The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 108 105 78
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -27
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 12 19 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.671% 0.986% 2.293%
As % of the Application Development category 1.494% 1.822% 4.358%
Number of salaries quoted 12 19 34
Average salary £30,250 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.92% +8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
803 1043 872
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 44.89% 54.13% 52.63%
Number of salaries quoted 660 934 791
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
North West

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
Knutsford +7 5 £30,500 -6.15%
Chester - 2 £30,000 -
Warrington +13 1 £55,000 +74.60%
LAMP
North West

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 28 (96.55%) PHP
2 25 (86.21%) MySQL
2 25 (86.21%) CSS
3 24 (82.76%) JavaScript
4 22 (75.86%) HTML
5 20 (68.97%) MVC
6 16 (55.17%) Linux
7 14 (48.28%) Zend
8 13 (44.83%) XML
8 13 (44.83%) Apache
9 11 (37.93%) Agile Software Development
10 9 (31.03%) OO
10 9 (31.03%) Ajax
11 8 (27.59%) TDD
11 8 (27.59%) Scrum
12 7 (24.14%) OOP
12 7 (24.14%) UNIX
12 7 (24.14%) jQuery
13 6 (20.69%) SOAP
13 6 (20.69%) Java
13 6 (20.69%) JSP
13 6 (20.69%) Subversion
13 6 (20.69%) Web Services
14 5 (17.24%) Log4j
14 5 (17.24%) Hibernate
14 5 (17.24%) Spring
14 5 (17.24%) Maven
14 5 (17.24%) HTTP
14 5 (17.24%) JAXB
14 5 (17.24%) Servlets

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 25 (86.21%) CSS
2 22 (75.86%) HTML
3 13 (44.83%) XML
4 9 (31.03%) Ajax
5 7 (24.14%) jQuery
6 6 (20.69%) Web Services
6 6 (20.69%) SOAP
6 6 (20.69%) JSP
7 5 (17.24%) Servlets
7 5 (17.24%) JDBC
7 5 (17.24%) Struts
7 5 (17.24%) XSLT
7 5 (17.24%) Flash
7 5 (17.24%) JMS
7 5 (17.24%) JAXB
7 5 (17.24%) Hibernate
7 5 (17.24%) Spring
7 5 (17.24%) REST
7 5 (17.24%) JSTL
7 5 (17.24%) Dojo
Application Platforms
1 13 (44.83%) Apache
2 5 (17.24%) Tomcat
2 5 (17.24%) Jetty
3 2 (6.897%) WordPress
3 2 (6.897%) Magento
3 2 (6.897%) CMS
3 2 (6.897%) Drupal
4 1 (3.448%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) HTTP
2 1 (3.448%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (86.21%) MySQL
2 1 (3.448%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Subversion
2 5 (17.24%) Maven
2 5 (17.24%) JIRA
2 5 (17.24%) Ant
2 5 (17.24%) JUnit
2 5 (17.24%) Log4j
3 3 (10.34%) Git (software)
4 1 (3.448%) Cucumber
4 1 (3.448%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (3.448%) Selenium
General
1 2 (6.897%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (75.86%) Developer
2 20 (68.97%) PHP Developer
3 6 (20.69%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 5 (17.24%) Team Leader
5 4 (13.79%) Web Developer
6 3 (10.34%) PHP Web Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Development Team Leader
8 1 (3.448%) Senior PHP Developer
8 1 (3.448%) Software Manager
8 1 (3.448%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.448%) Quality Manager
8 1 (3.448%) QA Manager
8 1 (3.448%) Test Manager
8 1 (3.448%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.448%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Open Source
2 1 (3.448%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Linux
2 7 (24.14%) UNIX
3 5 (17.24%) Solaris
4 2 (6.897%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) MVC
2 11 (37.93%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (31.03%) OO
4 8 (27.59%) TDD
4 8 (27.59%) Scrum
5 7 (24.14%) OOP
6 5 (17.24%) High Availability
6 5 (17.24%) RAD
7 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
8 3 (10.34%) E-Commerce
8 3 (10.34%) Web Development
9 2 (6.897%) Web Design
10 1 (3.448%) Regression Testing
10 1 (3.448%) Software Engineering
10 1 (3.448%) Business Analysis
10 1 (3.448%) SOA
10 1 (3.448%) Risk Management
10 1 (3.448%) SEO
10 1 (3.448%) Validation
10 1 (3.448%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 28 (96.55%) PHP
2 24 (82.76%) JavaScript
3 6 (20.69%) Java
4 2 (6.897%) Ruby
4 2 (6.897%) PHP5
5 1 (3.448%) C
5 1 (3.448%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (48.28%) Zend
2 2 (6.897%) Oracle
2 2 (6.897%) Adobe
2 2 (6.897%) Apple
3 1 (3.448%) Google
Knutsford, Cheshire
PHP / MY SQL / LAMP / LINUX / APACHE / HTML / JAVASCRIPT / CSS / XML / HTTP My client is the UK's number one procurer of temporary agency labour in the UK, and...
TEKsystems
Salary: £22000 - £39000 per annum + Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Knutsford, North West
Technically they are looking for someone with the following skills, 1-2 years PHP experience Strong MySQL skills Object Orientated Programming (OOP) Test Driven Development (TDD) Any of...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 April 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
PHP / MySQL / LAMP / Apache / HTML / JavaScript / CSS / XML / Object Orientated Programming / OOP / Test Driven Development / TDD / SCRUM My client has an urgent requirement for a PHP Developer to...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013