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The table 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank6085
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads8311433
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.419 %1.861 %
As % of the Programming Languages category7.282 %5.631 %
Daily rates quoted300351
Average daily rate£225£275
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-18.18 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£150£182
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£340£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£225£275
% change on same period last year-18.18 %
Hourly rates quoted68135
Average hourly rate£20.25£25.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-19.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£15.85
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.50£39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£25.00
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1141125447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK33.22 %33.05 %
Daily rates quoted45608324
Average daily rate£365£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted7631682
Average hourly rate£29.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+24796£225-18.18 %
LondonDown-2314£250-9.09 %
South EastUp+22148£238-8.65 %
South WestUp+6281£200-
North WestUp+5379£175-10.25 %
City of LondonUp+4565£275-13.72 %
BerkshireUp+4661£225-10.00 %
East of EnglandUp+4554£250-27.27 %
West MidlandsUp+3848£200-30.43 %
ManchesterUp+3641£125-30.41 %
ReadingUp+3740£265+17.77 %
CambridgeshireUp+2635£255-15.00 %
YorkshireUp+4331£213-22.72 %
CambridgeUp+2428£255-16.04 %
BirminghamUp+2124£200-38.46 %
East MidlandsUp+4023£218-3.33 %
East SussexUp+2723£225-
ScotlandUp+3021£233-23.61 %
HampshireUp+2721£250+19.04 %
BrightonUp+2220£225-
WiltshireNew entry-19£218-
BristolUp+1218£180+20.00 %
North EastDown-417£313+56.25 %
West YorkshireUp+2514£225-8.16 %
MerseysideUp+2414£275-
SomersetUp+2613£238-
LiverpoolUp+2413--
SurreyUp+112£275+1.85 %
OxfordshireDown-812£231+7.55 %
South YorkshireUp+2511£175-30.00 %

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

11055 (57.90 %)MySQL
2779 (42.76 %)JavaScript
3774 (42.48 %)CSS
4703 (38.58 %)HTML
5432 (23.71 %)Linux
6385 (21.13 %)AJAX
7377 (20.69 %)XHTML
8351 (19.26 %)LAMP
9345 (18.94 %)PHP5
10339 (18.61 %)XML
11306 (16.79 %)Apache
12293 (16.08 %)SQL
13252 (13.83 %)Flash
14244 (13.39 %)CMS
15225 (12.35 %)OO
16221 (12.13 %)Drupal
17219 (12.02 %)Web Development
18204 (11.20 %)Java
19197 (10.81 %).NET
20141 (7.739 %)Perl
21137 (7.519 %)Zend
22136 (7.464 %)SQL Server
23130 (7.135 %)Content Management
24126 (6.915 %)OOP
24126 (6.915 %)E-Commerce
25123 (6.751 %)UNIX
26122 (6.696 %)MVC
27117 (6.422 %)Joomla!
28109 (5.982 %)Python
2998 (5.379 %)Photoshop

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1774 (42.48 %)CSS
2703 (38.58 %)HTML
3385 (21.13 %)AJAX
4377 (20.69 %)XHTML
5351 (19.26 %)LAMP
6339 (18.61 %)XML
7252 (13.83 %)Flash
8197 (10.81 %).NET
9122 (6.696 %)MVC
1088 (4.830 %)ASP
1182 (4.501 %)ASP.NET
1278 (4.281 %)jQuery
1377 (4.226 %)WebServices
1471 (3.897 %)XSLT
1570 (3.842 %)Zend Framework
1663 (3.458 %)JSP
1758 (3.183 %)YUI
1857 (3.128 %)Adobe Flex
1948 (2.634 %)Symfony
2047 (2.580 %)SOAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1306 (16.79 %)Apache
2244 (13.39 %)CMS
3221 (12.13 %)Drupal
4117 (6.422 %)Joomla!
