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This section looks at the demand for PHP skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank76103
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads4923
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.023 %
As % of the category below4.804 %1.938 %
Daily rates quoted93
Average minimum daily rate£225£120
Average daily rate£283£141
% change on same period last year+101.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£342£162
UK excluding London average daily rate£281£251
% change on same period last year+12.21 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£20.75£20.00
Average hourly rate£22.38£20.00
% change on same period last year+11.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.86£29.91
% change on same period last year-10.20 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads10201187
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.360 %1.184 %
Daily rates quoted226224
Average minimum daily rate£285£286
Average daily rate£305£308
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted58144
Average minimum hourly rate£26.31£25.61
Average hourly rate£28.42£27.45
% change on same period last year+3.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.53£29.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.25£32.93
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
PHP EnglandPHP
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

PHP
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands PHP Daily Rate Trend

PHP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

West Midlands PHP Hourly Rate Histogram

PHP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+2119£314-
StaffordshireUp+59--
ShropshireNew entry-5--
CoventryNew entry-4--
HerefordshireUp+12£175+141.37 %
WarwickshireUp+72--
PHP EnglandPHP
England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

158 (63.04 %)MySQL
230 (32.61 %)HTML
328 (30.43 %)CSS
425 (27.17 %)JavaScript
521 (22.83 %)Linux
620 (21.74 %)XML
718 (19.57 %)Apache
817 (18.48 %)LAMP
916 (17.39 %)SQL Server
1014 (15.22 %)Photoshop
1014 (15.22 %)ASP
1113 (14.13 %)PHP5
1212 (13.04 %)XHTML
1311 (11.96 %)Flash
1311 (11.96 %)CMS
1410 (10.87 %)E-Commerce
159 (9.783 %)OO
159 (9.783 %).NET
159 (9.783 %)AJAX
168 (8.696 %)ColdFusion
177 (7.609 %)SQL
177 (7.609 %)Java
177 (7.609 %)Web Development
177 (7.609 %)Scrum
186 (6.522 %)Microsoft
186 (6.522 %)Internet
195 (5.435 %)Dreamweaver
195 (5.435 %)VB.NET
195 (5.435 %)ASP.NET
195 (5.435 %)Adobe

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (32.61 %)HTML
228 (30.43 %)CSS
320 (21.74 %)XML
417 (18.48 %)LAMP
514 (15.22 %)ASP
612 (13.04 %)XHTML
79 (9.783 %).NET
79 (9.783 %)AJAX
85 (5.435 %)ASP.NET
94 (4.348 %)J2EE
94 (4.348 %)WebServices
102 (2.174 %)XMPP
102 (2.174 %)Ruby on Rails
102 (2.174 %)Zend Framework
111 (1.087 %)CodeIgniter
111 (1.087 %)Drupal
111 (1.087 %)Ext JS
111 (1.087 %).NET Framework
111 (1.087 %)Adobe Flex
111 (1.087 %)XSLT
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (19.57 %)Apache
211 (11.96 %)CMS
38 (8.696 %)ColdFusion
43 (3.261 %)Joomla!
52 (2.174 %)SharePoint
61 (1.087 %)IIS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (15.22 %)Photoshop
22 (2.174 %)MS Excel
22 (2.174 %)3ds Max
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (6.522 %)Internet
24 (4.348 %)FTP
31 (1.087 %)Intranet
31 (1.087 %)VoIP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
158 (63.04 %)MySQL
216 (17.39 %)SQL Server
33 (3.261 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (2.174 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (11.96 %)Flash
25 (5.435 %)Dreamweaver
25 (5.435 %)Zend Studio
34 (4.348 %)Visual Studio
34 (4.348 %)Subversion
43 (3.261 %)Selenium
51 (1.087 %)FitNesse
51 (1.087 %)WATIR
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (3.261 %)Education
22 (2.174 %)Back Office
22 (2.174 %)Telecoms
22 (2.174 %)Retail
31 (1.087 %)Graphic Design
31 (1.087 %)Finance
31 (1.087 %)Automotive
31 (1.087 %)Government
31 (1.087 %)Manufacturing
31 (1.087 %)Banking
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
169 (75.00 %)Developer
230 (32.61 %)PHP Developer
326 (28.26 %)Web Developer
45 (5.435 %)PHP Web Developer
54 (4.348 %)Solutions Consultant
54 (4.348 %)MySQL Developer
54 (4.348 %)Consultant
54 (4.348 %)Flash Developer
54 (4.348 %).NET Developer
54 (4.348 %)ASP Developer
63 (3.261 %)Test Engineer
72 (2.174 %)Web Designer
72 (2.174 %)Analyst
72 (2.174 %)Support Engineer
72 (2.174 %)3rd Line Support
72 (2.174 %)Systems Analyst
72 (2.174 %)LAMP Developer
72 (2.174 %)Linux Support
81 (1.087 %)Senior Linux Administrator
81 (1.087 %)Photoshop Designer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (5.435 %)Web 2.0
23 (3.261 %)NHS
32 (2.174 %)W3C
32 (2.174 %)E-Learning
41 (1.087 %)Streaming Media
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (22.83 %)Linux
24 (4.348 %)UNIX
24 (4.348 %)Windows
32 (2.174 %)VMS
32 (2.174 %)OpenVMS
41 (1.087 %)Debian
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (10.87 %)E-Commerce
29 (9.783 %)OO
37 (7.609 %)Scrum
37 (7.609 %)Web Development
44 (4.348 %)SOA
53 (3.261 %)Web Design
53 (3.261 %)Agile Software Development
53 (3.261 %)Automated Testing
53 (3.261 %)Unit Testing
62 (2.174 %)SEO
71 (1.087 %)Workflow
71 (1.087 %)ERP
71 (1.087 %)Information Management
71 (1.087 %)B2B
71 (1.087 %)B2C
71 (1.087 %)Project Management
71 (1.087 %)E-business
71 (1.087 %)CRM
71 (1.087 %)ITIL
71 (1.087 %)PRINCE2
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (27.17 %)JavaScript
213 (14.13 %)PHP5
37 (7.609 %)SQL
37 (7.609 %)Java
45 (5.435 %)VB.NET
54 (4.348 %)ActionScript
54 (4.348 %)Perl
63 (3.261 %)Python
63 (3.261 %)PHP4
63 (3.261 %)Ruby
72 (2.174 %)PowerHouse
72 (2.174 %)DCL
72 (2.174 %)C
72 (2.174 %)C#
72 (2.174 %)VB
81 (1.087 %)VBScript
81 (1.087 %)VBA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.087 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.261 %)WAI
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (3.261 %)MSMQ
22 (2.174 %)Samba
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (6.522 %)Microsoft
25 (5.435 %)Adobe
25 (5.435 %)Zend
32 (2.174 %)SAP