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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Programming Languages category.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank8361109
Rank change year-on-year
Down-22Up+48
Matching contract IT job ads8999201192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.873 %2.325 %1.450 %
As % of the Programming Languages category4.855 %7.480 %4.163 %
Daily rates quoted397284311
Average daily rate£265£275£275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.630 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£189£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£379£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£275£264
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %+4.260 %
Hourly rates quoted4265107
Average hourly rate£20.50£22.25£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.860 %-19.09 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.05£12.00£15.45
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.00£32.25£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£22.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-11.11 %-18.18 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
185161229928630
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK38.57 %31.08 %34.84 %
Daily rates quoted914642449241
Average daily rate£414£363£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.06 %-9.370 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£230£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted9009412051
Average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--11.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %

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
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

PHP Daily Rate Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

PHP Daily Rate Histogram

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

PHP Hourly Rate Histogram

PHP
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 18 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-22875£265-3.63 %
LondonDown-26464£275-
South EastDown-4167£300+7.14 %
City of LondonDown-5880£285+5.55 %
SurreyUp+657£350+40.00 %
South WestDown-1956£200-13.97 %
North WestDown-1055£208+1.21 %
YorkshireUp+940£190-14.60 %
ManchesterDown-1039£213+3.65 %
BerkshireDown-1539£293-2.50 %
East of EnglandDown-837£233+4.49 %
West MidlandsDown-231£220-26.66 %
West YorkshireNo change025£190-13.63 %
ReadingDown-821£300-
ScotlandDown-2321£233-7.00 %
LeedsUp+1219£195-11.36 %
East SussexUp+618£163-
OxfordshireUp+218£298+5.77 %
East MidlandsDown-116£256+50.73 %
SomersetUp+1114£200-30.43 %
BrightonUp+514£250-
HertfordshireUp+1413£250+25.00 %
GlasgowDown-1612£268+7.00 %
South YorkshireUp+1111£148-23.37 %
KentUp+111£350+133.33 %
WokingDown-511£375+36.36 %
BristolDown-2511£160+3.22 %
WiltshireUp+310£231-3.64 %
HampshireDown-410£225-20.35 %
CheshireDown-1410£225-

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1924 (50.91 %)MySQL
2887 (48.87 %)CSS
3798 (43.97 %)JavaScript
4797 (43.91 %)HTML
5427 (23.53 %)Linux
6425 (23.42 %)XHTML
7350 (19.28 %)XML
8317 (17.47 %)Apache
9309 (17.02 %)Drupal
10301 (16.58 %)AJAX
11287 (15.81 %)PHP5
12286 (15.76 %)OO
13278 (15.32 %)CMS
14261 (14.38 %)LAMP
15241 (13.28 %)Java
16231 (12.73 %)SQL
17201 (11.07 %)Flash
18192 (10.58 %)Zend
19186 (10.25 %)Web Development
20179 (9.862 %).NET
21174 (9.587 %)Perl
22162 (8.926 %)jQuery
23156 (8.595 %)Subversion
24152 (8.375 %)UNIX
25148 (8.154 %)Open Source
26143 (7.879 %)Python
27134 (7.383 %)Agile Software Development
28132 (7.273 %)ActionScript
29131 (7.218 %)E-Commerce
30124 (6.832 %)SQL Server

