The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Programming Languages category for the Tyne and Wear 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank - 37 32
Contract jobs citing PHP 0 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear - 1.493% 1.498%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 4.274% 3.670%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £300 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £250
% change year-on-year
- +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -30.00%
All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
40 117 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 21.28% 34.93% 40.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 67 59
Average daily rate £275 £338 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.51% +8.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £504 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PHP
North East

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PHP across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Tyne and Wear PHP Jobs Demand Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Tyne and Wear PHP Daily Rate Trend

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Tyne and Wear PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) PHP5
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PHP Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP5
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
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Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013