543 (2.360 %)WordPress
628 (1.537 %)Tomcat
628 (1.537 %)IIS
722 (1.207 %)Apache Solr
815 (0.823 %)Magento
914 (0.768 %)Moodle
108 (0.439 %)SharePoint
108 (0.439 %)TYPO3
116 (0.329 %)SugarCRM
125 (0.274 %)ColdFusion
134 (0.220 %)SAS
143 (0.165 %)SharePoint Server 2007
143 (0.165 %)Oracle Application Server
143 (0.165 %)Alfresco
152 (0.110 %)WebLogic
152 (0.110 %)Smallworld
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
198 (5.379 %)Photoshop
223 (1.262 %)Adobe Illustrator
314 (0.768 %)MS Excel
413 (0.714 %)MS Visio
511 (0.604 %)Fireworks
67 (0.384 %)MATLAB
73 (0.165 %)MS Office
82 (0.110 %)3ds Max
82 (0.110 %)ImageReady
91 (0.055 %)FreeHand
91 (0.055 %)Paint Shop Pro
91 (0.055 %)MS Project
91 (0.055 %)Adobe Premiere
91 (0.055 %)DOC1
91 (0.055 %)Adobe After Effects
91 (0.055 %)Adobe Captivate
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.274 %)Summit
23 (0.165 %)Google Analytics
31 (0.055 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
182 (4.501 %)Internet
241 (2.250 %)Intranet
323 (1.262 %)HTTP
415 (0.823 %)DNS
514 (0.768 %)SSL
612 (0.659 %)SAN
612 (0.659 %)Firewall
711 (0.604 %)SSH
810 (0.549 %)TCP/IP
99 (0.494 %)BSS
108 (0.439 %)Extranet
117 (0.384 %)NAS
126 (0.329 %)Wireless
135 (0.274 %)SS7
135 (0.274 %)Q.931
135 (0.274 %)FTP
135 (0.274 %)LDAP
144 (0.220 %)Broadband
144 (0.220 %)VLAN
144 (0.220 %)IMAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11055 (57.90 %)MySQL
2136 (7.464 %)SQL Server
338 (2.086 %)GIS
420 (1.098 %)SQL Server 2005
518 (0.988 %)Oracle 10g
617 (0.933 %)PostgreSQL
617 (0.933 %)Oracle 9i
712 (0.659 %)Firebird
89 (0.494 %)InterBase
98 (0.439 %)SQL Server 2000
98 (0.439 %)Informix
105 (0.274 %)MS Access
105 (0.274 %)RDBMS
105 (0.274 %)SQL Server 2008
114 (0.220 %)Datawarehouse
114 (0.220 %)Crystal Reports
122 (0.110 %)Data Mining
122 (0.110 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
122 (0.110 %)Oracle 11g
131 (0.055 %)SQLite
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
173 (4.007 %)Subversion
247 (2.580 %)Dreamweaver
317 (0.933 %)JDeveloper
317 (0.933 %)Oracle Forms
411 (0.604 %)Selenium
58 (0.439 %)Visual Studio
66 (0.329 %)ClearCase
75 (0.274 %)Eclipse
75 (0.274 %)Ant
84 (0.220 %)ClearQuest
84 (0.220 %)JMeter
84 (0.220 %)NUnit
93 (0.165 %)JUnit
93 (0.165 %)VSS/SourceSafe
102 (0.110 %)QuickTest Pro
102 (0.110 %)LabVIEW
102 (0.110 %)Bugzilla
102 (0.110 %)Xcode
102 (0.110 %)MSI
102 (0.110 %)Git (software)
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
166 (3.622 %)Marketing
253 (2.909 %)Government
348 (2.634 %)Games
435 (1.921 %)Education
533 (1.811 %)Telecoms
632 (1.756 %)Publishing
730 (1.647 %)Finance
827 (1.482 %)Advertising
926 (1.427 %)Graphic Design
1021 (1.153 %)Banking
1115 (0.823 %)Animation
1115 (0.823 %)Multimedia
1212 (0.659 %)Retail
139 (0.494 %)Investment Banking
148 (0.439 %)Music
156 (0.329 %)Insurance
156 (0.329 %)Health
165 (0.274 %)Back Office
165 (0.274 %)Interactive Media
165 (0.274 %)Online Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11525 (83.70 %)Developer
2825 (45.28 %)PHP Developer
3370 (20.31 %)Web Developer
492 (5.049 %)PHP Web Developer
492 (5.049 %)Drupal Developer
580 (4.391 %)LAMP Developer
674 (4.061 %)MySQL Developer
761 (3.348 %)JavaScript Developer
844 (2.415 %)Administrator
943 (2.360 %).NET Developer
1041 (2.250 %)Flash Developer
1140 (2.195 %)Analyst
1239 (2.141 %)Senior Developer
1337 (2.031 %)GIS Developer
1434 (1.866 %)Project Manager
1434 (1.866 %)Web Designer
1533 (1.811 %)Systems Administrator
1632 (1.756 %)PHP Drupal Developer
1731 (1.701 %)Applications Developer
