The first table below looks at the demand for PHP5 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 PHP5 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 5
Rank 106 122 116
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -6
Contract jobs citing PHP5 2 14 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.099% 0.433% 0.212%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.277% 1.143% 0.604%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 4
Average daily rate £281 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £298 £250
% change year-on-year
-3.36% +19.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
- +160.00%
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%
PHP5
England

PHP5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South West PHP5 Jobs Demand Trend

PHP5
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West PHP5 Daily Rate Trend

PHP5
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West 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 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 +12 1 £313 +38.88%
Dorset - 1 £250 -
PHP5
England

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (100.00%) PHP
2 11 (91.67%) MySQL
3 9 (75.00%) Linux
4 8 (66.67%) CSS
4 8 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (66.67%) jQuery
5 7 (58.33%) CakePHP
5 7 (58.33%) HTML
5 7 (58.33%) OO
5 7 (58.33%) LAMP
6 6 (50.00%) Internet
6 6 (50.00%) Zend
7 5 (41.67%) HTML5
7 5 (41.67%) E-Commerce
8 4 (33.33%) Zend Framework
8 4 (33.33%) Open Source
9 3 (25.00%) SaaS
9 3 (25.00%) RDBMS
9 3 (25.00%) MVC
10 2 (16.67%) Web Services
10 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
10 2 (16.67%) CSS3
10 2 (16.67%) Google
10 2 (16.67%) Marketing
11 1 (8.333%) IMAP
11 1 (8.333%) Refactoring
11 1 (8.333%) Streaming Media
11 1 (8.333%) Ajax
11 1 (8.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 1 (8.333%) Google Maps API

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (66.67%) CSS
1 8 (66.67%) jQuery
2 7 (58.33%) CakePHP
2 7 (58.33%) HTML
2 7 (58.33%) LAMP
3 5 (41.67%) HTML5
4 4 (33.33%) Zend Framework
5 2 (16.67%) Web Services
5 2 (16.67%) CSS3
6 1 (8.333%) Ajax
6 1 (8.333%) Google Maps API
6 1 (8.333%) MooTools
6 1 (8.333%) RESTful
6 1 (8.333%) REST
6 1 (8.333%) Yii
6 1 (8.333%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (8.333%) SOAP
6 1 (8.333%) XML
6 1 (8.333%) XSL
6 1 (8.333%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) WordPress
1 1 (8.333%) Magento
1 1 (8.333%) nginx
1 1 (8.333%) IIS
1 1 (8.333%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (8.333%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (8.333%) IMAP
2 1 (8.333%) Intranet
2 1 (8.333%) POP3
2 1 (8.333%) SMTP
2 1 (8.333%) HTTP
2 1 (8.333%) DNS
2 1 (8.333%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (91.67%) MySQL
2 3 (25.00%) RDBMS
General
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (8.333%) Electronics
2 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
1 11 (91.67%) PHP Developer
2 3 (25.00%) PHP MySQL Developer
3 1 (8.333%) PHP Web Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Open Source
2 3 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (8.333%) Streaming Media
3 1 (8.333%) iPhone
3 1 (8.333%) Mobile App
3 1 (8.333%) iPad
3 1 (8.333%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (58.33%) OO
3 5 (41.67%) E-Commerce
4 3 (25.00%) MVC
5 1 (8.333%) Refactoring
5 1 (8.333%) Analytics
5 1 (8.333%) Internet Marketing
5 1 (8.333%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (8.333%) OOP
5 1 (8.333%) Programme Management
5 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.333%) SQL
3 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Zend
2 2 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (8.333%) Facebook
3 1 (8.333%) Twitter
3 1 (8.333%) SAP
Bristol, Avon
You will need excellent knowledge of LAMP Web Development technologies with object oriented programming experience and skills such as: At least 2 years experience in Magento Developed at...
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Rate: Daily rate negotiable
Posted: 24 May 2013
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The role: We are looking for an experienced PHP developer to join our multi-skilled team. We do not believe in a one-size-fits-all programming language...
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Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013