The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the South Yorkshire 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
PHP Developer
Rank 28 23 36
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +13
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 6 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 2.239% 3.922% 1.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.410% 4.115% 1.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 1
Average daily rate £200 £225 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £260 £250
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £10.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £15.75
% change year-on-year
+57.89% +20.63%
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
249 243 273
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 92.91% 95.29% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 130 157
Average daily rate £303 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.39% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 17 34
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -16.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.00 £10.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
PHP Developer
Yorkshire

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire PHP Developer Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Sheffield -7 2 - -
Barnsley - 1 - -
Doncaster - 1 - -
PHP Developer
Yorkshire

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 24 (100.00%) PHP
2 18 (75.00%) Symfony
2 18 (75.00%) PHPUnit
3 16 (66.67%) OO
4 7 (29.17%) MySQL
5 6 (25.00%) MVC
5 6 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
6 5 (20.83%) CSS
6 5 (20.83%) HTML
7 4 (16.67%) LAMP
8 3 (12.50%) jQuery
8 3 (12.50%) SQL
8 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (8.333%) CSS3
9 2 (8.333%) J2EE
9 2 (8.333%) Java
9 2 (8.333%) XML
9 2 (8.333%) XSLT
9 2 (8.333%) Linux
9 2 (8.333%) OOP
9 2 (8.333%) Apache
9 2 (8.333%) HTML5
9 2 (8.333%) PHP5
9 2 (8.333%) TDD
9 2 (8.333%) Web Development
10 1 (4.167%) Joomla!
10 1 (4.167%) Zend
10 1 (4.167%) CodeIgniter
10 1 (4.167%) Drupal

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 18 (75.00%) Symfony
2 5 (20.83%) HTML
2 5 (20.83%) CSS
3 4 (16.67%) LAMP
4 3 (12.50%) jQuery
5 2 (8.333%) HTML5
5 2 (8.333%) CSS3
5 2 (8.333%) XML
5 2 (8.333%) XSLT
5 2 (8.333%) J2EE
6 1 (4.167%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) Apache
2 1 (4.167%) CMS
2 1 (4.167%) Joomla!
2 1 (4.167%) Drupal
2 1 (4.167%) WordPress
2 1 (4.167%) Magento
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (75.00%) PHPUnit
General
1 1 (4.167%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) OO
2 6 (25.00%) MVC
2 6 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (8.333%) TDD
3 2 (8.333%) Web Development
3 2 (8.333%) OOP
4 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
3 3 (12.50%) SQL
4 2 (8.333%) PHP5
4 2 (8.333%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (4.167%) Zend