The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP 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 of the Application Development category for the Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 90 103 89
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -14
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 28 10 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.624% 0.578% 1.461%
As % of the Application Development category 2.972% 1.429% 3.396%
Number of salaries quoted 18 10 26
Average salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,100 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
942 700 795
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 54.64% 40.46% 43.02%
Number of salaries quoted 864 656 704
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
South West

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing LAMP across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bristol LAMP Jobs Demand Trend

LAMP
Salary Trend

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

Bristol LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing LAMP 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 LAMP.

1 49 (100.00%) PHP
2 46 (93.88%) MySQL
3 33 (67.35%) OO
4 30 (61.22%) Apache
4 30 (61.22%) HTML
5 29 (59.18%) CSS
6 28 (57.14%) JavaScript
7 23 (46.94%) jQuery
8 22 (44.90%) C#
9 20 (40.82%) Perl
9 20 (40.82%) Digital Media
10 19 (38.78%) Java
10 19 (38.78%) OOP
10 19 (38.78%) Zend
11 18 (36.73%) Degree
11 18 (36.73%) Computer Science
11 18 (36.73%) Software Engineering
11 18 (36.73%) Data Management
11 18 (36.73%) OOD
11 18 (36.73%) C++
11 18 (36.73%) Oracle
11 18 (36.73%) C
11 18 (36.73%) Machine Learning
12 15 (30.61%) Big Data
13 12 (24.49%) MVC
13 12 (24.49%) Linux
14 11 (22.45%) E-Commerce
14 11 (22.45%) Web Development
14 11 (22.45%) Magento
14 11 (22.45%) WordPress

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing LAMP 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 LAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 30 (61.22%) HTML
2 29 (59.18%) CSS
3 23 (46.94%) jQuery
4 10 (20.41%) CodeIgniter
4 10 (20.41%) CakePHP
5 9 (18.37%) Ajax
6 8 (16.33%) HTML5
7 7 (14.29%) Zend Framework
8 4 (8.163%) .NET
8 4 (8.163%) CSS3
9 3 (6.122%) XHTML
9 3 (6.122%) Symfony
10 2 (4.082%) Smarty
11 1 (2.041%) Node.js
11 1 (2.041%) ExpressJS
11 1 (2.041%) Flash
11 1 (2.041%) XML
11 1 (2.041%) XSLT
11 1 (2.041%) Django
Application Platforms
1 30 (61.22%) Apache
2 11 (22.45%) Magento
2 11 (22.45%) WordPress
3 3 (6.122%) CMS
4 2 (4.082%) Drupal
5 1 (2.041%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.041%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.041%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (2.041%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (2.041%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (4.082%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.041%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (93.88%) MySQL
2 15 (30.61%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (6.122%) Subversion
2 1 (2.041%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (4.082%) Publishing
1 2 (4.082%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.041%) Marketing
2 1 (2.041%) Finance
Job Titles
1 49 (100.00%) Developer
2 24 (48.98%) PHP Developer
3 15 (30.61%) Java Developer
4 13 (26.53%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Web Developer
6 5 (10.20%) PHP Web Developer
7 4 (8.163%) Software Developer
8 2 (4.082%) Junior .NET Developer
8 2 (4.082%) .NET Developer
8 2 (4.082%) Senior Web Developer
8 2 (4.082%) Junior Developer
8 2 (4.082%) Lead Developer
8 2 (4.082%) Senior PHP Developer
8 2 (4.082%) Senior PHP Web Developer
8 2 (4.082%) Junior
8 2 (4.082%) Senior Developer
9 1 (2.041%) LAMP Developer
9 1 (2.041%) Drupal Developer
9 1 (2.041%) PHP Drupal Developer
9 1 (2.041%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (40.82%) Digital Media
2 18 (36.73%) Computer Science
2 18 (36.73%) Machine Learning
3 3 (6.122%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.041%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.49%) Linux
2 1 (2.041%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (67.35%) OO
2 19 (38.78%) OOP
3 18 (36.73%) Software Engineering
3 18 (36.73%) Data Management
3 18 (36.73%) OOD
4 12 (24.49%) MVC
5 11 (22.45%) E-Commerce
5 11 (22.45%) Web Development
6 5 (10.20%) B2B
7 3 (6.122%) Mobile Application Development
8 2 (4.082%) Web Design
8 2 (4.082%) Scrum
8 2 (4.082%) Project Management
9 1 (2.041%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 49 (100.00%) PHP
2 28 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 22 (44.90%) C#
4 20 (40.82%) Perl
5 19 (38.78%) Java
6 18 (36.73%) C++
6 18 (36.73%) C
7 5 (10.20%) SQL
8 4 (8.163%) PHP5
9 3 (6.122%) Objective-C
10 2 (4.082%) Ruby
10 2 (4.082%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (36.73%) Degree
Vendors
1 19 (38.78%) Zend
2 18 (36.73%) Oracle
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer, Bristol, £28,000-£35,000 PHP, OOP, MySQL, LAMP, HTML, CSS, Javascript(jQuery)Key Words: PHP, OOP, ``Object Oriented``, LAMP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Zend,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP28000 to GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They are about to embark on a raft of new development projects and so are seeking an experienced PHP / LAMP Developer to join their team.Applicants must be...
Novate IT
Posted: 4 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer, Bristol, £30,000-£40,000 PHP, OOP, MySQL, LAMP, HTML, CSS, Javascript(jQuery)Key Words: PHP, OOP, ``Object Oriented``, LAMP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Zend,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer, Bristol, £30,000-£40,000 PHP, OOP, MySQL, LAMP, HTML, CSS, Javascript(jQuery) Key Words: PHP, OOP, ``Object Oriented``, LAMP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Zend,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Essential PHP Developer skills: OOPHP MySQL MVC/HMVC Frameworks Knowledge of at l MVC Framework e.g (Zend, Codeigniter, CakePHP) Any experience with Magento or Wordpress is highly...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer (Junior / Graduate) Bristol- £20,000-£25,000- OOP, MVC, HTML, CSS, JQueryKey Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, Graduate, Engineer, `Object Oriented`, MySQL, LAMP, Linux, HTML, CSS,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP25000 per annum + Benefits: Health / Life Insurance, Phone Package, Gym Membership, Generous Pension
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer (Junior / Graduate) Bristol- £20,000-£25,000- OOP, MVC, HTML, CSS, JQueryKey Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, Graduate, Engineer, `Object Oriented`, MySQL, LAMP, Linux, HTML, CSS,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP25000 per annum + Benefits: Gym, Phone Package, Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013