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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 18 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 Yorkshire region.

 PHP
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank415071
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Up+21
Matching contract IT job ads403759
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire2.630 %2.412 %1.679 %
As % of the Programming Languages category7.547 %8.486 %5.954 %
Daily rates quoted221114
Average daily rate£190£223£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.60 %-25.83 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£138£175£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£268£300£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£275£264
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %+4.260 %
Hourly rates quoted8109
Average hourly rate£16.00£20.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£12.00£21.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.40£27.50£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£22.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-11.11 %-18.18 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
530436991
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire34.85 %28.42 %28.20 %
Daily rates quoted210100192
Average daily rate£250£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£154£200£247
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£400£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted6253108
Average hourly rate£21.00£21.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--23.63 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£12.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£30.42£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
PHP EnglandPHP
England

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Yorkshire PHP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
West YorkshireNo change025£190-13.63 %
South YorkshireUp+1111£148-23.37 %
North YorkshireUp+11£310-
PHP EnglandPHP
England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

172 (77.42 %)MySQL
262 (66.67 %)CSS
356 (60.22 %)HTML
455 (59.14 %)JavaScript
521 (22.58 %)Flash
521 (22.58 %)ActionScript
620 (21.51 %).NET
620 (21.51 %)XHTML
620 (21.51 %)CMS
620 (21.51 %)PHP5
718 (19.35 %)XML
816 (17.20 %)Web Development
915 (16.13 %)Agile Software Development
915 (16.13 %)LDAP
1014 (15.05 %)Linux
1113 (13.98 %)XSLT
1113 (13.98 %)LAMP
1211 (11.83 %)Content Management
1211 (11.83 %)Load Balancing
1211 (11.83 %)jQuery
1211 (11.83 %)DNS
1310 (10.75 %)NHS
1310 (10.75 %)Apache
149 (9.677 %)AJAX
149 (9.677 %)Joomla!
149 (9.677 %)SQL
149 (9.677 %)E-Commerce
149 (9.677 %)Service Management
158 (8.602 %)Zend
158 (8.602 %)Degree

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
162 (66.67 %)CSS
256 (60.22 %)HTML
321 (22.58 %)Flash
420 (21.51 %).NET
420 (21.51 %)XHTML
518 (19.35 %)XML
613 (13.98 %)XSLT
613 (13.98 %)LAMP
711 (11.83 %)jQuery
89 (9.677 %)AJAX
95 (5.376 %)Zend Framework
95 (5.376 %)Web Services
102 (2.151 %)J2SE
102 (2.151 %)JSP
102 (2.151 %)J2EE
102 (2.151 %)WML
102 (2.151 %)ASP.NET
102 (2.151 %)Spring
111 (1.075 %)Hibernate
111 (1.075 %)Ruby on Rails
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (21.51 %)CMS
210 (10.75 %)Apache
39 (9.677 %)Joomla!
47 (7.527 %)Drupal
53 (3.226 %)Tomcat
62 (2.151 %)Oracle HTTP Server
62 (2.151 %)Magento
71 (1.075 %)EPiServer
71 (1.075 %)Moodle
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (1.075 %)Photoshop
11 (1.075 %)Acrobat
11 (1.075 %)Fireworks
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (16.13 %)LDAP
211 (11.83 %)DNS
37 (7.527 %)Internet
42 (2.151 %)Intranet
42 (2.151 %)HTTP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
172 (77.42 %)MySQL
22 (2.151 %)SQL Server
31 (1.075 %)PostgreSQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (2.151 %)Dreamweaver
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (5.376 %)Government
15 (5.376 %)Health
24 (4.301 %)Graphic Design
33 (3.226 %)Telecoms
42 (2.151 %)Publishing
51 (1.075 %)Marketing
51 (1.075 %)Retail
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
179 (84.95 %)Developer
235 (37.63 %)PHP Developer
332 (34.41 %)Web Developer
410 (10.75 %)Technical Specialist
56 (6.452 %)Designer
56 (6.452 %)Web Designer
65 (5.376 %)Drupal Developer
74 (4.301 %)PHP Drupal Developer
83 (3.226 %)Data Analyst
83 (3.226 %)PHP Web Developer
83 (3.226 %)Flash Developer
83 (3.226 %)Front-End Developer
83 (3.226 %)Front-End Web Developer
83 (3.226 %)Analyst
92 (2.151 %)Junior
92 (2.151 %)Programmer
92 (2.151 %)Junior PHP Developer
92 (2.151 %).NET Developer
92 (2.151 %)Junior Developer
92 (2.151 %)ASP.NET Developer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (10.75 %)NHS
24 (4.301 %)E-Learning
32 (2.151 %)Open Source
41 (1.075 %)Streaming Video
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (15.05 %)Linux
27 (7.527 %)UNIX
33 (3.226 %)Windows
42 (2.151 %)Ubuntu
42 (2.151 %)Debian
51 (1.075 %)Red Hat Linux
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
116 (17.20 %)Web Development
215 (16.13 %)Agile Software Development
311 (11.83 %)Content Management
311 (11.83 %)Load Balancing
49 (9.677 %)E-Commerce
49 (9.677 %)Service Management
57 (7.527 %)PRINCE
57 (7.527 %)ITIL
64 (4.301 %)OO
72 (2.151 %)Contact Management
72 (2.151 %)Data Analysis
72 (2.151 %)Web Design
81 (1.075 %)Scrum
81 (1.075 %)TDD
81 (1.075 %)Pair Programming
81 (1.075 %)RUP
81 (1.075 %)SOA
81 (1.075 %)DSDM
81 (1.075 %)SEO
81 (1.075 %)MVC
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
155 (59.14 %)JavaScript
221 (22.58 %)ActionScript
320 (21.51 %)PHP5
49 (9.677 %)SQL
58 (8.602 %)PHP4
58 (8.602 %)ActionScript 3.0
58 (8.602 %)ActionScript 2.0
66 (6.452 %)Java
75 (5.376 %)Perl
84 (4.301 %)C
92 (2.151 %)Shell Script
92 (2.151 %)PL/SQL
101 (1.075 %)Ruby
101 (1.075 %)RPG
101 (1.075 %)C#
101 (1.075 %)C++
101 (1.075 %)VB
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (8.602 %)Degree
21 (1.075 %)Security Cleared
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (8.602 %)Zend
23 (3.226 %)Oracle
32 (2.151 %)Adobe
41 (1.075 %)Red Hat