The first table below looks at the demand for PHP5 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP5 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP 5
Rank 124 111 96
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -15
Permanent jobs citing PHP5 3 14 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.159% 0.707% 1.284%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.226% 0.942% 1.677%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 28
Average salary £35,000 £39,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.39% +33.89%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £31,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+9.67% -
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1330 1486 1670
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 70.67% 75.09% 76.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1214 1287 1525
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP5
Cambridgeshire

PHP5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PHP5 across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridge PHP5 Jobs Demand Trend

PHP5
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge PHP5 Salary Trend

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 6 (100.00%) PHP
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
2 5 (83.33%) HTML
3 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (66.67%) MySQL
4 3 (50.00%) Zend
4 3 (50.00%) jQuery
4 3 (50.00%) Ajax
4 3 (50.00%) XML
4 3 (50.00%) Apache
4 3 (50.00%) HTML5
5 2 (33.33%) Web Application Development
5 2 (33.33%) XHTML
5 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 2 (33.33%) Internet
5 2 (33.33%) Project Management
5 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (33.33%) MVC
5 2 (33.33%) LAMP
5 2 (33.33%) XSL
5 2 (33.33%) SQL
5 2 (33.33%) JIRA
5 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (33.33%) TDD
5 2 (33.33%) PHPUnit
6 1 (16.67%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (16.67%) Android
6 1 (16.67%) Smarty
6 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
6 1 (16.67%) Marketing

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
2 5 (83.33%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) HTML5
3 3 (50.00%) XML
3 3 (50.00%) Ajax
3 3 (50.00%) jQuery
4 2 (33.33%) XSL
4 2 (33.33%) XHTML
4 2 (33.33%) LAMP
5 1 (16.67%) Smarty
5 1 (16.67%) CodeIgniter
5 1 (16.67%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (16.67%) concrete5
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) PHPUnit
General
1 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) PHP Developer
3 2 (33.33%) MySQL Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
4 1 (16.67%) LAMP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) MVC
1 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (33.33%) TDD
1 2 (33.33%) Web Application Development
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) PHP
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Zend
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
LAMP , Zend Framework... - MVC Framework exposure, ideally Zend or Symfony - Strong MySQL skills - Javascript / jQuery - HTML5 CSS3 - Web Services / REST - Experience with PHP based CMS projects Linux / Apache...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum plus bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Key skills required: - PHP5 Object orientated programming- AJAX- Apache - SQL (Microsoft, MySQL or Oracle)- HTTP- HTML- JavaScript and Javascript libraries- Creating and executing test plans- Source code management...
Computer Futures
Salary: £47000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Key skills required: - PHP5 Object orientated programming- AJAX- Apache - SQL (Microsoft, MySQL or Oracle)- HTTP- HTML- JavaScript and Javascript libraries- Creating and executing test plans- Source code management...
Computer Futures
Salary: £47000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013