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The table below looks at the demand for PHP skills within the Thames Valley 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3254
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads84
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.004 %
As % of the category below4.624 %1.370 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£257
% change on same period last year+6.97 %
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£26.80£28.49
% change on same period last year-5.91 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads173292
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.234 %0.289 %
Daily rates quoted2033
Average minimum daily rate£304£309
Average daily rate£322£323
% change on same period last year-0.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.13 %
Hourly rates quoted1625
Average minimum hourly rate£37.30£34.94
Average hourly rate£39.20£37.49
% change on same period last year+4.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.10£40.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.18£32.81
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
PHP South EastPHP
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.

PHP
Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley PHP Demand Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Thames Valley PHP Daily Rate 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

115 (88.24 %)MySQL
211 (64.71 %)JavaScript
310 (58.82 %)Linux
49 (52.94 %)CMS
49 (52.94 %)LAMP
58 (47.06 %)Drupal
58 (47.06 %)Apache
58 (47.06 %)XML
67 (41.18 %)CSS
67 (41.18 %)Migration
76 (35.29 %)HTML
85 (29.41 %)XSLT
85 (29.41 %)Python
94 (23.53 %)XHTML
94 (23.53 %)PHP5
103 (17.65 %)Data Migration
103 (17.65 %)Red Hat Linux
103 (17.65 %)Red Hat
103 (17.65 %)Content Management
103 (17.65 %)WebServices
103 (17.65 %)Tomcat
112 (11.76 %)OO
112 (11.76 %)SOA
112 (11.76 %)Subversion
112 (11.76 %)Web Development
121 (5.882 %)AJAX
121 (5.882 %)Web 2.0
121 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
121 (5.882 %)RAD
121 (5.882 %)Flash

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (52.94 %)LAMP
28 (47.06 %)XML
28 (47.06 %)Drupal
37 (41.18 %)CSS
46 (35.29 %)HTML
55 (29.41 %)XSLT
64 (23.53 %)XHTML
73 (17.65 %)WebServices
81 (5.882 %)ASP
81 (5.882 %)DCOM
81 (5.882 %)AJAX
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (52.94 %)CMS
28 (47.06 %)Apache
33 (17.65 %)Tomcat
41 (5.882 %)IIS
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (88.24 %)MySQL
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (11.76 %)Subversion
21 (5.882 %)Flash
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (88.24 %)Developer
211 (64.71 %)PHP Developer
37 (41.18 %)Web Developer
43 (17.65 %)PHP Web Developer
52 (11.76 %)Senior PHP Developer
52 (11.76 %)Senior Developer
61 (5.882 %)Administrator
61 (5.882 %)Junior Developer
61 (5.882 %)Junior Web Developer
61 (5.882 %)Web Administrator
61 (5.882 %)MySQL Developer
61 (5.882 %)Web Architect
61 (5.882 %)Website Developer
61 (5.882 %)LAMP Developer
61 (5.882 %)Architect
61 (5.882 %)Junior
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)Web 2.0
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (58.82 %)Linux
23 (17.65 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (5.882 %)Windows
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)Migration
23 (17.65 %)Content Management
23 (17.65 %)Data Migration
32 (11.76 %)SOA
32 (11.76 %)Web Development
32 (11.76 %)OO
41 (5.882 %)RAD
41 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (64.71 %)JavaScript
25 (29.41 %)Python
34 (23.53 %)PHP5
41 (5.882 %)SQL
41 (5.882 %)DHTML
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (17.65 %)Red Hat
21 (5.882 %)Oracle