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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 17 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Permanent jobs citing PHP 20 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 16.67% 1.538% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.51% 2.740% -
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 0
Average salary £22,000 £22,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.22% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
93 73 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 77.50% 56.15% 74.58%
Number of salaries quoted 83 72 42
Average salary £34,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.42% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £28,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
Manchester

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 22 (81.48%) MySQL
2 20 (74.07%) CSS
2 20 (74.07%) JavaScript
3 18 (66.67%) SEO
4 17 (62.96%) HTML
5 16 (59.26%) jQuery
6 15 (55.56%) Google Analytics
6 15 (55.56%) Google
6 15 (55.56%) MooTools
6 15 (55.56%) Analytics
7 7 (25.93%) CMS
7 7 (25.93%) E-Commerce
8 5 (18.52%) Web Services
8 5 (18.52%) XML
9 4 (14.81%) OOP
9 4 (14.81%) RAD
9 4 (14.81%) Python
9 4 (14.81%) Java
9 4 (14.81%) C
9 4 (14.81%) C#
9 4 (14.81%) C++
9 4 (14.81%) SQL
9 4 (14.81%) SOAP
9 4 (14.81%) HTTP
9 4 (14.81%) REST
9 4 (14.81%) Mobile App
9 4 (14.81%) System Testing
9 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
9 4 (14.81%) soapUI
9 4 (14.81%) Degree

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 20 (74.07%) CSS
2 17 (62.96%) HTML
3 16 (59.26%) jQuery
4 15 (55.56%) MooTools
5 5 (18.52%) Web Services
5 5 (18.52%) XML
6 4 (14.81%) SOAP
6 4 (14.81%) soapUI
6 4 (14.81%) REST
7 3 (11.11%) JSON
7 3 (11.11%) XHTML
8 1 (3.704%) LAMP
8 1 (3.704%) Ajax
8 1 (3.704%) CSS3
8 1 (3.704%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.93%) CMS
2 3 (11.11%) Magento
Business Applications
1 15 (55.56%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) HTTP
2 1 (3.704%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (81.48%) MySQL
2 3 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) WATIR
1 4 (14.81%) Selenium
1 4 (14.81%) FitNesse
2 3 (11.11%) PEAR
2 3 (11.11%) Subversion
General
1 3 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (85.19%) Developer
2 19 (70.37%) PHP Developer
3 18 (66.67%) Web Developer
4 15 (55.56%) PHP Web Developer
5 14 (51.85%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 14 (51.85%) Software Developer
6 4 (14.81%) Test Consultant
6 4 (14.81%) Consultant
7 2 (7.407%) Senior Developer
7 2 (7.407%) Senior Web Developer
8 1 (3.704%) Junior Developer
8 1 (3.704%) Graduate Developer
8 1 (3.704%) Junior
8 1 (3.704%) Graduate
8 1 (3.704%) Front-End Developer
8 1 (3.704%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
1 4 (14.81%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.704%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) UNIX
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) SEO
2 15 (55.56%) Analytics
3 7 (25.93%) E-Commerce
4 4 (14.81%) OOP
4 4 (14.81%) RAD
4 4 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (14.81%) Unit Testing
4 4 (14.81%) System Testing
4 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
5 3 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.704%) Web Development
6 1 (3.704%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 20 (74.07%) JavaScript
2 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 4 (14.81%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) Ruby
2 4 (14.81%) PHP5
2 4 (14.81%) C
2 4 (14.81%) C#
2 4 (14.81%) C++
2 4 (14.81%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Google
2 1 (3.704%) Zend
2 1 (3.704%) Adobe