The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 20 June 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 37 35 49
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +14
Permanent jobs citing PHP 479 541 429
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 5.873% 6.421% 4.311%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.36% 10.04% 7.563%
Number of salaries quoted 440 483 381
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,250 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +4.91%
All Programming Languages
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4624 5390 5672
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 56.69% 63.98% 57.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4108 4596 4997
Average salary £38,000 £39,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.79% +5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
England

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

East of England PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridgeshire +5 138 £37,500 +8.94% 32
Hertfordshire -26 95 £32,500 +8.33% 14
Norfolk 0 80 £31,500 +6.77% 6
Suffolk +9 75 £35,000 +11.11% 7
Essex +5 52 £35,000 - 2
Bedfordshire -6 30 £26,500 -8.62% 5
East Anglia -1 10 £27,000 -12.19%
PHP
England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 527 (62.07%) CSS
2 519 (61.13%) JavaScript
3 487 (57.36%) HTML
4 413 (48.65%) MySQL
5 307 (36.16%) jQuery
6 244 (28.74%) Linux
7 204 (24.03%) Apache
8 201 (23.67%) SQL
9 179 (21.08%) Web Development
10 171 (20.14%) OO
11 166 (19.55%) Degree
12 160 (18.85%) XML
13 157 (18.49%) Ajax
14 154 (18.14%) Java
15 145 (17.08%) HTML5
16 135 (15.90%) C#
17 133 (15.67%) .NET
18 131 (15.43%) Drupal
19 122 (14.37%) XHTML
20 119 (14.02%) SQL Server
21 115 (13.55%) MVC
22 109 (12.84%) Perl
23 108 (12.72%) Subversion
24 102 (12.01%) Agile Software Development
25 95 (11.19%) LAMP
26 93 (10.95%) Photoshop
27 92 (10.84%) CMS
28 90 (10.60%) PHP5
29 89 (10.48%) Python
30 87 (10.25%) CSS3

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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
1 527 (62.07%) CSS
2 487 (57.36%) HTML
3 307 (36.16%) jQuery
4 160 (18.85%) XML
5 157 (18.49%) Ajax
6 145 (17.08%) HTML5
7 133 (15.67%) .NET
8 122 (14.37%) XHTML
9 95 (11.19%) LAMP
10 87 (10.25%) CSS3
11 73 (8.598%) Web Services
12 62 (7.303%) JSP
13 60 (7.067%) ASP.NET
14 58 (6.832%) ASP
15 49 (5.771%) SOAP
16 45 (5.300%) JSON
17 34 (4.005%) .NET Framework
18 29 (3.416%) Symfony
19 27 (3.180%) RESTful
20 25 (2.945%) Django
Application Platforms
1 204 (24.03%) Apache
2 131 (15.43%) Drupal
3 92 (10.84%) CMS
4 70 (8.245%) WordPress
5 45 (5.300%) Magento
6 33 (3.887%) IIS
7 28 (3.298%) SharePoint
8 24 (2.827%) ColdFusion
9 17 (2.002%) Joomla!
