The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 22 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 55 37 63
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +26
Permanent jobs citing PHP 12 13 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 2.128% 2.961% 0.899%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.774% 5.804% 1.420%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 3
Average salary £22,500 £32,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.76% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £24,000 £22,800
10% offered a salary of more than £32,600 £43,000 £29,200
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
318 224 352
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 56.38% 51.03% 63.31%
Number of salaries quoted 288 210 328
Average salary £34,400 £32,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.50% -14.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
South Wales

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cardiff PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 25 (73.53%) HTML
1 25 (73.53%) JavaScript
2 23 (67.65%) MySQL
3 22 (64.71%) CSS
4 12 (35.29%) XML
5 11 (32.35%) SQL
6 10 (29.41%) Java
6 10 (29.41%) SOAP
6 10 (29.41%) OOP
6 10 (29.41%) Telecoms
6 10 (29.41%) Digital Media
7 9 (26.47%) PHP5
7 9 (26.47%) jQuery
8 7 (20.59%) JIRA
8 7 (20.59%) RESTful
8 7 (20.59%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (20.59%) Project Management
8 7 (20.59%) OOD
9 6 (17.65%) Finance
9 6 (17.65%) MVC
10 5 (14.71%) OO
10 5 (14.71%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (14.71%) Oracle
10 5 (14.71%) .NET
10 5 (14.71%) WordPress
10 5 (14.71%) HTML5
10 5 (14.71%) Zend
11 4 (11.76%) Degree
11 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (11.76%) C#

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 25 (73.53%) HTML
2 22 (64.71%) CSS
3 12 (35.29%) XML
4 10 (29.41%) SOAP
5 9 (26.47%) jQuery
6 7 (20.59%) RESTful
7 5 (14.71%) .NET
7 5 (14.71%) HTML5
8 4 (11.76%) Web Services
9 3 (8.824%) LAMP
9 3 (8.824%) Flash
9 3 (8.824%) CSS3
9 3 (8.824%) Ajax
10 2 (5.882%) Zend Framework
10 2 (5.882%) Node.js
10 2 (5.882%) XHTML
11 1 (2.941%) ASP
11 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET
11 1 (2.941%) J2EE
11 1 (2.941%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (14.71%) WordPress
2 3 (8.824%) Apache
3 2 (5.882%) Drupal
3 2 (5.882%) Joomla!
3 2 (5.882%) Magento
3 2 (5.882%) ColdFusion
3 2 (5.882%) CMS
4 1 (2.941%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.824%) VoIP
2 1 (2.941%) ISDN
2 1 (2.941%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (67.65%) MySQL
2 7 (20.59%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (14.71%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (8.824%) OLAP
4 3 (8.824%) Oracle OLAP
5 2 (5.882%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.941%) MS Access
6 1 (2.941%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) JIRA
2 3 (8.824%) Subversion
3 1 (2.941%) Ant
3 1 (2.941%) Phing
3 1 (2.941%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.941%) Maven
General
1 10 (29.41%) Telecoms
2 6 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (5.882%) Marketing
4 1 (2.941%) Automotive
4 1 (2.941%) Legal
4 1 (2.941%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 30 (88.24%) Developer
2 10 (29.41%) Web Developer
2 10 (29.41%) PHP Developer
3 3 (8.824%) Lead Developer
3 3 (8.824%) Administrator
3 3 (8.824%) DBA
3 3 (8.824%) Front-End Developer
3 3 (8.824%) Oracle DBA
4 2 (5.882%) JavaScript Developer
4 2 (5.882%) Applications Developer
4 2 (5.882%) Software Developer
5 1 (2.941%) Java Developer
5 1 (2.941%) Junior
5 1 (2.941%) Programmer
5 1 (2.941%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 1 (2.941%) Front-End Web Developer
5 1 (2.941%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 1 (2.941%) Mobile Developer
5 1 (2.941%) Case Management Developer
5 1 (2.941%) Junior PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Digital Media
2 2 (5.882%) SCORM
3 1 (2.941%) E-Learning
3 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.941%) W3C
3 1 (2.941%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.941%) Social Media
3 1 (2.941%) iPhone
3 1 (2.941%) Open Source
3 1 (2.941%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.941%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.941%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Linux
2 3 (8.824%) UNIX
2 3 (8.824%) Android
3 2 (5.882%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) OOP
2 7 (20.59%) Project Management
2 7 (20.59%) OOD
3 6 (17.65%) MVC
4 5 (14.71%) OO
5 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (11.76%) E-Commerce
5 4 (11.76%) Scrum
6 3 (8.824%) ETL
6 3 (8.824%) CRM
7 2 (5.882%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (5.882%) Content Management
7 2 (5.882%) Document Management
7 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (5.882%) Analytics
7 2 (5.882%) Unit Testing
7 2 (5.882%) BCP
8 1 (2.941%) Migration
8 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.941%) Agile Project Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (73.53%) JavaScript
2 11 (32.35%) SQL
3 10 (29.41%) Java
4 9 (26.47%) PHP5
5 4 (11.76%) C#
6 3 (8.824%) C++
6 3 (8.824%) PL/SQL
7 2 (5.882%) VB
7 2 (5.882%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.941%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.941%) C
8 1 (2.941%) ActionScript
8 1 (2.941%) ActionScript 3.0
8 1 (2.941%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Oracle
1 5 (14.71%) Zend
2 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.824%) Business Objects
3 1 (2.941%) Open Text
3 1 (2.941%) RedDot
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Key Skills: Web, Developer, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, MySQL, PHP, XML, UI, UX, UEX... As an experienced UEX/JavaScript Web Developer, you must have experience dealing with time sensitive...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: Negotiable + Shares + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Skills and Experience: * 2+ years' experience in a similar position. * Strong JavaScript, PHP, HTML and CSS knowledge. * Good understanding of MySQL, database administration and XML. * Excellent communication skills...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The Lead Developer will be responsible for mentoring and supporting a small team of developers, and will also be expected to take a hands-on approach on development...
networx
Salary: £42,000 depending on skills
Posted: 21 May 2013