The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 19 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 60 57 75
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +18
Permanent jobs citing PHP 31 26 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 2.510% 2.965% 0.779%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.717% 5.138% 1.325%
Number of salaries quoted 26 23 6
Average salary £37,500 £30,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +3.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £23,200 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £30,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +3.22%
All Programming Languages
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
834 506 604
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 67.53% 57.70% 58.81%
Number of salaries quoted 530 362 462
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
Scotland

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Glasgow PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 49 (66.22%) Java
2 39 (52.70%) jQuery
3 36 (48.65%) SQL
4 34 (45.95%) Python
5 30 (40.54%) MySQL
6 28 (37.84%) Degree
7 27 (36.49%) J2EE
7 27 (36.49%) Spring
8 25 (33.78%) XML
8 25 (33.78%) GWT
9 22 (29.73%) CSS
10 21 (28.38%) XSLT
10 21 (28.38%) Agile Software Development
11 20 (27.03%) Eclipse
11 20 (27.03%) HTML
12 19 (25.68%) JavaScript
12 19 (25.68%) TDD
12 19 (25.68%) Subversion
12 19 (25.68%) Scrum
13 17 (22.97%) Computer Science
14 16 (21.62%) Continuous Integration
15 14 (18.92%) Tomcat
16 13 (17.57%) JMeter
17 12 (16.22%) VMware
17 12 (16.22%) SOA
17 12 (16.22%) Citrix
17 12 (16.22%) Android
17 12 (16.22%) REST
18 11 (14.86%) Waterfall
18 11 (14.86%) DSDM

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 39 (52.70%) jQuery
2 27 (36.49%) J2EE
2 27 (36.49%) Spring
3 25 (33.78%) XML
3 25 (33.78%) GWT
4 22 (29.73%) CSS
5 21 (28.38%) XSLT
6 20 (27.03%) HTML
7 12 (16.22%) REST
8 10 (13.51%) SOAP
9 9 (12.16%) Web Services
10 8 (10.81%) AppFuse
10 8 (10.81%) RabbitMQ
10 8 (10.81%) JSP
11 7 (9.459%) Servlets
11 7 (9.459%) Java EE
12 6 (8.108%) HTML5
12 6 (8.108%) .NET
12 6 (8.108%) Cocoa
12 6 (8.108%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 14 (18.92%) Tomcat
2 9 (12.16%) Apache
3 8 (10.81%) Magento
4 7 (9.459%) OpenStack
5 6 (8.108%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (6.757%) CMS
7 2 (2.703%) Jetty
7 2 (2.703%) Drupal
8 1 (1.351%) ColdFusion
8 1 (1.351%) WordPress
8 1 (1.351%) GlassFish
8 1 (1.351%) Joomla!
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.81%) HTTP
2 6 (8.108%) Internet
3 2 (2.703%) NAS
4 1 (1.351%) Firewall
4 1 (1.351%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.351%) Intranet
4 1 (1.351%) LDAP
4 1 (1.351%) VPN
4 1 (1.351%) DNS
4 1 (1.351%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (40.54%) MySQL
2 5 (6.757%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.351%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.351%) Big Data
3 1 (1.351%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (27.03%) Eclipse
2 19 (25.68%) Subversion
3 13 (17.57%) JMeter
4 11 (14.86%) Ant
5 7 (9.459%) Maven
5 7 (9.459%) Hudson
6 6 (8.108%) Git (software)
6 6 (8.108%) XMLSpy
6 6 (8.108%) Xcode
7 4 (5.405%) Selenium
7 4 (5.405%) Jenkins
8 2 (2.703%) EasyMock
8 2 (2.703%) JUnit
General
1 8 (10.81%) Marketing
2 6 (8.108%) Games
3 4 (5.405%) Banking
4 1 (1.351%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.351%) Billing
4 1 (1.351%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (81.08%) Developer
2 21 (28.38%) Software Developer
3 17 (22.97%) Senior Developer
4 11 (14.86%) Web Developer
4 11 (14.86%) PHP Developer
5 8 (10.81%) Team Leader
6 7 (9.459%) Java Team Leader
6 7 (9.459%) Software Engineer
6 7 (9.459%) Lead Developer
7 6 (8.108%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 6 (8.108%) Mobile Developer
7 6 (8.108%) Applications Developer
7 6 (8.108%) Senior Software Developer
8 5 (6.757%) Junior Developer
8 5 (6.757%) Junior
8 5 (6.757%) Designer
9 4 (5.405%) Senior Software Tester
9 4 (5.405%) Tester
9 4 (5.405%) Software Tester
9 4 (5.405%) Web Designer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.97%) Computer Science
2 8 (10.81%) Eucalyptus
3 6 (8.108%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.703%) Clustering
5 1 (1.351%) Replication
5 1 (1.351%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.351%) Open Source
5 1 (1.351%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.351%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.22%) Android
2 8 (10.81%) Apple iOS
3 6 (8.108%) Linux
4 2 (2.703%) Windows
5 1 (1.351%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.351%) UNIX
5 1 (1.351%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (28.38%) Agile Software Development
2 19 (25.68%) TDD
2 19 (25.68%) Scrum
3 16 (21.62%) Continuous Integration
4 12 (16.22%) SOA
5 11 (14.86%) Waterfall
5 11 (14.86%) DSDM
5 11 (14.86%) OO
6 9 (12.16%) Web Development
7 7 (9.459%) Test-First Development
7 7 (9.459%) E-Commerce
7 7 (9.459%) RUP
7 7 (9.459%) Data Transformation
8 6 (8.108%) Integration Testing
8 6 (8.108%) Software Engineering
9 5 (6.757%) BDD
10 4 (5.405%) Web Testing
10 4 (5.405%) Test Scripting
10 4 (5.405%) Kanban
11 3 (4.054%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 49 (66.22%) Java
2 36 (48.65%) SQL
3 34 (45.95%) Python
4 19 (25.68%) JavaScript
5 6 (8.108%) Objective-C
5 6 (8.108%) Ruby
6 5 (6.757%) PHP5
7 4 (5.405%) Perl
8 2 (2.703%) C#
9 1 (1.351%) C++
9 1 (1.351%) C
9 1 (1.351%) Bash shell
9 1 (1.351%) Groovy
9 1 (1.351%) PHP4
Qualifications
1 28 (37.84%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.405%) QA
System Software
1 8 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.351%) Samba
2 1 (1.351%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (5.405%) Puppet
Vendors
1 12 (16.22%) VMware
1 12 (16.22%) Citrix
2 8 (10.81%) IBM
3 6 (8.108%) Altova
4 5 (6.757%) Oracle
4 5 (6.757%) JBoss
4 5 (6.757%) Zend
5 1 (1.351%) Cisco
5 1 (1.351%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.351%) Rackspace
Glasgow, Scotland
My client is looking for a developer who is particularly experienced in PHP programming and has the following experience: *MySQL database knowledge *HTML/CSS *Javascript My client is...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
My client is looking for a developer who is particularly experienced in PHP programming and has the following experience: *MySQL database knowledge *HTML/CSS *Javascript My client is...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
You will ideally have the following experience: *PHP programming experience (at least 2 years) *MySQL experience *Experience with HTML, CSS, Javascript/JQuery My client is looking for someone...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
If you have the following experience then this could be the opportunity for you: *A degree in Computer Science or equivalent *Experience across the LAMP stack *Strong PHP...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
If you have the following experience then this could be the opportunity for you: *A degree in Computer Science or equivalent *Experience across the LAMP stack *Strong PHP...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum (dependant on experience)
Posted: 17 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £20000 - £32000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013