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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 51 - 47
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 1 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.297% - 1.587%
As % of the Application Development category 0.610% - 2.597%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
Average salary £30,000 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
164 86 154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 48.66% 55.13% 61.11%
Number of salaries quoted 94 76 150
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -9.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
Cheshire

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
1 5 (100.00%) MySQL
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
2 3 (60.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) Ajax
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Open Source
2 3 (60.00%) Apache
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) Adobe
3 2 (40.00%) Photoshop
3 2 (40.00%) UNIX
3 2 (40.00%) MVC

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
2 3 (60.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) PHP Developer
2 2 (40.00%) PHP MySQL Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Web Developer
2 2 (40.00%) PHP Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (40.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe