The first table below looks at the demand for WAMP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAMP over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 533 575 578
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +3
Contract jobs citing WAMP 7 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.015% 0.010% 0.003%
As % of the Application Development category 0.054% 0.040% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
Average daily rate £250 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12893 14967 16509
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.60% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8051 8793 9618
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 385 569
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.15 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

WAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WAMP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

WAMP Jobs Demand Trend

WAMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

WAMP Daily Rate Trend

WAMP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAMP within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

WAMP Daily Rate Histogram

WAMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WAMP Hourly Rate Trend

WAMP
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAMP within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
England +45 6 £225 -30.76%
East Midlands - 3 - -
Cambridgeshire - 2 £225 -
East of England - 2 £225 -
London +13 1 £375 +15.38%
Northern Ireland - 1 £275 -
Belfast - 1 £275 -
County Antrim - 1 £275 -
Peterborough - 1 £225 -

WAMP
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WAMP 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 WAMP.

1 7 (100.00%) PHP
1 7 (100.00%) CSS
2 6 (85.71%) MySQL
2 6 (85.71%) HTML
2 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
2 6 (85.71%) XML
2 6 (85.71%) Ajax
2 6 (85.71%) jQuery
3 5 (71.43%) JSON
3 5 (71.43%) WordPress
3 5 (71.43%) DHTML
4 2 (28.57%) XHTML
4 2 (28.57%) LAMP
5 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
5 1 (14.29%) Python
5 1 (14.29%) Perl
5 1 (14.29%) SQL
5 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
5 1 (14.29%) JSP
5 1 (14.29%) XAMPP
5 1 (14.29%) Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) YUI
5 1 (14.29%) PHP5
5 1 (14.29%) Usability Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Web Development
5 1 (14.29%) Degree

WAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WAMP 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 WAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) CSS
2 6 (85.71%) HTML
2 6 (85.71%) XML
2 6 (85.71%) Ajax
2 6 (85.71%) jQuery
3 5 (71.43%) JSON
3 5 (71.43%) DHTML
4 2 (28.57%) XHTML
4 2 (28.57%) LAMP
5 1 (14.29%) JSP
5 1 (14.29%) XAMPP
5 1 (14.29%) YUI
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) MySQL
General
1 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
1 6 (85.71%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Analytics
1 1 (14.29%) Usability Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) PHP
2 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Perl
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
London
Essential IT Skills: HTML JavaScript CSS AJAX - Past experience in a customer facing website role essential... Can you write JavaScript in the browser with and without jQuery/YUI?...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013