1827 (1.482 %)Programmer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
162 (3.403 %)W3C
225 (1.372 %)E-Learning
324 (1.317 %)Social Network
418 (0.988 %)iPhone
517 (0.933 %)Web 2.0
616 (0.878 %)Statistics
616 (0.878 %)Computer Science
715 (0.823 %)Blog
811 (0.604 %)N-Tier
910 (0.549 %)BBC
109 (0.494 %)Wiki
118 (0.439 %)Client/Server
118 (0.439 %)NHS
118 (0.439 %)Streaming Video
118 (0.439 %)Replication
126 (0.329 %)Clustering
126 (0.329 %)SCORM
126 (0.329 %)VLE
135 (0.274 %)Learning Management System
144 (0.220 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1432 (23.71 %)Linux
2123 (6.751 %)UNIX
375 (4.116 %)Red Hat Linux
466 (3.622 %)Windows
521 (1.153 %)Solaris
612 (0.659 %)Windows Server 2003
710 (0.549 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
87 (0.384 %)SUSE
95 (0.274 %)Windows 2000
95 (0.274 %)Android
104 (0.220 %)Windows XP
104 (0.220 %)Debian
104 (0.220 %)Fedora
104 (0.220 %)Ubuntu
113 (0.165 %)AIX
113 (0.165 %)Mac OS X
113 (0.165 %)Mac OS X Server
113 (0.165 %)Windows 2000 Server
122 (0.110 %)CentOS
122 (0.110 %)FreeBSD
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1225 (12.35 %)OO
2219 (12.02 %)Web Development
3130 (7.135 %)Content Management
4126 (6.915 %)OOP
4126 (6.915 %)E-Commerce
557 (3.128 %)Agile Software Development
656 (3.074 %)SEO
750 (2.744 %)Web Design
849 (2.689 %)Unit Testing
948 (2.634 %)UML
1033 (1.811 %)Migration
1128 (1.537 %)OOD
1227 (1.482 %)Scrum
1325 (1.372 %)Project Management
1325 (1.372 %)CRM
1424 (1.317 %)Regression Testing
1519 (1.043 %)SOA
1618 (0.988 %)TDD
1717 (0.933 %)ITIL
1717 (0.933 %)PRINCE2
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1779 (42.76 %)JavaScript
2345 (18.94 %)PHP5
3293 (16.08 %)SQL
4204 (11.20 %)Java
5141 (7.739 %)Perl
6109 (5.982 %)Python
798 (5.379 %)ActionScript
884 (4.610 %)PHP4
974 (4.061 %)C#
1060 (3.293 %)C++
1152 (2.854 %)C
1249 (2.689 %)Ruby
1336 (1.976 %)Shell Script
1433 (1.811 %)VB
1531 (1.701 %)PL/SQL
1629 (1.592 %)MapBasic
1718 (0.988 %)Objective-C
1817 (0.933 %)VB.NET
199 (0.494 %)ECMAScript
208 (0.439 %)T-SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
170 (3.842 %)Degree
217 (0.933 %)Security Cleared
39 (0.494 %)SC Cleared
48 (0.439 %)RHCE
57 (0.384 %)RHCT
65 (0.274 %)ISEB
73 (0.165 %)Cisco Certification
73 (0.165 %)CCNA
73 (0.165 %)PRINCE2 Certification
73 (0.165 %)ISTQB
82 (0.110 %)PMI Certification
82 (0.110 %)PhD
91 (0.055 %)CCNP
91 (0.055 %)MCSD
91 (0.055 %)Postgraduate
91 (0.055 %)Microsoft Certification
91 (0.055 %)DV Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (0.933 %)QA
26 (0.329 %)WCAG
33 (0.165 %)WAI
33 (0.165 %)GCP
42 (0.110 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.384 %)NetBackup
26 (0.329 %)Squid
35 (0.274 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (0.274 %)NFS
44 (0.220 %)Active Directory
53 (0.165 %)Veritas Volume Manager
62 (0.110 %)Postfix
62 (0.110 %)Sendmail
71 (0.055 %)OpenLDAP
71 (0.055 %)qmail
71 (0.055 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.220 %)Nagios
23 (0.165 %)EMC NetWorker
31 (0.055 %)Cacti
31 (0.055 %)Netcool/Proviso
31 (0.055 %)Netcool
31 (0.055 %)CONTROL-M
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1137 (7.519 %)Zend
286 (4.720 %)Oracle
373 (4.007 %)Red Hat
456 (3.074 %)Adobe
534 (1.866 %)Microsoft
633 (1.811 %)Mapinfo
718 (0.988 %)HP
817 (0.933 %)Google
915 (0.823 %)Cisco
1011 (0.604 %)Perforce
1011 (0.604 %)VMware
119 (0.494 %)Mercator
127 (0.384 %)Sun
127 (0.384 %)Yahoo!
136 (0.329 %)IBM
145 (0.274 %)Symbian
145 (0.274 %)Macromedia
154 (0.220 %)Dell
154 (0.220 %)Progress
154 (0.220 %)NetApp