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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 19 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 for the West Yorkshire region.

 PHP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank444063
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+23
Matching contract IT job ads252030
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire2.374 %2.304 %1.642 %
As % of the Programming Languages category7.246 %8.511 %5.976 %
Daily rates quoted1438
Average daily rate£190£220£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.63 %-26.66 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£273£264
% change year-on-year
-8.250 %+3.310 %
Hourly rates quoted765
Average hourly rate£17.00£26.25£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.23 %+5.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00£20.60
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£27.50£31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£22.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-18.18 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
345235502
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire32.76 %27.07 %27.48 %
Daily rates quoted13753119
Average daily rate£238£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.83 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£365£400£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted292659
Average hourly rate£20.00£26.75£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.23 %+7.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.70£11.88£20.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.50£34.25£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
PHP YorkshirePHP
Yorkshire

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire PHP Hourly Rate Trend

PHP
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
LeedsUp+1119£190-13.63 %
BradfordNo change04£148-
PHP YorkshirePHP
Yorkshire

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

146 (75.41 %)MySQL
245 (73.77 %)CSS
342 (68.85 %)HTML
439 (63.93 %)JavaScript
518 (29.51 %).NET
617 (27.87 %)ActionScript
617 (27.87 %)Flash
617 (27.87 %)Web Development
715 (24.59 %)LDAP
814 (22.95 %)XML
814 (22.95 %)Agile Software Development
814 (22.95 %)PHP5
913 (21.31 %)CMS
1012 (19.67 %)XHTML
1111 (18.03 %)LAMP
1111 (18.03 %)DNS
1111 (18.03 %)XSLT
1111 (18.03 %)Load Balancing
1111 (18.03 %)jQuery
1210 (16.39 %)NHS
139 (14.75 %)Service Management
148 (13.11 %)Content Management
157 (11.48 %)PRINCE
157 (11.48 %)E-Commerce
157 (11.48 %)ITIL
157 (11.48 %)PHP4
166 (9.836 %)Degree
175 (8.197 %)Zend
175 (8.197 %)UNIX
175 (8.197 %)Internet

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
145 (73.77 %)CSS
242 (68.85 %)HTML
318 (29.51 %).NET
417 (27.87 %)Flash
514 (22.95 %)XML
612 (19.67 %)XHTML
711 (18.03 %)LAMP
711 (18.03 %)XSLT
711 (18.03 %)jQuery
84 (6.557 %)Zend Framework
93 (4.918 %)Web Services
93 (4.918 %)AJAX
101 (1.639 %)DHTML
101 (1.639 %)XSL
101 (1.639 %)ASP
101 (1.639 %)ASP.NET
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (21.31 %)CMS
23 (4.918 %)Drupal
23 (4.918 %)Apache
31 (1.639 %)Magento
31 (1.639 %)Moodle
31 (1.639 %)EPiServer
31 (1.639 %)Tomcat
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (1.639 %)Acrobat
11 (1.639 %)Fireworks
11 (1.639 %)Photoshop
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (24.59 %)LDAP
211 (18.03 %)DNS
35 (8.197 %)Internet
41 (1.639 %)Intranet
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (75.41 %)MySQL
21 (1.639 %)SQL Server
21 (1.639 %)PostgreSQL
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (3.279 %)Dreamweaver
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (8.197 %)Government
15 (8.197 %)Health
23 (4.918 %)Telecoms
31 (1.639 %)Retail
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
151 (83.61 %)Developer
226 (42.62 %)PHP Developer
325 (40.98 %)Web Developer
410 (16.39 %)Technical Specialist
53 (4.918 %)Front-End Developer
53 (4.918 %)Front-End Web Developer
53 (4.918 %)PHP Web Developer
62 (3.279 %)Drupal Developer
71 (1.639 %)PHP Drupal Developer
71 (1.639 %)Designer
71 (1.639 %)Technical Developer
71 (1.639 %)LAMP Developer
71 (1.639 %)CMS Developer
71 (1.639 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
71 (1.639 %)Programmer
71 (1.639 %).NET Developer
71 (1.639 %)C# Developer
71 (1.639 %)Web Designer
71 (1.639 %)ASP.NET Developer
71 (1.639 %)MySQL Developer
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (16.39 %)NHS
21 (1.639 %)Open Source
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (8.197 %)UNIX
24 (6.557 %)Linux
32 (3.279 %)Ubuntu
32 (3.279 %)Debian
41 (1.639 %)Windows
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
117 (27.87 %)Web Development
214 (22.95 %)Agile Software Development
311 (18.03 %)Load Balancing
49 (14.75 %)Service Management
58 (13.11 %)Content Management
67 (11.48 %)PRINCE
67 (11.48 %)E-Commerce
67 (11.48 %)ITIL
73 (4.918 %)OO
82 (3.279 %)Contact Management
82 (3.279 %)Web Design
91 (1.639 %)DSDM
91 (1.639 %)Scrum
91 (1.639 %)SEO
91 (1.639 %)MVC
91 (1.639 %)TDD
91 (1.639 %)Pair Programming
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
139 (63.93 %)JavaScript
217 (27.87 %)ActionScript
314 (22.95 %)PHP5
47 (11.48 %)PHP4
54 (6.557 %)ActionScript 3.0
54 (6.557 %)ActionScript 2.0
63 (4.918 %)Java
72 (3.279 %)SQL
81 (1.639 %)VB
81 (1.639 %)C
81 (1.639 %)C#
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (9.836 %)Degree
21 (1.639 %)Security Cleared
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (8.197 %)Zend
22 (3.279 %)Adobe
31 (1.639 %)Oracle