The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 23 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 103 126 80
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -46
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 19 4 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.053% 0.198% 2.202%
As % of the Application Development category 2.217% 0.388% 4.444%
Number of salaries quoted 19 3 48
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £26,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £30,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
857 1031 1080
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 47.48% 51.04% 49.54%
Number of salaries quoted 797 919 967
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £48,650
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
Cambridgeshire

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAMP across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cambridge LAMP Salary Histogram

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 35 (77.78%) MySQL
2 34 (75.56%) Linux
3 33 (73.33%) PHP
4 29 (64.44%) CSS
5 27 (60.00%) HTML
6 26 (57.78%) Apache
7 24 (53.33%) JavaScript
8 19 (42.22%) jQuery
9 15 (33.33%) Python
9 15 (33.33%) CMS
10 13 (28.89%) SQL
10 13 (28.89%) Web Development
11 12 (26.67%) Zend
11 12 (26.67%) Android
11 12 (26.67%) Mobile App
11 12 (26.67%) Mobile Application Development
12 11 (24.44%) Ajax
13 10 (22.22%) iPhone
13 10 (22.22%) SharePoint
13 10 (22.22%) .NET
13 10 (22.22%) OO
14 9 (20.00%) Perl
15 8 (17.78%) Open Source
16 7 (15.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 7 (15.56%) Java
16 7 (15.56%) Red Hat
17 6 (13.33%) Oracle
17 6 (13.33%) XML
17 6 (13.33%) RESTful
17 6 (13.33%) Degree

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 29 (64.44%) CSS
2 27 (60.00%) HTML
3 19 (42.22%) jQuery
4 11 (24.44%) Ajax
5 10 (22.22%) .NET
6 6 (13.33%) XML
6 6 (13.33%) RESTful
7 5 (11.11%) SOAP
8 4 (8.889%) Web Services
8 4 (8.889%) XHTML
8 4 (8.889%) HTML5
8 4 (8.889%) CSS3
9 3 (6.667%) FastCGI
9 3 (6.667%) soapUI
9 3 (6.667%) Node.js
9 3 (6.667%) OpenID
9 3 (6.667%) OAuth
9 3 (6.667%) WSDL
9 3 (6.667%) XSL
9 3 (6.667%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 26 (57.78%) Apache
2 15 (33.33%) CMS
3 10 (22.22%) SharePoint
4 3 (6.667%) WordPress
4 3 (6.667%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (4.444%) concrete5
6 1 (2.222%) nginx
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.667%) LAN
1 3 (6.667%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.222%) Intranet
2 1 (2.222%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (77.78%) MySQL
2 3 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (6.667%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.444%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.222%) Redis
4 1 (2.222%) NoSQL
General
1 3 (6.667%) Publishing
2 2 (4.444%) Electronics
3 1 (2.222%) Marketing
3 1 (2.222%) Advertising
3 1 (2.222%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (71.11%) Developer
2 13 (28.89%) PHP Developer
2 13 (28.89%) Web Developer
3 10 (22.22%) PHP Web Developer
3 10 (22.22%) LAMP Developer
4 4 (8.889%) Systems Administrator
4 4 (8.889%) Administrator
4 4 (8.889%) Operations Manager
4 4 (8.889%) Technical Manager
4 4 (8.889%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 4 (8.889%) Technical Operations Manager
4 4 (8.889%) Linux Administrator
5 3 (6.667%) JavaScript Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Software Engineer
6 2 (4.444%) Software Developer
6 2 (4.444%) Applications Support
6 2 (4.444%) Linux Engineer
7 1 (2.222%) Senior PHP Developer
7 1 (2.222%) Applications Developer
7 1 (2.222%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Mobile App
2 10 (22.22%) iPhone
3 8 (17.78%) Open Source
4 3 (6.667%) SaaS
4 3 (6.667%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.222%) New Media
5 1 (2.222%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.222%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 34 (75.56%) Linux
2 12 (26.67%) Android
3 7 (15.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (6.667%) CentOS
4 3 (6.667%) Ubuntu
4 3 (6.667%) Debian
5 2 (4.444%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.222%) UNIX
6 1 (2.222%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Web Development
2 12 (26.67%) Mobile Application Development
3 10 (22.22%) OO
4 4 (8.889%) Content Management
5 3 (6.667%) Workflow
5 3 (6.667%) MVC
5 3 (6.667%) E-Commerce
6 2 (4.444%) OOP
6 2 (4.444%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.222%) Web Design
7 1 (2.222%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 33 (73.33%) PHP
2 24 (53.33%) JavaScript
3 15 (33.33%) Python
4 13 (28.89%) SQL
5 9 (20.00%) Perl
6 7 (15.56%) Java
7 3 (6.667%) Bash shell
7 3 (6.667%) Tcl
7 3 (6.667%) VB
7 3 (6.667%) C
7 3 (6.667%) C++
7 3 (6.667%) PL/SQL
8 2 (4.444%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.667%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) Nagios
Vendors
1 12 (26.67%) Zend
2 7 (15.56%) Red Hat
3 6 (13.33%) Oracle
4 3 (6.667%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.222%) Facebook
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Ideally you'll be degree educated and have a couple of years working with web technologies such as PHP. Well versed with MySQL servers... Essential: Linux, Apache, MySQL,...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Great Base+Top Prospects
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To be considered you'll be degree educated and be happy working with Linux systems and probably an active contributor to the open source movement. Database skills with...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Fantastic + prospects
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To be considered you'll have achieved (or be on course) for a 1st or 2.1 degree... Coding will broadly be C C++ PHP MySQL. Other useful...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Fantastic + prospects
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key words associated with this role: LAMP / Perl / PHP / Apache / Linux / Redhat /MYSQL / FastCGI / CMS / Content Management Systems / HTML / XSLT / Oracle / SOAP / JQuery / AJAX / Java / Visual Basic / VB.....
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + shares + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013