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1887 (48.87 %)CSS
2797 (43.91 %)HTML
3425 (23.42 %)XHTML
4350 (19.28 %)XML
5301 (16.58 %)AJAX
6261 (14.38 %)LAMP
7201 (11.07 %)Flash
8179 (9.862 %).NET
9162 (8.926 %)jQuery
10115 (6.336 %)Web Services
11108 (5.950 %)XSLT
12106 (5.840 %)Zend Framework
1387 (4.793 %)Symfony
1485 (4.683 %)SOAP
1575 (4.132 %)ASP.NET
1658 (3.196 %)ASP
1751 (2.810 %)Spring
1843 (2.369 %)JSP
1941 (2.259 %)Ruby on Rails
2031 (1.708 %)Adobe Flex
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1317 (17.47 %)Apache
2309 (17.02 %)Drupal
3278 (15.32 %)CMS
487 (4.793 %)Joomla!
570 (3.857 %)Tomcat
653 (2.920 %)WordPress
746 (2.534 %)Magento
845 (2.479 %)IIS
926 (1.433 %)ColdFusion
1018 (0.992 %)Apache Solr
1112 (0.661 %)SharePoint
1112 (0.661 %)Moodle
128 (0.441 %)TYPO3
137 (0.386 %)WebLogic
146 (0.331 %)CMS400.NET
155 (0.275 %)Movable Type
155 (0.275 %)ExpressionEngine
155 (0.275 %)SharePoint Server 2007
164 (0.220 %)Rendezvous
164 (0.220 %)SugarCRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
197 (5.344 %)Photoshop
216 (0.882 %)Adobe Illustrator
216 (0.882 %)MS Excel
312 (0.661 %)MS Visio
411 (0.606 %)Fireworks
59 (0.496 %)MS Office
59 (0.496 %)MATLAB
59 (0.496 %)MS PowerPoint
65 (0.275 %)MS Project
73 (0.165 %)InfoPath
82 (0.110 %)InDesign
82 (0.110 %)Acrobat
82 (0.110 %)ImageReady
91 (0.055 %)CA Clarity
91 (0.055 %)CATIA
91 (0.055 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (0.331 %)Google Analytics
25 (0.275 %)Summit
32 (0.110 %)BusinessWorks
32 (0.110 %)TIBCO iProcess
41 (0.055 %)Oracle 11i
41 (0.055 %)KBM
41 (0.055 %)ENOVIA
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
191 (5.014 %)Internet
242 (2.314 %)HTTP
336 (1.983 %)Intranet
424 (1.322 %)FTP
523 (1.267 %)TCP/IP
622 (1.212 %)DNS
719 (1.047 %)LDAP
815 (0.826 %)Firewall
913 (0.716 %)Extranet
1010 (0.551 %)SMTP
119 (0.496 %)WAN
119 (0.496 %)SAN
119 (0.496 %)SSL
128 (0.441 %)LAN
136 (0.331 %)SSH
136 (0.331 %)DHCP
145 (0.275 %)SNMP
154 (0.220 %)Broadband
154 (0.220 %)VLAN
162 (0.110 %)SMPP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1924 (50.91 %)MySQL
2124 (6.832 %)SQL Server
330 (1.653 %)SQL Server 2005
424 (1.322 %)RDBMS
516 (0.882 %)PostgreSQL
614 (0.771 %)MS Access
713 (0.716 %)Oracle 10g
811 (0.606 %)SQL Server Integration Services
811 (0.606 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
99 (0.496 %)DTS
106 (0.331 %)ETL
114 (0.220 %)Sybase ASE
114 (0.220 %)Sybase IQ
114 (0.220 %)SQL Server 2000
114 (0.220 %)Datawarehouse
114 (0.220 %)Oracle 8/8i
114 (0.220 %)Oracle 9i
123 (0.165 %)SQL Server 2008
123 (0.165 %)DB2
132 (0.110 %)InterSystems Cache
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1156 (8.595 %)Subversion
244 (2.424 %)Dreamweaver
334 (1.873 %)Ant
432 (1.763 %)JIRA
530 (1.653 %)Eclipse
622 (1.212 %)Maven
718 (0.992 %)Selenium
814 (0.771 %)FitNesse
912 (0.661 %)ClearCase
1010 (0.551 %)JMeter
1010 (0.551 %)Visual Studio
117 (0.386 %)AccuRev
125 (0.275 %)VSS/SourceSafe
133 (0.165 %)Git (software)
133 (0.165 %)PEAR
133 (0.165 %)FrontPage
142 (0.110 %)Bugzilla
142 (0.110 %)JUnit
142 (0.110 %)Firebug
142 (0.110 %)NCover
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
165 (3.581 %)Finance
263 (3.471 %)Games
360 (3.306 %)Marketing
430 (1.653 %)Banking
527 (1.488 %)Multimedia
624 (1.322 %)Government
723 (1.267 %)Telecoms
822 (1.212 %)Publishing
822 (1.212 %)Graphic Design
919 (1.047 %)Education
1018 (0.992 %)Investment Banking
1116 (0.882 %)Retail
1215 (0.826 %)Home Office
1312 (0.661 %)Back Office
1312 (0.661 %)Animation
149 (0.496 %)Social Media
149 (0.496 %)Automotive
149 (0.496 %)Advertising
149 (0.496 %)Health
158 (0.441 %)Insurance
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11439 (79.28 %)Developer
2740 (40.77 %)PHP Developer
3343 (18.90 %)Web Developer
4138 (7.603 %)Drupal Developer
574 (4.077 %)PHP Drupal Developer
672 (3.967 %)Analyst
672 (3.967 %)PHP Web Developer
766 (3.636 %)Front-End Developer
858 (3.196 %)Designer
952 (2.865 %)Administrator
