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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 9 February 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
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank9164129
Rank change year-on-year
Down-27Up+65
Matching contract IT job ads7969891045
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.818 %2.150 %1.277 %
As % of the Programming Languages category4.802 %6.902 %3.664 %
Daily rates quoted361307242
Average daily rate£263£275£275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.540 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£175£176
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£398£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£250£275
% change year-on-year
--9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted3966102
Average hourly rate£22.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.40£15.00£19.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-23.63 %-8.330 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
165781433028524
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK37.87 %31.16 %34.85 %
Daily rates quoted807247888851
Average daily rate£401£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.57 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£305£325
% change year-on-year
-1.630 %-6.150 %
Hourly rates quoted83212302017
Average hourly rate£30.00£32.50£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %-1.510 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.88£16.00£19.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.00£32.50£33.50
% change year-on-year
-13.84 %-2.980 %

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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-24767£268-2.72 %
LondonDown-32401£286-4.58 %
South EastDown-2140£303+4.31 %
City of LondonDown-4180£285+3.63 %
West MidlandsUp+1246£220-26.66 %
South WestDown-844£225+2.27 %
BerkshireUp+940£305-6.15 %
North WestDown-436£225+12.50 %
YorkshireDown-1134£250+18.90 %
East MidlandsUp+1124£263+118.75 %
East of EnglandDown-924£215+7.50 %
SurreyDown-1624£350+38.61 %
ReadingDown-123£305-7.57 %
West YorkshireDown-1823£250+28.04 %
ManchesterDown-1022£225+12.50 %
LeedsDown-220£255+30.60 %
ScotlandDown-2119£190-19.14 %
KentUp+2517£350+100.00 %
East SussexUp+1115£250+44.92 %
HampshireUp+314£250-13.79 %
LeicestershireUp+513£263+5.00 %
OxfordshireUp+1012£388+47.61 %
BrightonUp+612£250+44.92 %
GlasgowDown-1212£250-
BristolDown-1612£160-27.27 %
North EastUp+711£325-
ShropshireNew entry-11£220-
SomersetUp+1910£200-
WalesUp+199£236-
WarwickshireNew entry-9--

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 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.

1885 (50.75 %)MySQL
2792 (45.41 %)CSS
3726 (41.63 %)HTML
4694 (39.79 %)JavaScript
5412 (23.62 %)Linux
6344 (19.72 %)XML
7337 (19.32 %)Apache
8331 (18.98 %)XHTML
9297 (17.03 %)PHP5
10286 (16.40 %)CMS
10286 (16.40 %)LAMP
11283 (16.23 %)AJAX
12282 (16.17 %)Drupal
13265 (15.19 %)OO
14218 (12.50 %)Java
15203 (11.64 %)Flash
16195 (11.18 %)SQL
17194 (11.12 %)Zend
18191 (10.95 %).NET
19165 (9.461 %)Web Development
20156 (8.945 %)Open Source
21155 (8.888 %)Subversion
22152 (8.716 %)Python
23149 (8.544 %)UNIX
24143 (8.200 %)Content Management
25140 (8.028 %)Perl
26134 (7.683 %)jQuery
27132 (7.569 %)Web Services
27132 (7.569 %)E-Commerce
28125 (7.167 %)ActionScript

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 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
1792 (45.41 %)CSS
2726 (41.63 %)HTML
3344 (19.72 %)XML
4331 (18.98 %)XHTML
5286 (16.40 %)LAMP
6283 (16.23 %)AJAX
7203 (11.64 %)Flash
8191 (10.95 %).NET
9134 (7.683 %)jQuery
10132 (7.569 %)Web Services
11106 (6.078 %)Zend Framework
12100 (5.734 %)MVC
1393 (5.333 %)XSLT
1485 (4.874 %)ASP.NET
1581 (4.644 %)Symfony
1676 (4.358 %)SOAP
1765 (3.727 %)ASP
1845 (2.580 %)Spring
1938 (2.179 %)CakePHP
1938 (2.179 %)JSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1337 (19.32 %)Apache
2286 (16.40 %)CMS
3282 (16.17 %)Drupal
477 (4.415 %)Joomla!
