%) QA
Vendors
1 23 (30.26%) Zend
2 3 (3.947%) Twitter
3 2 (2.632%) Google
3 2 (2.632%) SAP
4 1 (1.316%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.316%) Facebook
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