The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 17 June 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 Programming Languages category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 44 19 56
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +37
Permanent jobs citing PHP 82 134 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 4.505% 8.231% 2.719%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.670% 17.72% 7.184%
Number of salaries quoted 76 123 35
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,750 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
848 756 515
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 46.59% 46.44% 37.84%
Number of salaries quoted 753 698 477
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £46,600 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
West Midlands

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PHP across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Birmingham PHP Jobs Demand Trend

PHP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PHP across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Birmingham PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PHP.

1 95 (62.09%) CSS
2 91 (59.48%) MySQL
2 91 (59.48%) JavaScript
3 89 (58.17%) jQuery
4 87 (56.86%) HTML
5 48 (31.37%) Linux
6 45 (29.41%) Ajax
7 42 (27.45%) Zend
8 40 (26.14%) SQL
8 40 (26.14%) Apache
9 38 (24.84%) OOP
10 29 (18.95%) Subversion
11 28 (18.30%) HTML5
12 26 (16.99%) MVC
13 25 (16.34%) OO
14 23 (15.03%) Perl
14 23 (15.03%) CMS
15 22 (14.38%) WordPress
16 21 (13.73%) XHTML
17 20 (13.07%) SQL Server
17 20 (13.07%) Photoshop
17 20 (13.07%) PHP5
17 20 (13.07%) Web Development
18 19 (12.42%) CSS3
19 18 (11.76%) Git (software)
19 18 (11.76%) XML
20 16 (10.46%) Java
20 16 (10.46%) CRM
20 16 (10.46%) Facebook
20 16 (10.46%) NoSQL

