The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAMP 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 of the Application Development category for the Staffordshire 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
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LAMP 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.087% - -
As % of the Application Development category 3.846% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £31.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +14.54%
All Application Development
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
26 79 126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 28.26% 37.62% 52.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 36 74
Average daily rate £310 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £400 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £15.31 £16.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.31% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
LAMP
West Midlands

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire LAMP Jobs Demand 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 Staffordshire 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
Tamworth - 1 - - 1
Lichfield - - - -
Stoke-on-Trent - - - -
LAMP
West Midlands

LAMP
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 3 (100.00%) PHP
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
2 2 (66.67%) Apache
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Zend
2 2 (66.67%) Zend Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Web Application Development
3 1 (33.33%) OOP
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) SQL

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 2 (66.67%) Zend Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) PHP Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Web Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) OOP
1 1 (33.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Zend