PHP Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for PHP 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 PHP over the 3 months to 24 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 Programming Languages 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 53 68 72
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +4
Contract jobs citing PHP 61 71 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 3.024% 2.195% 1.873%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.449% 5.796% 5.337%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 47 21
Average daily rate £240 £300 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £375 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £250
% change year-on-year
- +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -30.00%
All Programming Languages
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 722 1225 993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.80% 37.87% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 707 454
Average daily rate £326 £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.00% +20.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 75 91
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £16.70 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £46.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PHP
England

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West PHP Jobs Demand Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West PHP Daily Rate Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West PHP Daily Rate Histogram

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bristol +25 33 £250 -
Dorset +7 10 £200 -38.46%
Wiltshire -4 6 £375 +15.38%
Somerset 0 4 £260 +4.00%
Gloucestershire +27 3 £228 -39.33%
Devon +3 2 £263 +31.25%
PHP
England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing PHP 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 PHP.

1 78 (55.71%) MySQL
2 75 (53.57%) CSS
3 71 (50.71%) HTML
4 66 (47.14%) JavaScript
5 44 (31.43%) Linux
6 41 (29.29%) jQuery
7 22 (15.71%) MVC
8 21 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
9 20 (14.29%) Zend
9 20 (14.29%) Drupal
9 20 (14.29%) .NET
10 19 (13.57%) SQL
10 19 (13.57%) OO
10 19 (13.57%) WordPress
11 16 (11.43%) Apache
11 16 (11.43%) C#
11 16 (11.43%) LAMP
12 14 (10.00%) CMS
12 14 (10.00%) Web Services
12 14 (10.00%) Python
12 14 (10.00%) Ajax
13 13 (9.286%) HTML5
14 12 (8.571%) Project Management
14 12 (8.571%) Scrum
14 12 (8.571%) ASP.NET
14 12 (8.571%) Java
14 12 (8.571%) Git (software)
14 12 (8.571%) PHP5
14 12 (8.571%) Symfony
15 11 (7.857%) QA

