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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 120 136 100
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -36
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 25 8 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.941% 0.282% 1.815%
As % of the Application Development category 2.039% 0.559% 3.630%
Number of salaries quoted 25 7 53
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £33,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1226 1431 1515
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 46.16% 50.44% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1132 1248 1319
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
East of England

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAMP across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire LAMP Salary Histogram

LAMP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +13 20 £30,000 -
Peterborough -6 4 £35,000 +7.69%
LAMP
East of England

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 59 (83.10%) MySQL
2 56 (78.87%) PHP
3 45 (63.38%) CSS
3 45 (63.38%) Linux
4 42 (59.15%) HTML
5 41 (57.75%) JavaScript
6 33 (46.48%) Apache
7 26 (36.62%) Ajax
8 24 (33.80%) OO
9 22 (30.99%) Python
9 22 (30.99%) Degree
10 19 (26.76%) jQuery
11 17 (23.94%) Web Development
12 16 (22.54%) PHP5
12 16 (22.54%) OOP
13 14 (19.72%) CMS
13 14 (19.72%) PHP4
14 13 (18.31%) Zend
14 13 (18.31%) SQL
15 12 (16.90%) Android
15 12 (16.90%) Mobile App
15 12 (16.90%) Mobile Application Development
16 10 (14.08%) Open Source
16 10 (14.08%) iPhone
16 10 (14.08%) .NET
16 10 (14.08%) Perl
16 10 (14.08%) SharePoint
17 8 (11.27%) RESTful
18 7 (9.859%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 7 (9.859%) Red Hat

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 45 (63.38%) CSS
2 42 (59.15%) HTML
3 26 (36.62%) Ajax
4 19 (26.76%) jQuery
5 10 (14.08%) .NET
6 8 (11.27%) RESTful
7 5 (7.042%) XHTML
7 5 (7.042%) XML
8 4 (5.634%) SOAP
8 4 (5.634%) Web Services
9 3 (4.225%) HTML5
9 3 (4.225%) CSS3
10 2 (2.817%) FastCGI
10 2 (2.817%) soapUI
10 2 (2.817%) Node.js
10 2 (2.817%) OAuth
10 2 (2.817%) OpenID
10 2 (2.817%) XSL
10 2 (2.817%) XSLT
10 2 (2.817%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 33 (46.48%) Apache
2 14 (19.72%) CMS
3 10 (14.08%) SharePoint
4 4 (5.634%) Drupal
5 2 (2.817%) WordPress
5 2 (2.817%) nginx
5 2 (2.817%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (2.817%) concrete5
6 1 (1.408%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.408%) Amazon AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.634%) LAN
1 4 (5.634%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.817%) Internet
3 1 (1.408%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (83.10%) MySQL
2 7 (9.859%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.225%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.817%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.817%) Redis
4 2 (2.817%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 4 (5.634%) Electronics
2 2 (2.817%) Advertising
2 2 (2.817%) Publishing
3 1 (1.408%) Retail
3 1 (1.408%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 52 (73.24%) Developer
2 27 (38.03%) LAMP Developer
3 18 (25.35%) PHP Developer
4 15 (21.13%) Senior Developer
5 13 (18.31%) Web Developer
6 10 (14.08%) PHP Web Developer
7 8 (11.27%) Administrator
8 7 (9.859%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (8.451%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 6 (8.451%) Linux Administrator
10 5 (7.042%) Software Engineer
11 4 (5.634%) Technical Manager
11 4 (5.634%) Operations Manager
11 4 (5.634%) Technical Operations Manager
11 4 (5.634%) Linux Engineer
12 3 (4.225%) JavaScript Developer
12 3 (4.225%) Drupal Developer
12 3 (4.225%) PHP Drupal Developer
13 2 (2.817%) Software Developer
13 2 (2.817%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Mobile App
2 10 (14.08%) Open Source
2 10 (14.08%) iPhone
3 5 (7.042%) SaaS
4 4 (5.634%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.408%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.408%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.408%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 45 (63.38%) Linux
2 12 (16.90%) Android
3 7 (9.859%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (5.634%) CentOS
4 4 (5.634%) Debian
4 4 (5.634%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.817%) UNIX
5 2 (2.817%) Windows
5 2 (2.817%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.80%) OO
2 17 (23.94%) Web Development
3 16 (22.54%) OOP
4 12 (16.90%) Mobile Application Development
5 5 (7.042%) MVC
6 4 (5.634%) E-Commerce
7 3 (4.225%) Content Management
8 2 (2.817%) Business Analysis
8 2 (2.817%) Workflow
9 1 (1.408%) Web Design
9 1 (1.408%) Security Management
9 1 (1.408%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 56 (78.87%) PHP
2 41 (57.75%) JavaScript
3 22 (30.99%) Python
4 16 (22.54%) PHP5
5 14 (19.72%) PHP4
6 13 (18.31%) SQL
7 10 (14.08%) Perl
8 6 (8.451%) C
8 6 (8.451%) C++
8 6 (8.451%) Java
9 4 (5.634%) Bash shell
10 2 (2.817%) Tcl
10 2 (2.817%) VB
10 2 (2.817%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (30.99%) Degree
2 1 (1.408%) CCNA
2 1 (1.408%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.408%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.817%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 3 (4.225%) Nagios
Vendors
1 13 (18.31%) Zend
2 7 (9.859%) Red Hat
3 5 (7.042%) Oracle
4 2 (2.817%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.408%) Cisco
5 1 (1.408%) Facebook
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You'll need to be a good communicator and able to code with HTML, Javascript, CSS and PHP or Python. Database work with MySQL... Essential: HTML, Javascript, CSS,...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + FANTASTIC PROSPECTS
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To be considered you'll be degree educated and have a knowledge coding with PHP or Python. Database skills with MySQL. Linux system administration knowledge would be useful...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Great Base + Top Prospects
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
PHP Developer - (LAMP / Applications / Linux) Cambridge - £40,000. PHP Developer - (LAMP / Applications / Linux) Cambridge - £40,000 A leading software company in Cambridge is looking for an Application Developer - (...
Greythorn
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Ideally you'll be degree educated and have sound experience with Python and web technologies. An appreciation of LAMP would be useful too. Essential : Python, HTML, CSS. Desired :...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Top Base + Benefits + Prospects
Posted: 16 May 2013
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, Cambridgeshire
Do you consider yourself to be a strong C engineer?... Your experience will be coding with likes of C, PHP, Python. Apache web servers, a variety of Linux...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Awesome Prospects
Posted: 16 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