1050 (2.755 %)Senior Developer
1144 (2.424 %)Programmer
1242 (2.314 %)LAMP Developer
1339 (2.149 %)Web Designer
1438 (2.094 %)Project Manager
1534 (1.873 %)Flash Developer
1633 (1.818 %)Architect
1731 (1.708 %)Systems Administrator
1731 (1.708 %).NET Developer
1829 (1.598 %)Applications Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1148 (8.154 %)Open Source
292 (5.069 %)W3C
335 (1.928 %)Web 2.0
335 (1.928 %)Social Network
415 (0.826 %)NHS
514 (0.771 %)E-Learning
514 (0.771 %)iPhone
613 (0.716 %)Computer Science
712 (0.661 %)Clustering
811 (0.606 %)Derivative
811 (0.606 %)Client/Server
910 (0.551 %)Wiki
109 (0.496 %)Data Protection Act
117 (0.386 %)RIA
117 (0.386 %)SCADA
117 (0.386 %)N-Tier
126 (0.331 %)Management Information System
126 (0.331 %)VLE
126 (0.331 %)CCTV
135 (0.275 %)Statistics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1427 (23.53 %)Linux
2152 (8.375 %)UNIX
394 (5.179 %)Windows
464 (3.526 %)Red Hat Linux
522 (1.212 %)Solaris
619 (1.047 %)Windows Server 2003
712 (0.661 %)Debian
712 (0.661 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
810 (0.551 %)CentOS
97 (0.386 %)AIX
105 (0.275 %)Windows Server 2008
105 (0.275 %)Android
105 (0.275 %)Ubuntu
113 (0.165 %)Windows Mobile
113 (0.165 %)Windows XP
113 (0.165 %)SUSE
122 (0.110 %)Mac OS X
122 (0.110 %)openSUSE
122 (0.110 %)Windows 2000 Server
131 (0.055 %)Mac OS X Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1286 (15.76 %)OO
2186 (10.25 %)Web Development
3134 (7.383 %)Agile Software Development
4131 (7.218 %)E-Commerce
5124 (6.832 %)MVC
6123 (6.777 %)Content Management
788 (4.848 %)OOP
864 (3.526 %)Web Design
960 (3.306 %)SEO
1049 (2.700 %)Scrum
1147 (2.590 %)TDD
1246 (2.534 %)Unit Testing
1336 (1.983 %)Project Management
1433 (1.818 %)SOA
1532 (1.763 %)CRM
1630 (1.653 %)Migration
1729 (1.598 %)ITIL
1825 (1.377 %)Continuous Integration
1922 (1.212 %)UML
2019 (1.047 %)Information Architecture
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1798 (43.97 %)JavaScript
2287 (15.81 %)PHP5
3241 (13.28 %)Java
4231 (12.73 %)SQL
5174 (9.587 %)Perl
6143 (7.879 %)Python
7132 (7.273 %)ActionScript
8119 (6.556 %)C#
983 (4.573 %)C++
1072 (3.967 %)PHP4
1170 (3.857 %)C
1265 (3.581 %)Ruby
1357 (3.140 %)PL/SQL
1445 (2.479 %)ActionScript 3.0
1543 (2.369 %)Shell Script
1629 (1.598 %)ActionScript 2.0
1629 (1.598 %)VB.NET
1726 (1.433 %)VB
1820 (1.102 %)Bash shell
1916 (0.882 %)Groovy
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
149 (2.700 %)Degree
221 (1.157 %)Security Cleared
311 (0.606 %)PRINCE2 Certification
410 (0.551 %)SC Cleared
57 (0.386 %)HNC
57 (0.386 %)HND
65 (0.275 %)DV Cleared
74 (0.220 %)RHCT
74 (0.220 %)RHCE
82 (0.110 %)Linux+ Certification
82 (0.110 %)CTC Cleared
91 (0.055 %)Postgraduate
91 (0.055 %)A+ Certification
91 (0.055 %)ISEB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (0.771 %)QA
28 (0.441 %)WAI
28 (0.441 %)PCI DSS
37 (0.386 %)WCAG
44 (0.220 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (0.716 %)Active Directory
28 (0.441 %)NFS
28 (0.441 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (0.386 %)Oracle RAC
37 (0.386 %)Squid
45 (0.275 %)VMware ESX
53 (0.165 %)Sendmail
53 (0.165 %)XenServer
53 (0.165 %)Xen
62 (0.110 %)qmail
62 (0.110 %)Postfix
71 (0.055 %)OpenLDAP
71 (0.055 %)Veritas Cluster Server
71 (0.055 %)Hadoop
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (0.551 %)Nagios
29 (0.496 %)Cacti
33 (0.165 %)Plesk
42 (0.110 %)MSI
42 (0.110 %)AutoSys
42 (0.110 %)Tivoli
42 (0.110 %)Zenoss
51 (0.055 %)Ganglia
51 (0.055 %)Netcool/Proviso
51 (0.055 %)Netcool
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1192 (10.58 %)Zend
2116 (6.391 %)Oracle
365 (3.581 %)Red Hat
454 (2.975 %)Adobe
542 (2.314 %)Microsoft
623 (1.267 %)Mercator
718 (0.992 %)Google
718 (0.992 %)Sybase
814 (0.771 %)RedDot
814 (0.771 %)VMware
912 (0.661 %)ILOG
912 (0.661 %)JBoss
1010 (0.551 %)Salesforce.com
1010 (0.551 %)DataSynapse
116 (0.331 %)Alterian
116 (0.331 %)IBM
116 (0.331 %)HP
116 (0.331 %)EMC
125 (0.275 %)Ektron
125 (0.275 %)Citrix