The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Worcestershire region.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 23 12 12
Rank change year-on-year
-11 0
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 1.053% 1.818% 1.667%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.064% 2.326% 1.754%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £250 £250
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
- +25.80%
All Job Titles
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
94 43 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 98.95% 78.18% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 19 27
Average daily rate £325 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £220 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £478 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 11
Average hourly rate £20.00 £32.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% +16.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £10.00 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £35.30 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
PHP Developer
West Midlands

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PHP Developer across the Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Worcestershire PHP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP Developer across the Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire PHP Developer Daily Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire region that cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Developer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) CodeIgniter
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) LAMP
2 1 (50.00%) Web Design
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Zend
2 1 (50.00%) Zend Framework

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire region that cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) CodeIgniter
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) LAMP
2 1 (50.00%) Zend Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Web Design
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Zend