10 16 (1.885%) nginx
11 7 (0.824%) concrete5
11 7 (0.824%) Moodle
12 5 (0.589%) WebLogic
13 4 (0.471%) PrestaShop
14 3 (0.353%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.353%) SilverStripe
14 3 (0.353%) Zope
14 3 (0.353%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.236%) LiveLink
15 2 (0.236%) Tomcat
Applications
1 93 (10.95%) Photoshop
2 40 (4.711%) MS Excel
3 22 (2.591%) Fireworks
3 22 (2.591%) Adobe Illustrator
4 9 (1.060%) MS Office
5 4 (0.471%) MS Project
5 4 (0.471%) GIMP
5 4 (0.471%) Google Apps
6 2 (0.236%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.236%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (1.178%) JDE OneWorld
2 6 (0.707%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 42 (4.947%) Firewall
2 38 (4.476%) DNS
2 38 (4.476%) Internet
3 21 (2.473%) VPN
4 20 (2.356%) HTTP
4 20 (2.356%) TCP/IP
5 18 (2.120%) SSL
5 18 (2.120%) SAN
6 14 (1.649%) Network Security
7 13 (1.531%) SMTP
7 13 (1.531%) Intranet
8 10 (1.178%) SSH
8 10 (1.178%) FTP
9 9 (1.060%) POP3
9 9 (1.060%) IMAP
10 8 (0.942%) Broadband
11 7 (0.824%) HTTPS
11 7 (0.824%) Wireless
12 6 (0.707%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.707%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 413 (48.65%) MySQL
2 119 (14.02%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.709%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (2.120%) Big Data
5 11 (1.296%) Crystal Reports
6 9 (1.060%) Firebird
7 8 (0.942%) Redis
8 6 (0.707%) SQL Server 2008
9 5 (0.589%) SQL Server 2012
10 4 (0.471%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.471%) SQL Server 2005
10 4 (0.471%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.471%) Oracle 8/8i
11 3 (0.353%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.353%) MS Access
11 3 (0.353%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.353%) DTS
11 3 (0.353%) OLAP
11 3 (0.353%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 3 (0.353%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 108 (12.72%) Subversion
2 52 (6.125%) Git (software)
3 38 (4.476%) Visual Studio
4 34 (4.005%) Eclipse
5 26 (3.062%) Dreamweaver
6 20 (2.356%) Firebug
7 8 (0.942%) Microsoft Blend
8 6 (0.707%) Selenium
9 4 (0.471%) PhoneGap
9 4 (0.471%) Appcelerator Titanium
10 3 (0.353%) Automake
10 3 (0.353%) GCC
10 3 (0.353%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.236%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.236%) WATIR
11 2 (0.236%) FitNesse
11 2 (0.236%) CruiseControl
11 2 (0.236%) Xcode
11 2 (0.236%) NetBeans
11 2 (0.236%) Ant
General
1 62 (7.303%) Marketing
2 49 (5.771%) Finance
3 47 (5.536%) Publishing
4 22 (2.591%) Retail
5 9 (1.060%) Multimedia
6 6 (0.707%) Electronics
7 5 (0.589%) Japanese Language
8 4 (0.471%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.353%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.353%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.236%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.118%) Law
11 1 (0.118%) Back Office
11 1 (0.118%) Games
11 1 (0.118%) Banking
Job Titles
1 661 (77.86%) Developer
2 265 (31.21%) Web Developer
3 204 (24.03%) PHP Developer
4 91 (10.72%) Senior Developer
5 65 (7.656%) PHP Web Developer
6 59 (6.949%) Front-End Developer
7 58 (6.832%) Drupal Developer
8 50 (5.889%) Administrator
9 47 (5.536%) Software Developer
10 46 (5.418%) Lead Developer
10 46 (5.418%) Junior
11 43 (5.065%) Systems Administrator
11 43 (5.065%) Junior Developer
12 42 (4.947%) Senior PHP Developer
13 36 (4.240%) Applications Developer
14 35 (4.122%) Linux Administrator
15 34 (4.005%) Team Leader
16 33 (3.887%) PHP Drupal Developer
16 33 (3.887%) Linux Systems Administrator
17 29 (3.416%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 76 (8.952%) Computer Science
2 63 (7.420%) Mobile App
3 49 (5.771%) Open Source
4 30 (3.534%) Clustering
5 18 (2.120%) Blog
6 16 (1.885%) iPhone
6 16 (1.885%) N-Tier