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PHP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 95 (62.09%) CSS
2 89 (58.17%) jQuery
3 87 (56.86%) HTML
4 45 (29.41%) Ajax
5 28 (18.30%) HTML5
6 21 (13.73%) XHTML
7 19 (12.42%) CSS3
8 18 (11.76%) XML
9 15 (9.804%) Zend Framework
10 14 (9.150%) Symfony
10 14 (9.150%) Web Services
11 12 (7.843%) LAMP
12 10 (6.536%) .NET
12 10 (6.536%) Apache Flex
13 9 (5.882%) ASP.NET
13 9 (5.882%) Node.js
14 6 (3.922%) Sass
14 6 (3.922%) LESS
15 5 (3.268%) CakePHP
15 5 (3.268%) Yii
Application Platforms
1 40 (26.14%) Apache
2 23 (15.03%) CMS
3 22 (14.38%) WordPress
4 14 (9.150%) Drupal
5 13 (8.497%) Magento
6 12 (7.843%) Joomla!
7 8 (5.229%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.961%) SharePoint
8 3 (1.961%) IIS
9 1 (0.654%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.654%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.654%) Oracle 10gAS
9 1 (0.654%) nginx
9 1 (0.654%) Windows Azure
9 1 (0.654%) Amazon AWS
9 1 (0.654%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.654%) SilverStripe
9 1 (0.654%) Facebook Platform
Applications
1 20 (13.07%) Photoshop
2 7 (4.575%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.654%) MS Office
3 1 (0.654%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.614%) Google Analytics
2 2 (1.307%) Agresso
2 2 (1.307%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.497%) Internet
2 4 (2.614%) BIG-IP
3 2 (1.307%) HTTP
4 1 (0.654%) DNS
4 1 (0.654%) SSL
4 1 (0.654%) Intranet
4 1 (0.654%) FTP
4 1 (0.654%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (59.48%) MySQL
2 20 (13.07%) SQL Server
3 16 (10.46%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.961%) Hadoop
4 3 (1.961%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.961%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.961%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.961%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.307%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (1.307%) GIS
5 2 (1.307%) Redis
6 1 (0.654%) Big Data
6 1 (0.654%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.654%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.654%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.654%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.654%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 29 (18.95%) Subversion
2 18 (11.76%) Git (software)
3 4 (2.614%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.614%) Dreamweaver
3 4 (2.614%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (2.614%) PhoneGap
4 3 (1.961%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (1.307%) CruiseControl
5 2 (1.307%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.654%) RSpec
6 1 (0.654%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.654%) Capistrano
6 1 (0.654%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.654%) Appcelerator Titanium
6 1 (0.654%) Phing
6 1 (0.654%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (7.190%) Marketing
2 10 (6.536%) Music Industry
3 5 (3.268%) Finance
4 2 (1.307%) Legal
4 2 (1.307%) Advertising
4 2 (1.307%) Financial Institution
4 2 (1.307%) Retail
5 1 (0.654%) Games
Job Titles
1 126 (82.35%) Developer
2 83 (54.25%) PHP Developer
3 29 (18.95%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 21 (13.73%) Web Developer
5 13 (8.497%) Programmer
6 12 (7.843%) PHP Web Developer
7 10 (6.536%) Front-End Developer
8 9 (5.882%) PHP Programmer
9 7 (4.575%) Web Programmer
10 6 (3.922%) Applications Support
11 5 (3.268%) Applications Consultant
11 5 (3.268%) Support Consultant
11 5 (3.268%) Consultant
11 5 (3.268%) Software Developer
11 5 (3.268%) Drupal Developer
11 5 (3.268%) PHP Drupal Developer
11 5 (3.268%) HTML Developer
11 5 (3.268%) Applications Support Consultant
12 4 (2.614%) Software Engineer
13 3 (1.961%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.190%) Digital Media
2 10 (6.536%) Social Media
3 8 (5.229%) New Media
3 8 (5.229%) Mobile App
4 7 (4.575%) Open Source
5 5 (3.268%) Heroku
5 5 (3.268%) iPhone
5 5 (3.268%) Social Network
6 4 (2.614%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.307%) Mathematics
7 2 (1.307%) Mashup
8 1 (0.654%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 48 (31.37%) Linux
2 12 (7.843%) UNIX
3 9 (5.882%) Windows
4 7 (4.575%) Android
5 6 (3.922%) Solaris
6 3 (1.961%) Mac OS X
6 3 (1.961%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.654%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.654%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.654%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.654%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.654%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.654%) Gentoo
7 1 (0.654%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.654%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.654%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (24.84%) OOP
2 26 (16.99%) MVC
3 25 (16.34%) OO
4 20 (13.07%) Web Development
5 16 (10.46%) CRM
6 15 (9.804%) Content Management
7 13 (8.497%) E-Commerce
8 8 (5.229%) Unit Testing
9 7 (4.575%) SEO
9 7 (4.575%) Project Management
10 6 (3.922%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (3.922%) TDD
11 5 (3.268%) Business Analysis
11 5 (3.268%) BDD
12 4 (2.614%) Online Marketing
12 4 (2.614%) Analytics
12 4 (2.614%) Pay per click
12 4 (2.614%) Refactoring
12 4 (2.614%) E-business
12 4 (2.614%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 91 (59.48%) JavaScript
2 40 (26.14%) SQL
3 23 (15.03%) Perl
4 20 (13.07%) PHP5
5 16 (10.46%) Java
6 14 (9.150%) Python
7 9 (5.882%) Shell Script
7 9 (5.882%) T-SQL
7 9 (5.882%) C#
8 6 (3.922%) Ruby
9 5 (3.268%) VB.NET
9 5 (3.268%) PHP4
10 4 (2.614%) Objective-C
10 4 (2.614%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.614%) ActionScript
11 3 (1.961%) C++
12 2 (1.307%) VB
12 2 (1.307%) VB6
13 1 (0.654%) Scala
13 1 (0.654%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 4 (2.614%) Degree
1 4 (2.614%) SC Cleared
1 4 (2.614%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.961%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.614%) VMware ESX
2 1 (0.654%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.654%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.654%) Puppet
Vendors
1 42 (27.45%) Zend
2 16 (10.46%) Facebook
3 14 (9.150%) Microsoft
4 11 (7.190%) Adobe
4 11 (7.190%) Oracle
5 6 (3.922%) Google
6 4 (2.614%) VMware
6 4 (2.614%) F5
7 2 (1.307%) Sencha
7 2 (1.307%) BT
8 1 (0.654%) Avaya
8 1 (0.654%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.654%) Twitter
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The company operate an E-commerce website, providing systems and services to promoters of events, concerts and and festivals with capacities of twenty thousand plus... Continually improve code...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Roc Search, PHP Developer, Backend, Symfony, Zend, LAMP,Birmingham,£35k) Roc Search is working alongside their client, a digital based organisation, to source a solid Backend Developer to...
Roc Search
Salary: £31 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Additionally a good OOP, Web Services, MySQL and JavaScript is required. On top of this if you have knowledge of some of the following areas would be highly...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Very Good Salary + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The Web Developer who will be degree educated with strong PHP and MySQL skills, and ideally knowledge of frameworks such as Zend... The role would suit a web...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £40k plus benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The role will provide exposure to the following technologies: PHP 5 Strong understanding of OOP Source code management - SVN HTML 5, CSS 3 XML Strong MySQL JavaScript - jQuery...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Develo Design
Salary: From £26,000 to £32,000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Computer People
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
OPUS
Salary: GBP45000 to GBP60000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £40000 - 45000 Per Annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
OPUS
Salary: GBP50000 to GBP60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
greywood
Salary: £17000 - £20000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Roc Search
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Senitor Associates
Salary: £19000 - £22000 per annum + good benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
IT Human Resources
Salary: £35000 - £3604500000 per annum + 5% Flexi Bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013