The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 22 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 Halifax region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank - 17 -
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 0 20 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax - 10.00% -
As % of the Application Development category - 17.70% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 19 0
Average salary - £36,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
46 113 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 27.71% 56.50% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 34 87 35
Average salary £22,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.76% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £23,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
West Yorkshire

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
1 1 (100.00%) PHP5

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PHP Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior PHP Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PHP MySQL Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) PHP5