The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development category for the Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 82 98 81
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -17
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 13 5 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.476% 0.403% 0.361%
As % of the Application Development category 2.832% 0.812% 0.971%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 4
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £30,750
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £34,250 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
459 616 412
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 52.10% 49.60% 37.22%
Number of salaries quoted 411 544 369
Average salary £34,500 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.00% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
South West

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing LAMP across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Gloucestershire LAMP Jobs Demand Trend

LAMP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LAMP across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAMP across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Gloucestershire LAMP Salary Histogram

LAMP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cheltenham +24 9 £35,000 -
Cirencester - 1 £34,000 -
LAMP
South West

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing LAMP 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 LAMP.

1 22 (52.38%) PHP
2 20 (47.62%) Java
2 20 (47.62%) Security Cleared
3 18 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 18 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
3 18 (42.86%) C
3 18 (42.86%) J2EE
3 18 (42.86%) Oracle
3 18 (42.86%) JBoss
3 18 (42.86%) ClearCase
3 18 (42.86%) Eclipse
3 18 (42.86%) Middleware
3 18 (42.86%) PKI
4 15 (35.71%) Linux
5 14 (33.33%) MySQL
6 11 (26.19%) Drupal
7 9 (21.43%) Ajax
7 9 (21.43%) Git (software)
8 8 (19.05%) Social Media
8 8 (19.05%) Ubuntu
8 8 (19.05%) HTML
8 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
8 8 (19.05%) CSS
8 8 (19.05%) Nagios
9 7 (16.67%) Internet
9 7 (16.67%) SQL
9 7 (16.67%) Firewall
10 6 (14.29%) Apache
11 5 (11.90%) Munin
11 5 (11.90%) Amazon EC2

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing LAMP 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 LAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (42.86%) J2EE
1 18 (42.86%) Middleware
2 9 (21.43%) Ajax
3 8 (19.05%) HTML
3 8 (19.05%) CSS
4 3 (7.143%) jQuery
5 2 (4.762%) HTML5
5 2 (4.762%) CSS3
6 1 (2.381%) XML
6 1 (2.381%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (2.381%) CakePHP
Application Platforms
1 11 (26.19%) Drupal
2 6 (14.29%) Apache
3 5 (11.90%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (9.524%) CMS
5 2 (4.762%) Magento
5 2 (4.762%) Joomla!
5 2 (4.762%) WordPress
5 2 (4.762%) SharePoint
5 2 (4.762%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Google Apps
2 4 (9.524%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.67%) Internet
1 7 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (7.143%) DNS
2 3 (7.143%) SMTP
3 2 (4.762%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.381%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (33.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (42.86%) ClearCase
1 18 (42.86%) Eclipse
2 9 (21.43%) Git (software)
3 3 (7.143%) Subversion
General
1 5 (11.90%) Marketing
2 3 (7.143%) Games
3 2 (4.762%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 38 (90.48%) Developer
2 23 (54.76%) Web Developer
3 18 (42.86%) Middleware Developer
4 16 (38.10%) PHP Developer
5 6 (14.29%) LAMP Developer
5 6 (14.29%) Drupal Developer
5 6 (14.29%) PHP Drupal Developer
6 5 (11.90%) PHP MySQL Developer
7 4 (9.524%) MySQL Developer
7 4 (9.524%) PHP Web Developer
8 2 (4.762%) PHP Joomla! Developer
8 2 (4.762%) Linux Engineer
8 2 (4.762%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.762%) Systems Engineer
9 1 (2.381%) PHP Programmer
9 1 (2.381%) Web Programmer
9 1 (2.381%) Programmer
9 1 (2.381%) SEO Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (42.86%) PKI
2 8 (19.05%) Social Media
3 3 (7.143%) Mobile Games
3 3 (7.143%) iPad
3 3 (7.143%) Social Gaming
3 3 (7.143%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 15 (35.71%) Linux
2 8 (19.05%) Ubuntu
3 4 (9.524%) UNIX
4 3 (7.143%) Apple iOS
4 3 (7.143%) Android
5 2 (4.762%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (11.90%) CRM
2 5 (11.90%) SEO
2 5 (11.90%) Time Management
3 4 (9.524%) Project Management
4 3 (7.143%) Web Development
4 3 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (4.762%) Scrum
6 1 (2.381%) OOP
6 1 (2.381%) OO
Programming Languages
1 22 (52.38%) PHP
2 20 (47.62%) Java
3 18 (42.86%) C
4 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
5 7 (16.67%) SQL
6 5 (11.90%) Python
7 2 (4.762%) Bash shell
7 2 (4.762%) Perl
8 1 (2.381%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 20 (47.62%) Security Cleared
2 18 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.762%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.143%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.762%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (19.05%) Nagios
2 5 (11.90%) Munin
Vendors
1 18 (42.86%) Oracle
1 18 (42.86%) JBoss
2 5 (11.90%) Twitter
2 5 (11.90%) Google
3 4 (9.524%) Microsoft
4 3 (7.143%) Perforce
4 3 (7.143%) Zend
5 2 (4.762%) Cisco
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Key Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, LAMP, OOP, Object Oriented, MVC, Zend, MySQL, Linux, JavaScript. This is a truly unique opportunity for an experienced PHP Developer to get...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum - Share options
Posted: 20 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Senior PHP Developer Zend, MySQL, Javascript, Gloucestershire, £40,000-£50,000Key Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, LAMP, OOP, Object Oriented, MVC, Zend, MySQL, Linux, JavaScript-This is a...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP50000 per annum + Benefits: Share options
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Key Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, LAMP, OOP, Object Oriented, MVC, Zend, MySQL, Linux, JavaScript... With an unmitigated enthusiasm for technical innovation, you will be happy spending your...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - Share options
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
A market leading agency in Cheltenham are looking for new developers with strong web development skills, specifically the LAMP stack and solid OO experience... People Source specialise in...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £32000 - £42000 per annum + excellent benefits scheme
Posted: 15 May 2013