6 16 (1.885%) Social Media
7 15 (1.767%) Digital Media
8 14 (1.649%) W3C
9 12 (1.413%) Handset
10 11 (1.296%) Visualisation
10 11 (1.296%) SaaS
10 11 (1.296%) New Media
10 11 (1.296%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.060%) Mathematics
12 8 (0.942%) Replication
13 7 (0.824%) Graphic Design
14 6 (0.707%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.707%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 244 (28.74%) Linux
2 79 (9.305%) Windows
3 66 (7.774%) Android
4 51 (6.007%) CentOS
4 51 (6.007%) Apple iOS
5 25 (2.945%) UNIX
6 14 (1.649%) Debian
7 10 (1.178%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.060%) Mac OS X
8 9 (1.060%) Windows Mobile
9 7 (0.824%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.589%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.471%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.353%) Windows XP
12 3 (0.353%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.236%) Fedora
13 2 (0.236%) SUSE
13 2 (0.236%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.236%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.118%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (21.08%) Web Development
2 171 (20.14%) OO
3 115 (13.55%) MVC
4 102 (12.01%) Agile Software Development
5 81 (9.541%) E-Commerce
5 81 (9.541%) Unit Testing
6 49 (5.771%) OOP
7 44 (5.183%) TDD
7 44 (5.183%) Content Management
8 36 (4.240%) Time Management
9 34 (4.005%) Web Design
10 31 (3.651%) SEO
11 30 (3.534%) Code Coverage
12 29 (3.416%) CRM
13 26 (3.062%) Migration
14 25 (2.945%) Software Engineering
15 24 (2.827%) Load Balancing
16 23 (2.709%) Project Management
17 21 (2.473%) OOD
17 21 (2.473%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 519 (61.13%) JavaScript
2 201 (23.67%) SQL
3 154 (18.14%) Java
4 135 (15.90%) C#
5 109 (12.84%) Perl
6 90 (10.60%) PHP5
7 89 (10.48%) Python
8 62 (7.303%) Bash shell
9 50 (5.889%) C
10 44 (5.183%) C++
11 37 (4.358%) Ruby
12 34 (4.005%) Objective-C
13 27 (3.180%) PHP4
14 25 (2.945%) VB
15 24 (2.827%) VB.NET
16 17 (2.002%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.942%) Korn
18 5 (0.589%) VBScript
18 5 (0.589%) PL/SQL
18 5 (0.589%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 166 (19.55%) Degree
2 12 (1.413%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (0.824%) CCIE
3 7 (0.824%) ISEB
3 7 (0.824%) Postgraduate
3 7 (0.824%) ISTQB
4 5 (0.589%) CCSP
4 5 (0.589%) HND
4 5 (0.589%) JNCIA
5 4 (0.471%) JNCIS
5 4 (0.471%) JNCIP
5 4 (0.471%) JNCIE
5 4 (0.471%) CCNP
5 4 (0.471%) CISSP
5 4 (0.471%) PhD
6 3 (0.353%) Sun Certification
6 3 (0.353%) CCNA
6 3 (0.353%) CEH
7 2 (0.236%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.236%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (1.885%) QA
2 9 (1.060%) SLA
3 7 (0.824%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (1.296%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.060%) NFS
2 9 (1.060%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.942%) Sendmail
3 8 (0.942%) Xen
3 8 (0.942%) Samba
3 8 (0.942%) VMware ESX
3 8 (0.942%) Varnish
3 8 (0.942%) vSphere
4 3 (0.353%) OpenSSO
5 1 (0.118%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 9 (1.060%) Nagios
2 6 (0.707%) Cacti
3 2 (0.236%) Plesk
4 1 (0.118%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.118%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.118%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (8.834%) Oracle
2 65 (7.656%) Microsoft
3 64 (7.538%) Zend
4 58 (6.832%) Red Hat
5 35 (4.122%) Adobe
6 23 (2.709%) Google
7 14 (1.649%) VMware
8 13 (1.531%) Mercator
9 11 (1.296%) Cisco
10 9 (1.060%) IBM
11 8 (0.942%) Facebook
12 6 (0.707%) Apple
12 6 (0.707%) Sencha
13 5 (0.589%) Sun
13 5 (0.589%) SAP
13 5 (0.589%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.471%) Avaya
15 3 (0.353%) Sage
16 2 (0.236%) Perforce
16 2 (0.236%) JBoss
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