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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 PHP Developer
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank194144221
Rank change year-on-year
Down-50Up+77
Matching contract IT job ads382416569
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.786 %1.048 %0.694 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.859 %1.144 %0.746 %
Daily rates quoted207126143
Average daily rate£250£250£275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£175£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£300£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£230£250£250
% change year-on-year
-8.000 %-
Hourly rates quoted172657
Average hourly rate£17.00£22.50£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44 %-18.18 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.70£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£36.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.00£22.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-24.44 %-18.18 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
444733635476281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.50 %91.60 %93.01 %
Daily rates quoted202941169823610
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£213£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted255030506711
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.19£10.71£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.75£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-11.25 %-9.090 %

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.

PHP Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

PHP Developer Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP Developer within the UK.

PHP Developer Daily Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

PHP Developer Daily Rate Histogram

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP Developer within the UK.

PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

PHP Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

PHP Developer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-43375£250-
LondonDown-75174£275+10.00 %
South EastDown-380£285+14.00 %
SurreyUp+434£350+50.53 %
City of LondonDown-9032£275+2.32 %
YorkshireUp+1629£190-13.63 %
South WestDown-429£250-
West YorkshireNo change022£190-13.63 %
North WestDown-1222£190-5.00 %
East of EnglandUp+1817£225+12.50 %
East SussexUp+1117£163-
LeedsUp+1017£190-13.63 %
ManchesterDown-616£190-5.00 %
BrightonUp+713£250-
West MidlandsDown-313£163-45.83 %
SomersetUp+1110£300-
BathUp+79£300-
HertfordshireUp+148£225+12.50 %
WokingDown-58£375+21.95 %
HampshireDown-57£250-11.50 %
East MidlandsDown-87£250-
ScotlandDown-217£208-
South YorkshireUp+136£138-
BerkshireDown-186£230-16.36 %
CambridgeshireUp+65£275+10.00 %
CambridgeUp+35£275+10.00 %
DoncasterUp+25£138-
DorsetDown-15£250-
OxfordshireDown-15£230-
BournemouthDown-35£250-

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Developer in their job title.

1751 (100.00 %)PHP
2438 (58.32 %)MySQL
3367 (48.87 %)CSS
4322 (42.88 %)JavaScript
5300 (39.95 %)HTML
6205 (27.30 %)PHP5
7174 (23.17 %)XHTML
8151 (20.11 %)Linux
9149 (19.84 %)OO
10148 (19.71 %)LAMP
10148 (19.71 %)Drupal
11138 (18.38 %)Zend
12134 (17.84 %)AJAX
13130 (17.31 %)XML
14126 (16.78 %)CMS
15117 (15.58 %)Apache
1685 (11.32 %)SQL
1780 (10.65 %)Zend Framework
1874 (9.854 %)MVC
1969 (9.188 %)Subversion
2062 (8.256 %)E-Commerce
2160 (7.989 %)Symfony
2257 (7.590 %)jQuery
2354 (7.190 %)UNIX
2450 (6.658 %)Joomla!
2549 (6.525 %)Python
2549 (6.525 %)Open Source
2648 (6.391 %)Web Services
2648 (6.391 %)Oracle
2747 (6.258 %)SOAP

