Tyne and Wear LAMP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python) skills within the Tyne and Wear 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Location Abingdon Berkshire Birmingham Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London Clapham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Guildford Hampshire Harlow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wimbledon Wirral Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	26	52
Rank change on same period last year	+26
Matching contract IT job ads	19	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	16.81 %	1.274 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	6	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.50	£18.00
Average hourly rate	£34.25	£19.50
% change on same period last year	+75.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.86	£24.88
% change on same period last year	+24.06 %
Application Development Tyne and Wear
Matching contract IT job ads	113	157
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.151 %	0.159 %
Daily rates quoted	10	23
Average minimum daily rate	£293	£332
Average daily rate	£312	£344
% change on same period last year	-9.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£331	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.14	£30.73
Average hourly rate	£36.01	£32.66
% change on same period last year	+10.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.87	£34.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
LAMP North 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 Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

LAMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

LAMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

LAMP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAMP across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

LAMP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Newcastle	-	11	-	-
Newcastle Upon Tyne	+10	8	-	-

LAMP North East

LAMP
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 35 (100.00 %) Linux 2 34 (97.14 %) PHP 3 33 (94.29 %) Apache 4 30 (85.71 %) Dreamweaver 5 25 (71.43 %) COBOL 6 24 (68.57 %) Macromedia 7 18 (51.43 %) Web Development 8 12 (34.29 %) MySQL 9 3 (8.571 %) Police 10 2 (5.714 %) AJAX 11 1 (2.857 %) Local Government 11 1 (2.857 %) PHP5 11 1 (2.857 %) PHP4 11 1 (2.857 %) CMS 11 1 (2.857 %) Content Management

11 1 (2.857 %) Education 11 1 (2.857 %) Government 11 1 (2.857 %) CSS 11 1 (2.857 %) XSL

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (5.714 %) AJAX 2 1 (2.857 %) CSS 2 1 (2.857 %) XSL	Application Platforms 1 33 (94.29 %) Apache 2 1 (2.857 %) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 12 (34.29 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 30 (85.71 %) Dreamweaver
General 1 3 (8.571 %) Police 2 1 (2.857 %) Local Government 2 1 (2.857 %) Education 2 1 (2.857 %) Government	Job Titles 1 35 (100.00 %) Developer 2 25 (71.43 %) Web Developer 3 10 (28.57 %) PHP Developer 4 2 (5.714 %) PHP Web Developer 4 2 (5.714 %) COBOL Developer 5 1 (2.857 %) MySQL Developer
Operating Systems 1 35 (100.00 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (51.43 %) Web Development 2 1 (2.857 %) Content Management
Programming Languages 1 34 (97.14 %) PHP 2 25 (71.43 %) COBOL 3 1 (2.857 %) PHP5 3 1 (2.857 %) PHP4	Vendors 1 24 (68.57 %) Macromedia