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This section looks at the demand for PHP skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4354
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching permanent IT job ads4648
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.020 %
As % of the category below6.259 %4.868 %
Salaries quoted4045
Average minimum salary£21,700£25,022
Average salary£24,863£28,222
% change on same period last year-11.90 %
Average maximum salary£28,025£31,422
UK excluding London average salary£30,389£29,836
% change on same period last year+1.85 %
Programming Languages EdinburghProgramming Languages
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads735986
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.407 %
Salaries quoted549737
Average minimum salary£29,931£29,541
Average salary£33,145£32,954
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Average maximum salary£36,359£36,366
UK excluding London average salary£35,189£35,554
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
PHP ScotlandPHP
Scotland

PHP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing PHP across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Edinburgh PHP Demand Trend

PHP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PHP across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Edinburgh PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

144 (59.46 %)Linux
240 (54.05 %)MySQL
337 (50.00 %)JavaScript
436 (48.65 %)SQL
531 (41.89 %)Java
630 (40.54 %)Perl
728 (37.84 %)HTML
728 (37.84 %)CSS
826 (35.14 %)XML
826 (35.14 %)Education
923 (31.08 %)Web Development
923 (31.08 %)Computer Science
923 (31.08 %)Oracle
923 (31.08 %)Apache
1019 (25.68 %)OO
1117 (22.97 %)PostgreSQL
1215 (20.27 %)Python
1215 (20.27 %).NET
1314 (18.92 %)UNIX
1314 (18.92 %)XHTML
1412 (16.22 %)C++
1510 (13.51 %)SQL Server
1510 (13.51 %)DNS
1510 (13.51 %)AJAX
168 (10.81 %)Subversion
168 (10.81 %)RDBMS
168 (10.81 %)ASP
177 (9.459 %)Games
186 (8.108 %)Finance
186 (8.108 %)Internet

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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
128 (37.84 %)HTML
128 (37.84 %)CSS
226 (35.14 %)XML
315 (20.27 %).NET
414 (18.92 %)XHTML
510 (13.51 %)AJAX
68 (10.81 %)ASP
75 (6.757 %)ASP.NET
75 (6.757 %)Servlets
84 (5.405 %).NET Framework
84 (5.405 %)Symfony
84 (5.405 %)WebServices
84 (5.405 %)jQuery
93 (4.054 %)Django
93 (4.054 %)SOAP
93 (4.054 %)XSL
102 (2.703 %)Ruby on Rails
102 (2.703 %)WSDL
111 (1.351 %)CGI
111 (1.351 %)MVC
Application Platforms
123 (31.08 %)Apache
25 (6.757 %)Tomcat
25 (6.757 %)JBoss
33 (4.054 %)IIS
42 (2.703 %)CMS
51 (1.351 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (1.351 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (1.351 %)SharePoint
Applications
13 (4.054 %)Photoshop
22 (2.703 %)MS Excel
22 (2.703 %)Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
13 (4.054 %)Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
110 (13.51 %)DNS
26 (8.108 %)Internet
35 (6.757 %)VLAN
35 (6.757 %)TCP/IP
44 (5.405 %)POP3
44 (5.405 %)SMTP
44 (5.405 %)IMAP
53 (4.054 %)VPN
62 (2.703 %)Intranet
71 (1.351 %)LAN
71 (1.351 %)WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
140 (54.05 %)MySQL
217 (22.97 %)PostgreSQL
310 (13.51 %)SQL Server
48 (10.81 %)RDBMS
54 (5.405 %)DB2
62 (2.703 %)SQL Server 7
71 (1.351 %)SQLPlus
71 (1.351 %)OLAP
71 (1.351 %)Datawarehouse
71 (1.351 %)DTS
71 (1.351 %)Data Mining
71 (1.351 %)ETL
Development Applications
18 (10.81 %)Subversion
24 (5.405 %)Flash
32 (2.703 %)Ant
41 (1.351 %)JUnit
41 (1.351 %)Dreamweaver
General
126 (35.14 %)Education
27 (9.459 %)Games
36 (8.108 %)Finance
45 (6.757 %)Retail
45 (6.757 %)Telecoms
52 (2.703 %)Animation
61 (1.351 %)Marketing
61 (1.351 %)Financial Institution
61 (1.351 %)Advertising
61 (1.351 %)Publishing
Job Titles
142 (56.76 %)Developer
218 (24.32 %)PHP Developer
316 (21.62 %)Web Developer
412 (16.22 %)Administrator
511 (14.86 %)Systems Administrator
67 (9.459 %)Software Engineer
67 (9.459 %)Linux Systems Administrator
67 (9.459 %)Linux Administrator
75 (6.757 %)Perl Developer
84 (5.405 %)Senior Systems Administrator
84 (5.405 %)Programmer
93 (4.054 %)DBA
93 (4.054 %)Applications Developer
93 (4.054 %)Junior
93 (4.054 %)Graduate
93 (4.054 %)Web Applications Developer
93 (4.054 %)Applications Support
93 (4.054 %)Java Developer
93 (4.054 %)PHP Web Developer
93 (4.054 %)Web Programmer
Miscellaneous
123 (31.08 %)Computer Science
23 (4.054 %)Replication
23 (4.054 %)Clustering
32 (2.703 %)Client/Server
32 (2.703 %)Management Information System
32 (2.703 %)Statistics
41 (1.351 %)Web 2.0
Operating Systems
144 (59.46 %)Linux
214 (18.92 %)UNIX
35 (6.757 %)Windows
35 (6.757 %)Debian
43 (4.054 %)FreeBSD
51 (1.351 %)Solaris
51 (1.351 %)Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
123 (31.08 %)Web Development
219 (25.68 %)OO
34 (5.405 %)Content Management
43 (4.054 %)CRM
43 (4.054 %)Load Testing
52 (2.703 %)OOP
52 (2.703 %)Knowledge Management
52 (2.703 %)Web Design
61 (1.351 %)TDD
61 (1.351 %)Software Engineering
61 (1.351 %)ERP
61 (1.351 %)SEO
61 (1.351 %)Extreme Programming
61 (1.351 %)Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
137 (50.00 %)JavaScript
236 (48.65 %)SQL
331 (41.89 %)Java
430 (40.54 %)Perl
515 (20.27 %)Python
612 (16.22 %)C++
76 (8.108 %)C
76 (8.108 %)PL/SQL
76 (8.108 %)VB
85 (6.757 %)AWK
85 (6.757 %)PHP5
85 (6.757 %)C#
93 (4.054 %)Ruby
93 (4.054 %)VB.NET
93 (4.054 %)ActionScript
93 (4.054 %)Shell Script
102 (2.703 %)PHP4
102 (2.703 %)VBScript
111 (1.351 %)DHTML
Qualifications
16 (8.108 %)Degree
24 (5.405 %)RHCE
System Software
11 (1.351 %)Active Directory
Vendors
123 (31.08 %)Oracle
26 (8.108 %)Sybase
35 (6.757 %)Cisco
41 (1.351 %)Microsoft
41 (1.351 %)Adobe
41 (1.351 %)Red Hat
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