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1367 (48.87 %)CSS
2300 (39.95 %)HTML
3174 (23.17 %)XHTML
4148 (19.71 %)LAMP
5134 (17.84 %)AJAX
6130 (17.31 %)XML
780 (10.65 %)Zend Framework
860 (7.989 %)Symfony
957 (7.590 %)jQuery
1048 (6.391 %)Web Services
1147 (6.258 %)SOAP
1230 (3.995 %)Flash
1325 (3.329 %)XSLT
1325 (3.329 %)CodeIgniter
1325 (3.329 %)CakePHP
1420 (2.663 %).NET
1514 (1.864 %)DOM
1514 (1.864 %)YUI
1514 (1.864 %)JSON
1612 (1.598 %)RESTful
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1148 (19.71 %)Drupal
2126 (16.78 %)CMS
3117 (15.58 %)Apache
450 (6.658 %)Joomla!
519 (2.530 %)Magento
618 (2.397 %)WordPress
712 (1.598 %)Apache Solr
811 (1.465 %)Tomcat
95 (0.666 %)Movable Type
104 (0.533 %)ColdFusion
104 (0.533 %)TYPO3
104 (0.533 %)Moodle
113 (0.399 %)IIS
122 (0.266 %)ExpressionEngine
131 (0.133 %)osCommerce
131 (0.133 %)Xaraya
131 (0.133 %)SugarCRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
126 (3.462 %)Photoshop
23 (0.399 %)MS Excel
23 (0.399 %)Fireworks
31 (0.133 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (0.133 %)MS Office
31 (0.133 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.133 %)Google Analytics
11 (0.133 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (1.997 %)Intranet
212 (1.598 %)Internet
37 (0.932 %)Extranet
44 (0.533 %)HTTP
53 (0.399 %)SMTP
62 (0.266 %)SMPP
62 (0.266 %)FTP
62 (0.266 %)SNMP
62 (0.266 %)DNS
71 (0.133 %)TCP/IP
71 (0.133 %)SSL
71 (0.133 %)SAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1438 (58.32 %)MySQL
223 (3.063 %)SQL Server
39 (1.198 %)RDBMS
44 (0.533 %)Oracle 10g
52 (0.266 %)PostgreSQL
52 (0.266 %)Datawarehouse
52 (0.266 %)Oracle 9i
52 (0.266 %)CouchDB
61 (0.133 %)Pentaho
61 (0.133 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (0.133 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (0.133 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (0.133 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.133 %)DTS
61 (0.133 %)ETL
61 (0.133 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
169 (9.188 %)Subversion
212 (1.598 %)JIRA
35 (0.666 %)Maven
43 (0.399 %)Eclipse
52 (0.266 %)Dreamweaver
52 (0.266 %)Ant
52 (0.266 %)PEAR
61 (0.133 %)Git (software)
61 (0.133 %)CruiseControl
61 (0.133 %)Bugzilla
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
127 (3.595 %)Marketing
222 (2.929 %)Games
317 (2.264 %)Finance
410 (1.332 %)Home Office
410 (1.332 %)Publishing
410 (1.332 %)Retail
59 (1.198 %)Multimedia
65 (0.666 %)Government
73 (0.399 %)Advertising
82 (0.266 %)Education
82 (0.266 %)Interactive Media
82 (0.266 %)Billing
91 (0.133 %)Social Media
91 (0.133 %)Avionics
91 (0.133 %)Online Games
91 (0.133 %)Investment Banking
91 (0.133 %)Banking
91 (0.133 %)Graphic Design
91 (0.133 %)Animation
91 (0.133 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
149 (6.525 %)Open Source
223 (3.063 %)W3C
313 (1.731 %)Social Network
46 (0.799 %)Client/Server
46 (0.799 %)iPhone
55 (0.666 %)NHS
64 (0.533 %)Computer Science
73 (0.399 %)Web 2.0
73 (0.399 %)BBC
82 (0.266 %)Streaming Video
82 (0.266 %)E-Learning
82 (0.266 %)Data Protection Act
91 (0.133 %)SaaS
91 (0.133 %)German Language
91 (0.133 %)Blog
91 (0.133 %)Podcast
91 (0.133 %)Data Conversion
91 (0.133 %)SCORM
91 (0.133 %)VLE
91 (0.133 %)Smartphone
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1151 (20.11 %)Linux
254 (7.190 %)UNIX
311 (1.465 %)Red Hat Linux
48 (1.065 %)Windows
52 (0.266 %)Debian
52 (0.266 %)Symbian OS
61 (0.133 %)CentOS
61 (0.133 %)Ubuntu
61 (0.133 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1149 (19.84 %)OO
274 (9.854 %)MVC
362 (8.256 %)E-Commerce
446 (6.125 %)Content Management
545 (5.992 %)OOP
637 (4.927 %)Unit Testing
637 (4.927 %)Agile Software Development
728 (3.728 %)Web Development
823 (3.063 %)SEO
922 (2.929 %)Web Design
1018 (2.397 %)TDD
1116 (2.130 %)Continuous Integration
1212 (1.598 %)Refactoring
1311 (1.465 %)Automated Testing
1410 (1.332 %)CRM
158 (1.065 %)Migration
167 (0.932 %)Digital Marketing
174 (0.533 %)Scrum
174 (0.533 %)Load Balancing
183 (0.399 %)System Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1751 (100.00 %)PHP
2322 (42.88 %)JavaScript
3205 (27.30 %)PHP5
485 (11.32 %)SQL
549 (6.525 %)Python
644 (5.859 %)PHP4
736 (4.794 %)Java
834 (4.527 %)PL/SQL
921 (2.796 %)Perl
1017 (2.264 %)ActionScript
1017 (2.264 %)C++
1113 (1.731 %)C
1211 (1.465 %)C#
137 (0.932 %)ActionScript 2.0
146 (0.799 %)ActionScript 3.0
155 (0.666 %)Ruby
163 (0.399 %)Bash shell
172 (0.266 %)Shell Script
172 (0.266 %)Objective-C
172 (0.266 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (1.198 %)Degree
26 (0.799 %)Security Cleared
34 (0.533 %)DV Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.932 %)WAI
23 (0.399 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.399 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (0.266 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.133 %)Postfix
31 (0.133 %)Sendmail
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.266 %)Zenoss
12 (0.266 %)Plesk
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1138 (18.38 %)Zend
248 (6.391 %)Oracle
311 (1.465 %)Red Hat
48 (1.065 %)Adobe
48 (1.065 %)Google
55 (0.666 %)Mercator
63 (0.399 %)VMware
63 (0.399 %)Salesforce.com
72 (0.266 %)Microsoft
72 (0.266 %)Symbian
81 (0.133 %)Endeca
81 (0.133 %)JBoss
81 (0.133 %)Sony
81 (0.133 %)HP