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The table below looks at the demand for PHP skills within the Stockport region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank-9
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %6.667 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£245£281
% change on same period last year-12.48 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£27.71
% change on same period last year-9.80 %
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Stockport
Matching contract IT job ads515
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£282£200
Average daily rate£298£210
% change on same period last year+42.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£332
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted26
Average minimum hourly rate£29.17£29.38
Average hourly rate£32.08£30.54
% change on same period last year+5.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£31.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.21£32.89
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
PHP ManchesterPHP
Manchester

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP across the Stockport region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Stockport PHP Demand Trend

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stockport PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

13 (100.00 %)JavaScript
13 (100.00 %)CSS
13 (100.00 %)XHTML
13 (100.00 %)AJAX
21 (33.33 %)XML
21 (33.33 %)OOP
21 (33.33 %)MySQL
21 (33.33 %)Social Network
21 (33.33 %)PHP5
21 (33.33 %)PHP4
21 (33.33 %)HTML

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)CSS
13 (100.00 %)XHTML
13 (100.00 %)AJAX
21 (33.33 %)XML
21 (33.33 %)HTML
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)MySQL
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
13 (100.00 %)PHP Developer
22 (66.67 %)PHP Web Developer
22 (66.67 %)Web Developer
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Social Network
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)OOP
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)JavaScript
21 (33.33 %)PHP5
21 (33.33 %)PHP4