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The table below looks at the demand for PHP 5 skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP5 over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP 5
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank122140
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads31
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.273 %0.089 %
Salaries quoted21
Average minimum salary£22,500£22,000
Average salary£26,500£28,000
% change on same period last year-5.35 %
Average maximum salary£30,500£34,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,881£30,369
% change on same period last year+1.68 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads11001129
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.710 %0.505 %
Salaries quoted1015972
Average minimum salary£31,135£33,060
Average salary£34,380£35,944
% change on same period last year-4.35 %
Average maximum salary£37,625£38,828
UK excluding London average salary£35,690£35,938
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
PHP5 West MidlandsPHP5
West Midlands

PHP5
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing PHP5 across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Birmingham PHP5 Demand Trend

PHP5
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PHP5 across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham PHP5 Salary Trend

PHP5
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing PHP5 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 PHP5.

115 (100.00 %)PHP
214 (93.33 %)JavaScript
312 (80.00 %)MySQL
410 (66.67 %)CSS
410 (66.67 %)PHP4
59 (60.00 %)W3C
59 (60.00 %)Internet
66 (40.00 %)HTML
74 (26.67 %)XML
74 (26.67 %)AJAX
83 (20.00 %)Web Design
92 (13.33 %)Content Management
92 (13.33 %)SEO
92 (13.33 %)CMS
92 (13.33 %)Linux
92 (13.33 %)E-Commerce
92 (13.33 %)B2B
92 (13.33 %)B2C
101 (6.667 %)Photoshop
101 (6.667 %)XHTML
101 (6.667 %)SQL
101 (6.667 %)Joomla!
101 (6.667 %)CodeIgniter
101 (6.667 %)LAMP
101 (6.667 %)MVC

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing PHP5 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 PHP5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (66.67 %)CSS
26 (40.00 %)HTML
34 (26.67 %)AJAX
34 (26.67 %)XML
41 (6.667 %)XHTML
41 (6.667 %)MVC
41 (6.667 %)LAMP
41 (6.667 %)CodeIgniter
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)CMS
21 (6.667 %)Joomla!
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)Photoshop
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (60.00 %)Internet
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (80.00 %)MySQL
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (86.67 %)Developer
211 (73.33 %)PHP Developer
34 (26.67 %)MySQL Developer
42 (13.33 %)PHP Programmer
42 (13.33 %)Senior Developer
42 (13.33 %)Programmer
51 (6.667 %)Junior Developer
51 (6.667 %)Web Developer
51 (6.667 %)Senior PHP Developer
51 (6.667 %)Junior PHP Developer
51 (6.667 %)PHP Web Developer
51 (6.667 %)Junior
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (60.00 %)W3C
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (13.33 %)Linux
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (20.00 %)Web Design
22 (13.33 %)Content Management
22 (13.33 %)E-Commerce
22 (13.33 %)B2B
22 (13.33 %)B2C
22 (13.33 %)SEO
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (100.00 %)PHP
214 (93.33 %)JavaScript
310 (66.67 %)PHP4
41 (6.667 %)SQL