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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 7 24 35
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +11
Permanent jobs citing PHP 27 18 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 16.56% 10.00% 2.632%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.43% 12.77% 4.348%
Number of salaries quoted 27 17 6
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £27,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +19.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £31,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
126 141 138
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 77.30% 78.33% 60.53%
Number of salaries quoted 111 116 136
Average salary £34,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £45,400
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
Essex

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

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

Colchester PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 29 (63.04%) SQL
2 27 (58.70%) ASP
3 23 (50.00%) CSS
3 23 (50.00%) HTML
3 23 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 18 (39.13%) Python
4 18 (39.13%) CRM
4 18 (39.13%) ERP
4 18 (39.13%) Web Development
4 18 (39.13%) Degree
4 18 (39.13%) Computer Science
4 18 (39.13%) Django
5 15 (32.61%) MySQL
6 12 (26.09%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (26.09%) Perl
6 12 (26.09%) Linux
7 10 (21.74%) SQL Server
8 9 (19.57%) JSP
8 9 (19.57%) XHTML
9 5 (10.87%) Social Network
9 5 (10.87%) Marketing
9 5 (10.87%) Apache
10 4 (8.696%) TCP/IP
10 4 (8.696%) VPN
10 4 (8.696%) Microsoft
10 4 (8.696%) Active Directory
10 4 (8.696%) Avaya
10 4 (8.696%) Apple
10 4 (8.696%) Web Services
10 4 (8.696%) Windows

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 27 (58.70%) ASP
2 23 (50.00%) CSS
2 23 (50.00%) HTML
3 18 (39.13%) Django
4 9 (19.57%) XHTML
4 9 (19.57%) JSP
5 4 (8.696%) Web Services
6 3 (6.522%) XML
6 3 (6.522%) SOAP
6 3 (6.522%) XML-RPC
7 2 (4.348%) jQuery
7 2 (4.348%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.87%) Apache
2 3 (6.522%) CMS
3 2 (4.348%) Joomla!
Applications
1 2 (4.348%) Photoshop
1 2 (4.348%) Fireworks
1 2 (4.348%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (4.348%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.696%) TCP/IP
1 4 (8.696%) VPN
1 4 (8.696%) Firewall
1 4 (8.696%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (32.61%) MySQL
2 12 (26.09%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (21.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.348%) Dreamweaver
General
1 5 (10.87%) Marketing
2 1 (2.174%) Finance
2 1 (2.174%) Banking
2 1 (2.174%) Retail
2 1 (2.174%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (89.13%) Developer
2 18 (39.13%) Software Developer
3 13 (28.26%) Web Developer
4 7 (15.22%) Perl Developer
5 5 (10.87%) PHP Developer
6 4 (8.696%) Support Manager
6 4 (8.696%) IT Support Manager
6 4 (8.696%) IT Support
7 2 (4.348%) Designer
7 2 (4.348%) Web Designer
7 2 (4.348%) Perl Web Developer
8 1 (2.174%) Support Analyst
8 1 (2.174%) Business Support Analyst
8 1 (2.174%) Business Analyst
8 1 (2.174%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (39.13%) Computer Science
2 5 (10.87%) Social Network
3 3 (6.522%) Open Source
3 3 (6.522%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.09%) Linux
2 4 (8.696%) Windows
3 3 (6.522%) Ubuntu
3 3 (6.522%) Android
3 3 (6.522%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (39.13%) CRM
1 18 (39.13%) ERP
1 18 (39.13%) Web Development
2 3 (6.522%) Web Application Development
3 2 (4.348%) Analytics
3 2 (4.348%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (4.348%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 29 (63.04%) SQL
2 23 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 18 (39.13%) Python
4 12 (26.09%) Perl
5 3 (6.522%) C#
5 3 (6.522%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (39.13%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (8.696%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (8.696%) Microsoft
1 4 (8.696%) Avaya
1 4 (8.696%) Apple
2 2 (4.348%) Google
2 2 (4.348%) Sun
Colchester, Essex
Working on a range of development projects you will input key web skills (PHP (Object Oriented), HTML(5), CSS(3) and JavaScript (jQuery) within a friendly IT team.....
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Colchester, South East
Working on a range of development projects you will input key web skills (PHP (Object Oriented), HTML(5), CSS(3) and JavaScript (jQuery) within a friendly IT team.....
greywood
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Colchester
preferably Django, but also ASP, PHP)Good General IT knowledge or willingness to learn (system administration, hardware, maintenance, system building)
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £20k - 28k per year
Posted: 8 May 2013