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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the PHP Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Programmer
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010		Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank467433595
Rank change year-on-year
Down-34Up+162
Matching contract IT job ads71211
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.014 %0.030 %0.013 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.016 %0.033 %0.014 %
Daily rates quoted113
Average daily rate£250£275£263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %+4.760 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£275£275
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %-
Hourly rates quoted022
Average hourly rate-£98.25£18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+424.00 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£98.25£27.50
% change year-on-year
-+257.27 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		442443633176008
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.49 %91.40 %93.07 %
Daily rates quoted201801157423442
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£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted253630426701
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.500 %-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.60£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00 %-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 Programmer
Demand Trend

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

PHP Programmer Demand Trend

PHP Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

PHP Programmer Daily Rate Trend

PHP Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PHP Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Programmer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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-487£250-9.09 %
South EastDown-104£250-9.09 %
SurreyNew entry-4£250-
ManchesterNew entry-3--
North WestNew entry-3--
WokingNew entry-2£250-

PHP Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited PHP Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

117 (100.00 %)PHP
211 (64.71 %)JavaScript
211 (64.71 %)MySQL
35 (29.41 %)SQL
35 (29.41 %)Oracle
35 (29.41 %)CSS
35 (29.41 %)PHP5
44 (23.53 %)HTML
44 (23.53 %)PL/SQL
44 (23.53 %)Linux
44 (23.53 %)Games
53 (17.65 %)MVC
53 (17.65 %)XHTML
62 (11.76 %)E-Commerce
62 (11.76 %)Oracle 10g
62 (11.76 %)Apache
62 (11.76 %)XML
62 (11.76 %)Windows
62 (11.76 %)CMS
62 (11.76 %)Internet
62 (11.76 %)Insurance
62 (11.76 %)Oracle RAC
62 (11.76 %)CakePHP
62 (11.76 %)jQuery
71 (5.882 %)Open Source
71 (5.882 %)Drupal
71 (5.882 %)PHP4
71 (5.882 %)Web 2.0
71 (5.882 %)Animation
71 (5.882 %)TYPO3

PHP Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited PHP Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (29.41 %)CSS
24 (23.53 %)HTML
33 (17.65 %)XHTML
42 (11.76 %)XML
42 (11.76 %)CakePHP
42 (11.76 %)jQuery
51 (5.882 %)Flash
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (11.76 %)Apache
12 (11.76 %)CMS
21 (5.882 %)Drupal
21 (5.882 %)TYPO3
21 (5.882 %)Joomla!
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (11.76 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (64.71 %)MySQL
22 (11.76 %)Oracle 10g
31 (5.882 %)RDBMS
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Games
22 (11.76 %)Insurance
31 (5.882 %)Animation
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)Open Source
11 (5.882 %)Web 2.0
11 (5.882 %)Social Network
11 (5.882 %)W3C
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (23.53 %)Linux
22 (11.76 %)Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)MVC
22 (11.76 %)E-Commerce
31 (5.882 %)OO
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
117 (100.00 %)PHP
211 (64.71 %)JavaScript
35 (29.41 %)SQL
35 (29.41 %)PHP5
44 (23.53 %)PL/SQL
51 (5.882 %)PHP4
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (11.76 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (29.41 %)Oracle
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