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The table below looks at the demand for LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python) skills within the Thames Valley region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3647
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below3.390 %1.676 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£245
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£256£254
% change on same period last year+0.78 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.17£23.45
% change on same period last year+11.56 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads118179
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.166 %0.181 %
Daily rates quoted1723
Average minimum daily rate£251£373
Average daily rate£267£386
% change on same period last year-30.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£284£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted515
Average minimum hourly rate£36.43£30.40
Average hourly rate£37.86£34.02
% change on same period last year+11.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.29£37.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
LAMP South EastLAMP
South East

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.

LAMP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LAMP across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Thames Valley LAMP Demand Trend

LAMP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LAMP across the Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley LAMP Daily Rate Trend

LAMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Thames Valley LAMP Hourly Rate Trend

LAMP
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

18 (100.00 %)PHP
18 (100.00 %)CMS
18 (100.00 %)Drupal
27 (87.50 %)Linux
27 (87.50 %)MySQL
27 (87.50 %)XML
35 (62.50 %)XSLT
35 (62.50 %)Apache
35 (62.50 %)Migration
44 (50.00 %)XHTML
44 (50.00 %)HTML
44 (50.00 %)JavaScript
44 (50.00 %)CSS
53 (37.50 %)WebServices
53 (37.50 %)Red Hat
53 (37.50 %)Tomcat
53 (37.50 %)Data Migration
53 (37.50 %)Red Hat Linux
62 (25.00 %)Content Management
62 (25.00 %)Python
71 (12.50 %)PHP5

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (100.00 %)Drupal
27 (87.50 %)XML
35 (62.50 %)XSLT
44 (50.00 %)XHTML
44 (50.00 %)HTML
44 (50.00 %)CSS
53 (37.50 %)WebServices
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (100.00 %)CMS
25 (62.50 %)Apache
33 (37.50 %)Tomcat
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (87.50 %)MySQL
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (100.00 %)Developer
18 (100.00 %)PHP Developer
25 (62.50 %)PHP Web Developer
25 (62.50 %)Web Developer
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (87.50 %)Linux
23 (37.50 %)Red Hat Linux
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)Migration
23 (37.50 %)Data Migration
32 (25.00 %)Content Management
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)PHP
24 (50.00 %)JavaScript
32 (25.00 %)Python
41 (12.50 %)PHP5
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (37.50 %)Red Hat