567 (3.842 %)Tomcat
641 (2.351 %)IIS
641 (2.351 %)Magento
740 (2.294 %)WordPress
834 (1.950 %)SharePoint
922 (1.261 %)Apache Solr
1017 (0.975 %)ColdFusion
1115 (0.860 %)Moodle
1213 (0.745 %)SharePoint Server 2007
135 (0.287 %)TYPO3
135 (0.287 %)Movable Type
135 (0.287 %)ExpressionEngine
135 (0.287 %)CMS400.NET
144 (0.229 %)Confluence
144 (0.229 %)SharePoint Portal Server
153 (0.172 %)Jadu
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
187 (4.989 %)Photoshop
219 (1.089 %)Adobe Illustrator
219 (1.089 %)Fireworks
313 (0.745 %)MS Visio
313 (0.745 %)MS Excel
410 (0.573 %)MS Office
410 (0.573 %)MS PowerPoint
57 (0.401 %)Paint Shop Pro
65 (0.287 %)MS Project
74 (0.229 %)InfoPath
82 (0.115 %)MATLAB
82 (0.115 %)ImageReady
91 (0.057 %)CA Clarity
91 (0.057 %)CATIA
91 (0.057 %)Maya
91 (0.057 %)3ds Max
91 (0.057 %)InDesign
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (0.459 %)Google Analytics
22 (0.115 %)BusinessWorks
22 (0.115 %)WebTrends
22 (0.115 %)Summit
22 (0.115 %)TIBCO iProcess
31 (0.057 %)ENOVIA
31 (0.057 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.057 %)KBM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
178 (4.472 %)Internet
235 (2.007 %)HTTP
323 (1.319 %)Intranet
421 (1.204 %)TCP/IP
520 (1.147 %)FTP
520 (1.147 %)LDAP
619 (1.089 %)DNS
717 (0.975 %)Firewall
812 (0.688 %)WAN
911 (0.631 %)LAN
911 (0.631 %)SAN
108 (0.459 %)SMTP
117 (0.401 %)DHCP
126 (0.344 %)SSL
135 (0.287 %)Extranet
144 (0.229 %)Broadband
144 (0.229 %)VPN
144 (0.229 %)SSH
144 (0.229 %)VLAN
153 (0.172 %)Wireless
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1885 (50.75 %)MySQL
299 (5.677 %)SQL Server
323 (1.319 %)RDBMS
419 (1.089 %)SQL Server 2005
517 (0.975 %)PostgreSQL
612 (0.688 %)Oracle 10g
79 (0.516 %)SQL Server 2008
87 (0.401 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
96 (0.344 %)SQL Server Integration Services
105 (0.287 %)Oracle 8/8i
114 (0.229 %)Crystal Reports
114 (0.229 %)ETL
114 (0.229 %)Datawarehouse
114 (0.229 %)DTS
123 (0.172 %)DB2
132 (0.115 %)SQL Server 2000
132 (0.115 %)EDRMS
132 (0.115 %)Oracle 9i
132 (0.115 %)MS Access
132 (0.115 %)CouchDB
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1155 (8.888 %)Subversion
265 (3.727 %)Dreamweaver
356 (3.211 %)Eclipse
444 (2.523 %)Ant
528 (1.606 %)JIRA
622 (1.261 %)Visual Studio
622 (1.261 %)Maven
718 (1.032 %)Selenium
815 (0.860 %)FitNesse
97 (0.401 %)JMeter
105 (0.287 %)ClearCase
114 (0.229 %)FrontPage
123 (0.172 %)Git (software)
123 (0.172 %)NCover
123 (0.172 %)VSS/SourceSafe
132 (0.115 %)CruiseControl
132 (0.115 %)PEAR
132 (0.115 %)RSpec
141 (0.057 %)WATIR
141 (0.057 %)Zend Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
164 (3.670 %)Marketing
260 (3.440 %)Games
344 (2.523 %)Finance
439 (2.236 %)Graphic Design
535 (2.007 %)Publishing
630 (1.720 %)Government
725 (1.433 %)Telecoms
725 (1.433 %)Multimedia
823 (1.319 %)Education
921 (1.204 %)Banking
1017 (0.975 %)Advertising
1114 (0.803 %)Investment Banking
1212 (0.688 %)Back Office
1311 (0.631 %)Animation
1410 (0.573 %)Health
158 (0.459 %)Retail
158 (0.459 %)Insurance
167 (0.401 %)Home Office
167 (0.401 %)Electric
176 (0.344 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11369 (78.50 %)Developer
2721 (41.34 %)PHP Developer
3294 (16.86 %)Web Developer
4125 (7.167 %)Drupal Developer
573 (4.186 %)Designer
670 (4.014 %)PHP Web Developer
766 (3.784 %)Analyst
860 (3.440 %)PHP Drupal Developer
955 (3.154 %)Front-End Developer
1053 (3.039 %)LAMP Developer
1150 (2.867 %)Administrator
1247 (2.695 %)Web Designer
1346 (2.638 %)Programmer
1445 (2.580 %)Senior Developer
1536 (2.064 %)Flash Developer
1536 (2.064 %)Project Manager
1633 (1.892 %)MySQL Developer
1732 (1.835 %)Architect
1828 (1.606 %)Applications Developer