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing PHP 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 PHP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 75 (53.57%) CSS
2 71 (50.71%) HTML
3 41 (29.29%) jQuery
4 20 (14.29%) .NET
5 16 (11.43%) LAMP
6 14 (10.00%) Web Services
6 14 (10.00%) Ajax
7 13 (9.286%) HTML5
8 12 (8.571%) ASP.NET
8 12 (8.571%) Symfony
9 11 (7.857%) CodeIgniter
10 9 (6.429%) CSS3
10 9 (6.429%) XHTML
11 8 (5.714%) CakePHP
12 6 (4.286%) Regular Expression
12 6 (4.286%) ASP
12 6 (4.286%) Zend Framework
13 4 (2.857%) RESTful
13 4 (2.857%) Spring
14 3 (2.143%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 20 (14.29%) Drupal
2 19 (13.57%) WordPress
3 16 (11.43%) Apache
4 14 (10.00%) CMS
5 9 (6.429%) SharePoint
6 8 (5.714%) Joomla!
7 7 (5.000%) Magento
8 5 (3.571%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (2.857%) IIS
10 3 (2.143%) Apache Solr
10 3 (2.143%) ExpressionEngine
11 2 (1.429%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (1.429%) Tomcat
11 2 (1.429%) MS Exchange
11 2 (1.429%) GlassFish
12 1 (0.714%) ActiveMQ
12 1 (0.714%) nginx
12 1 (0.714%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.714%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.714%) Commerce Server
Applications
1 5 (3.571%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.857%) Photoshop
3 3 (2.143%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.429%) MS Office
4 2 (1.429%) InDesign
5 1 (0.714%) MS Project
5 1 (0.714%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.429%) Google Analytics
1 2 (1.429%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.000%) Internet
2 3 (2.143%) Intranet
2 3 (2.143%) HTTP
3 2 (1.429%) LAN
3 2 (1.429%) WAN
3 2 (1.429%) LDAP
3 2 (1.429%) SAN
3 2 (1.429%) SSL
3 2 (1.429%) IPsec
4 1 (0.714%) IMAP
4 1 (0.714%) POP3
4 1 (0.714%) SMTP
4 1 (0.714%) DNS
4 1 (0.714%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (55.71%) MySQL
2 11 (7.857%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.857%) RDBMS
3 4 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (2.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.429%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.429%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.714%) SQLite
6 1 (0.714%) QlikView
6 1 (0.714%) MS Access
6 1 (0.714%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 12 (8.571%) Git (software)
2 6 (4.286%) Visual Studio
3 5 (3.571%) Hudson
4 4 (2.857%) Subversion
5 2 (1.429%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.429%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.429%) WebDriver
5 2 (1.429%) WATIR
5 2 (1.429%) Selenium
5 2 (1.429%) FitNesse
5 2 (1.429%) Maven
6 1 (0.714%) FrontPage
6 1 (0.714%) Dreamweaver
General
1 6 (4.286%) Publishing
1 6 (4.286%) Marketing
2 4 (2.857%) Finance
3 3 (2.143%) Advertising
4 2 (1.429%) Back Office
4 2 (1.429%) Electronics
4 2 (1.429%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.429%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.714%) Banking
5 1 (0.714%) Retail
5 1 (0.714%) Legal
5 1 (0.714%) Games
Job Titles
1 119 (85.00%) Developer
2 80 (57.14%) PHP Developer
3 18 (12.86%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 13 (9.286%) Web Developer
5 12 (8.571%) Drupal Developer
6 11 (7.857%) MySQL Developer
7 6 (4.286%) Analyst
7 6 (4.286%) PHP Web Developer
7 6 (4.286%) C++ Developer
8 5 (3.571%) C# Developer
8 5 (3.571%) SharePoint Developer
8 5 (3.571%) PHP Drupal Developer
9 3 (2.143%) Linux Administrator
9 3 (2.143%) Web Programmer
9 3 (2.143%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 3 (2.143%) Front-End Developer
9 3 (2.143%) Senior Developer
9 3 (2.143%) Programmer
9 3 (2.143%) Applications Developer
9 3 (2.143%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.143%) Open Source
2 9 (6.429%) Digital Media
2 9 (6.429%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.571%) Animation
3 5 (3.571%) SaaS
4 3 (2.143%) iPhone
5 2 (1.429%) Social Media
5 2 (1.429%) iPad
5 2 (1.429%) DTV
5 2 (1.429%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.714%) Streaming Media
6 1 (0.714%) Data Extraction
6 1 (0.714%) Social Network
6 1 (0.714%) E-Learning
6 1 (0.714%) Streaming Video
6 1 (0.714%) W3C
6 1 (0.714%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.714%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 44 (31.43%) Linux
2 6 (4.286%) UNIX
3 4 (2.857%) Android
4 3 (2.143%) Windows
4 3 (2.143%) Solaris
4 3 (2.143%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.429%) Debian
5 2 (1.429%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.714%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (15.71%) MVC
2 21 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
3 19 (13.57%) OO
4 12 (8.571%) Project Management
4 12 (8.571%) Scrum
5 10 (7.143%) E-Commerce
6 8 (5.714%) Web Development
7 7 (5.000%) OOP
7 7 (5.000%) Website Architecture
8 6 (4.286%) Analytics
8 6 (4.286%) Regression Testing
9 5 (3.571%) Data Management
9 5 (3.571%) Content Management
9 5 (3.571%) Business Analysis
9 5 (3.571%) User Experience Design
10 4 (2.857%) ITIL
10 4 (2.857%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (2.857%) SEO
10 4 (2.857%) Digital Marketing
10 4 (2.857%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 66 (47.14%) JavaScript
2 19 (13.57%) SQL
3 16 (11.43%) C#
4 14 (10.00%) Python
5 12 (8.571%) Java
5 12 (8.571%) PHP5
6 8 (5.714%) Perl
7 7 (5.000%) Shell Script
7 7 (5.000%) C++
8 6 (4.286%) Bash shell
9 5 (3.571%) Delphi
10 3 (2.143%) C
11 2 (1.429%) VBA
11 2 (1.429%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.429%) Ruby
12 1 (0.714%) PHP4
12 1 (0.714%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.714%) VBScript
12 1 (0.714%) VB
12 1 (0.714%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 10 (7.143%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.286%) DV Cleared
3 5 (3.571%) MCTS
4 3 (2.143%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.429%) ISEB
5 2 (1.429%) Degree
6 1 (0.714%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.714%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.714%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.857%) QA
2 2 (1.429%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.429%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.143%) NetBackup
1 3 (2.143%) Puppet
1 3 (2.143%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 20 (14.29%) Zend
2 10 (7.143%) Oracle
3 8 (5.714%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.286%) Adobe
5 5 (3.571%) VMware
5 5 (3.571%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.143%) Google
6 3 (2.143%) Mercator
6 3 (2.143%) Twitter
7 2 (1.429%) JBoss
7 2 (1.429%) SAP
8 1 (0.714%) ATG
8 1 (0.714%) IBM
8 1 (0.714%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.714%) Cognos
8 1 (0.714%) hybris
8 1 (0.714%) Facebook
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