The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 24 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 36 52 56
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +4
Permanent jobs citing PHP 53 58 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 5.268% 4.218% 3.674%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.122% 6.257% 6.581%
Number of salaries quoted 45 54 41
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
581 927 699
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 57.75% 67.42% 55.83%
Number of salaries quoted 501 763 599
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +5.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
East of England

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Colchester +17 27 £30,000 -11.11%
Brentwood -8 8 - -
Basildon -10 2 £30,500 +27.08%
Braintree - 1 £57,500 -
PHP
East of England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 59 (58.42%) JavaScript
2 51 (50.50%) HTML
2 51 (50.50%) CSS
3 39 (38.61%) MySQL
4 35 (34.65%) Degree
5 34 (33.66%) SQL
6 31 (30.69%) ASP
7 27 (26.73%) jQuery
8 26 (25.74%) Linux
9 22 (21.78%) .NET
9 22 (21.78%) Perl
9 22 (21.78%) MVC
10 21 (20.79%) Python
11 20 (19.80%) Web Development
11 20 (19.80%) Computer Science
12 19 (18.81%) Subversion
12 19 (18.81%) ERP
12 19 (18.81%) Bash shell
13 18 (17.82%) Django
13 18 (17.82%) CRM
13 18 (17.82%) Apache
13 18 (17.82%) Ajax
13 18 (17.82%) Marketing
14 17 (16.83%) OO
15 15 (14.85%) Windows
15 15 (14.85%) ASP.NET
15 15 (14.85%) Finance
16 13 (12.87%) Java
17 12 (11.88%) XHTML
17 12 (11.88%) PostgreSQL

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 51 (50.50%) HTML
1 51 (50.50%) CSS
2 31 (30.69%) ASP
3 27 (26.73%) jQuery
4 22 (21.78%) .NET
5 18 (17.82%) Django
5 18 (17.82%) Ajax
6 15 (14.85%) ASP.NET
7 12 (11.88%) XHTML
8 11 (10.89%) Zend Framework
9 10 (9.901%) WCF
9 10 (9.901%) .NET Framework
10 9 (8.911%) JSP
11 7 (6.931%) LINQ
11 7 (6.931%) ASP.NET MVC 2
11 7 (6.931%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 6 (5.941%) Web Services
12 6 (5.941%) XML
13 4 (3.960%) SOAP
13 4 (3.960%) Ext JS
Application Platforms
1 18 (17.82%) Apache
2 8 (7.921%) IIS
3 7 (6.931%) Magento
4 2 (1.980%) CMS
5 1 (0.990%) Joomla!
Applications
1 4 (3.960%) Photoshop
1 4 (3.960%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.990%) Fireworks
2 1 (0.990%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.970%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.921%) Broadband
2 4 (3.960%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.960%) VPN
2 4 (3.960%) Firewall
2 4 (3.960%) Network Security
3 1 (0.990%) SMTP
3 1 (0.990%) DNS
3 1 (0.990%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (38.61%) MySQL
2 12 (11.88%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (9.901%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.990%) Firebird
Development Applications
1 19 (18.81%) Subversion
2 11 (10.89%) Eclipse
2 11 (10.89%) Firebug
3 7 (6.931%) Visual Studio
4 4 (3.960%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.990%) Dreamweaver
General
1 18 (17.82%) Marketing
2 15 (14.85%) Finance
3 2 (1.980%) Retail
4 1 (0.990%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 83 (82.18%) Developer
2 22 (21.78%) Web Developer
3 20 (19.80%) Software Developer
4 13 (12.87%) PHP Developer
5 12 (11.88%) Programmer
6 9 (8.911%) Graduate
7 8 (7.921%) Systems Administrator
7 8 (7.921%) Administrator
7 8 (7.921%) Graduate Developer
8 7 (6.931%) .NET Developer
8 7 (6.931%) Junior Developer
8 7 (6.931%) Perl Developer
8 7 (6.931%) Junior
9 6 (5.941%) Senior Developer
10 5 (4.950%) Senior Web Developer
11 4 (3.960%) Support Manager
11 4 (3.960%) IT Support Manager
11 4 (3.960%) UI Developer
11 4 (3.960%) Senior UI Developer
11 4 (3.960%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.80%) Computer Science
2 7 (6.931%) Mobile App
3 5 (4.950%) Social Network
4 4 (3.960%) Open Source
5 3 (2.970%) SaaS
5 3 (2.970%) iPhone
6 2 (1.980%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (1.980%) Machine Learning
7 1 (0.990%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.990%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.990%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 26 (25.74%) Linux
2 15 (14.85%) Windows
3 11 (10.89%) CentOS
4 8 (7.921%) Debian
5 6 (5.941%) Android
6 3 (2.970%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.970%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.970%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.990%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (21.78%) MVC
2 20 (19.80%) Web Development
3 19 (18.81%) ERP
4 18 (17.82%) CRM
5 17 (16.83%) OO
6 11 (10.89%) Project Management
6 11 (10.89%) Load Balancing
6 11 (10.89%) E-Commerce
6 11 (10.89%) Video Processing
7 8 (7.921%) Change Control
8 4 (3.960%) Content Management
8 4 (3.960%) SEO
9 3 (2.970%) Web Application Development
9 3 (2.970%) Analytics
10 2 (1.980%) OOP
10 2 (1.980%) Software Engineering
10 2 (1.980%) TDD
10 2 (1.980%) Asset Management
10 2 (1.980%) Scrum
10 2 (1.980%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 59 (58.42%) JavaScript
2 34 (33.66%) SQL
3 22 (21.78%) Perl
4 21 (20.79%) Python
5 19 (18.81%) Bash shell
6 13 (12.87%) Java
7 11 (10.89%) PHP5
8 10 (9.901%) C
9 9 (8.911%) C#
10 8 (7.921%) Korn
11 7 (6.931%) VB.NET
12 3 (2.970%) C++
13 2 (1.980%) Delphi
13 2 (1.980%) MATLAB
13 2 (1.980%) Fortran
13 2 (1.980%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.990%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 35 (34.65%) Degree
2 1 (0.990%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (0.990%) MCP
System Software
1 8 (7.921%) VMware ESX
1 8 (7.921%) vSphere
1 8 (7.921%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.950%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.990%) SCCM
1 1 (0.990%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (10.89%) Zend
2 8 (7.921%) Red Hat
2 8 (7.921%) VMware
3 6 (5.941%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.960%) Apple
4 4 (3.960%) Avaya
5 3 (2.970%) Google
6 2 (1.980%) Sun
7 1 (0.990%) Altiris
7 1 (0.990%) FrontRange
7 1 (0.990%) HP
7 1 (0.990%) IBM
7 1 (0.990%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.990%) Oracle
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, 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
Epping, Essex
Networking experience (basic firewall configuration, IP addressing, NAT etc.) - Development experience in PHP and/or Microsoft .Net; SQL (MySQL and MSSQL) - Some development experience in a web-based...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Saffron Walden, Essex
Experience with HPC, distributed computing and large datasets (Big Data) A solid degree in Computer Science or related discipline... WISA) or Linux (e.g. LAMP). Pick your choice...
Illumina
Salary: From £38,000 to £45,000 per annum package inclusive of shares, pension
Posted: 9 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