1828 (1.606 %).NET Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1156 (8.945 %)Open Source
285 (4.874 %)W3C
342 (2.408 %)Web 2.0
436 (2.064 %)Social Network
521 (1.204 %)iPhone
521 (1.204 %)E-Learning
616 (0.917 %)NHS
712 (0.688 %)Blackberry
712 (0.688 %)Computer Science
811 (0.631 %)Clustering
811 (0.631 %)VLE
910 (0.573 %)Client/Server
910 (0.573 %)Wiki
109 (0.516 %)Data Protection Act
117 (0.401 %)Interactive TV
126 (0.344 %)CCTV
126 (0.344 %)SCORM
126 (0.344 %)Management Information System
126 (0.344 %)BBC
126 (0.344 %)SCADA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1412 (23.62 %)Linux
2149 (8.544 %)UNIX
391 (5.218 %)Windows
472 (4.128 %)Red Hat Linux
516 (0.917 %)Windows Server 2003
516 (0.917 %)Android
615 (0.860 %)Solaris
711 (0.631 %)CentOS
711 (0.631 %)Windows Mobile
810 (0.573 %)Debian
810 (0.573 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
99 (0.516 %)AIX
105 (0.287 %)Windows Server 2008
105 (0.287 %)Ubuntu
114 (0.229 %)Windows CE
114 (0.229 %)Windows XP
114 (0.229 %)SUSE
123 (0.172 %)Windows 2000 Server
132 (0.115 %)Mac OS X
132 (0.115 %)Windows 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1265 (15.19 %)OO
2165 (9.461 %)Web Development
3143 (8.200 %)Content Management
4132 (7.569 %)E-Commerce
5125 (7.167 %)Agile Software Development
662 (3.555 %)Web Design
759 (3.383 %)OOP
853 (3.039 %)SEO
946 (2.638 %)Unit Testing
1042 (2.408 %)TDD
1141 (2.351 %)Scrum
1232 (1.835 %)CRM
1232 (1.835 %)Project Management
1329 (1.663 %)Migration
1329 (1.663 %)SOA
1426 (1.491 %)ITIL
1525 (1.433 %)Continuous Integration
1525 (1.433 %)Web Accessibility
1622 (1.261 %)UML
1718 (1.032 %)PRINCE
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1694 (39.79 %)JavaScript
2297 (17.03 %)PHP5
3218 (12.50 %)Java
4195 (11.18 %)SQL
5152 (8.716 %)Python
6140 (8.028 %)Perl
7125 (7.167 %)ActionScript
896 (5.505 %)C#
965 (3.727 %)Ruby
1064 (3.670 %)PHP4
1156 (3.211 %)C++
1251 (2.924 %)C
1346 (2.638 %)Shell Script
1443 (2.466 %)PL/SQL
1540 (2.294 %)ActionScript 3.0
1635 (2.007 %)VB.NET
1723 (1.319 %)ActionScript 2.0
1817 (0.975 %)Bash shell
1915 (0.860 %)Groovy
1915 (0.860 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
153 (3.039 %)Degree
243 (2.466 %)Security Cleared
329 (1.663 %)SC Cleared
411 (0.631 %)PRINCE2 Certification
58 (0.459 %)RHCE
58 (0.459 %)RHCT
67 (0.401 %)HNC
67 (0.401 %)HND
75 (0.287 %)DV Cleared
82 (0.115 %)CTC Cleared
91 (0.057 %)BC Cleared
91 (0.057 %)ISEB
91 (0.057 %)A+ Certification
91 (0.057 %)ITIL Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (0.745 %)QA
28 (0.459 %)PCI DSS
28 (0.459 %)WCAG
34 (0.229 %)WAI
43 (0.172 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (0.631 %)Active Directory
29 (0.516 %)Oracle RAC
38 (0.459 %)Squid
46 (0.344 %)NFS
46 (0.344 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (0.229 %)VMware ESX
63 (0.172 %)XenServer
63 (0.172 %)Sendmail
72 (0.115 %)Postfix
72 (0.115 %)Xen
81 (0.057 %)OpenLDAP
81 (0.057 %)Veritas Cluster Server
81 (0.057 %)qmail
81 (0.057 %)Hadoop
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (0.344 %)Nagios
25 (0.287 %)Cacti
32 (0.115 %)MSI
32 (0.115 %)Zenoss
41 (0.057 %)Netcool/Proviso
41 (0.057 %)EMC NetWorker
41 (0.057 %)Ganglia
41 (0.057 %)Netcool
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1194 (11.12 %)Zend
2109 (6.250 %)Oracle
371 (4.071 %)Red Hat
447 (2.695 %)Adobe
538 (2.179 %)Microsoft
619 (1.089 %)Salesforce.com
716 (0.917 %)Mercator
814 (0.803 %)VMware
814 (0.803 %)RedDot
814 (0.803 %)Google
913 (0.745 %)JBoss
1012 (0.688 %)ILOG
1110 (0.573 %)HP
1110 (0.573 %)IBM
129 (0.516 %)Sybase
137 (0.401 %)Symbian
146 (0.344 %)EMC
146 (0.344 %)Cisco
146 (0.344 %)Macromedia
146 (0.344 %)Apple