Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Essex region.

 PHP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank182572
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Up+47
Matching permanent IT job ads648754
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex9.467 %8.309 %2.471 %
As % of the Programming Languages category18.93 %16.54 %4.183 %
Salaries quoted518746
Average salary£40,000£30,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33 %-14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£21,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£37,500£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£29,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.690 %
Essex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3385261291
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex50.00 %50.24 %59.08 %
Salaries quoted2754811143
Average salary£40,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,750£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£49,950
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
PHP East of EnglandPHP
East of England

PHP
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ColchesterUp+730£50,000+61.29 %
BrentwoodNew entry-2£45,000-
Southend-on-SeaUp+41£27,500-8.33 %
HarlowDown-41£22,000+2.32 %
ChelmsfordDown-141£22,000+33.33 %
MaldonNew entry-1£21,500-
PHP East of EnglandPHP
East of England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1115 (83.94 %)CSS
2104 (75.91 %)HTML
392 (67.15 %)JavaScript
479 (57.66 %)SQL
563 (45.99 %)Web Development
661 (44.53 %)XML
756 (40.88 %)MySQL
855 (40.15 %)Migration
954 (39.42 %)CRM
1053 (38.69 %)Web Services
1053 (38.69 %)DHTML
1053 (38.69 %)SOA
1053 (38.69 %)RDBMS
1053 (38.69 %)Salesforce.com
1053 (38.69 %)Force.com
1053 (38.69 %)Visualforce
1053 (38.69 %)Apex Code
1142 (30.66 %).NET
1236 (26.28 %)C#
1332 (23.36 %)Flash
1430 (21.90 %)Linux
1528 (20.44 %)OO
1624 (17.52 %)SQL Server
1722 (16.06 %)Apache
1722 (16.06 %)Microsoft
1816 (11.68 %)MS Excel
1816 (11.68 %)Sitecore
1816 (11.68 %)Image Processing
1816 (11.68 %)AJAX
1915 (10.95 %)ASP.NET

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1115 (83.94 %)CSS
2104 (75.91 %)HTML
361 (44.53 %)XML
453 (38.69 %)Web Services
453 (38.69 %)DHTML
453 (38.69 %)Visualforce
542 (30.66 %).NET
632 (23.36 %)Flash
716 (11.68 %)AJAX
815 (10.95 %)XHTML
815 (10.95 %)ASP.NET
99 (6.569 %)LAMP
107 (5.109 %)jQuery
114 (2.920 %)Ruby on Rails
114 (2.920 %)Zend Framework
123 (2.190 %)MFC
123 (2.190 %)script.aculo.us
132 (1.460 %)XHR
132 (1.460 %)ASP
141 (0.730 %)CodeIgniter
Essex IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
153 (38.69 %)Force.com
222 (16.06 %)Apache
310 (7.299 %)ColdFusion
48 (5.839 %)IIS
57 (5.109 %)CMS
65 (3.650 %)ExpressionEngine
74 (2.920 %)WordPress
83 (2.190 %)Joomla!
92 (1.460 %)Drupal
101 (0.730 %)SharePoint
Essex IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (11.68 %)MS Excel
25 (3.650 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (0.730 %)Photoshop
31 (0.730 %)MS Office
Essex IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.730 %)Google Analytics
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (7.299 %)Internet
21 (0.730 %)DNS
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (40.88 %)MySQL
253 (38.69 %)RDBMS
324 (17.52 %)SQL Server
Essex IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (10.22 %)Marketing
28 (5.839 %)Banking
34 (2.920 %)Retail
34 (2.920 %)Insurance
34 (2.920 %)Social Media
43 (2.190 %)Games
43 (2.190 %)Finance
43 (2.190 %)Online Games
43 (2.190 %)Online Betting
52 (1.460 %)Graphic Design
61 (0.730 %)Video Editing
61 (0.730 %)Education
61 (0.730 %)Advertising
Essex IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1122 (89.05 %)Developer
253 (38.69 %)Salesforce.com Developer
348 (35.04 %)Analyst
447 (34.31 %)Analyst Developer
530 (21.90 %)Web Developer
619 (13.87 %)Senior Developer
716 (11.68 %)Software Developer
716 (11.68 %)PHP Developer
810 (7.299 %)Senior Web Developer
99 (6.569 %)Senior Software Developer
108 (5.839 %)C# Developer
117 (5.109 %)Web Designer
117 (5.109 %)Designer
125 (3.650 %)PHP Web Developer
125 (3.650 %)Programmer
134 (2.920 %)Senior PHP Developer
134 (2.920 %)Senior PHP Web Developer
143 (2.190 %)MySQL Developer
143 (2.190 %).NET Developer
151 (0.730 %)Team Leader
Essex IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (5.109 %)Open Source
24 (2.920 %)Social Network
24 (2.920 %)Statistics
33 (2.190 %)Computer Science
33 (2.190 %)W3C
41 (0.730 %)Management Information System
41 (0.730 %)Web 2.0
Essex IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
130 (21.90 %)Linux
21 (0.730 %)Windows
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
163 (45.99 %)Web Development
255 (40.15 %)Migration
354 (39.42 %)CRM
453 (38.69 %)SOA
528 (20.44 %)OO
616 (11.68 %)Image Processing
713 (9.489 %)E-Commerce
86 (4.380 %)SEO
95 (3.650 %)OOP
103 (2.190 %)Online Marketing
103 (2.190 %)Project Management
103 (2.190 %)MVC
112 (1.460 %)Web Design
112 (1.460 %)Agile Software Development
112 (1.460 %)Content Management
112 (1.460 %)Pay per click
121 (0.730 %)OOD
121 (0.730 %)Email Marketing
121 (0.730 %)Information Architecture
Essex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
192 (67.15 %)JavaScript
279 (57.66 %)SQL
353 (38.69 %)Apex Code
436 (26.28 %)C#
59 (6.569 %)Perl
68 (5.839 %)Python
76 (4.380 %)PHP5
84 (2.920 %)Ruby
93 (2.190 %)VB.NET
102 (1.460 %)Java
111 (0.730 %)ActionScript
111 (0.730 %)Shell Script
111 (0.730 %)C
Essex IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (5.839 %)Degree
Essex IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.730 %)Plesk
Essex IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
153 (38.69 %)Salesforce.com
222 (16.06 %)Microsoft
316 (11.68 %)Sitecore
45 (3.650 %)Zend
45 (3.650 %)Adobe
51 (0.730 %)Percussion
51 (0.730 %)Google