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The table below looks at the demand for PHP skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8499
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching permanent IT job ads8582
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.036 %
As % of the category below5.066 %3.925 %
Salaries quoted6465
Average minimum salary£32,176£31,154
Average salary£35,195£32,823
% change on same period last year+7.22 %
Average maximum salary£38,213£34,492
UK excluding London average salary£31,107£29,808
% change on same period last year+4.35 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads16782089
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.967 %0.911 %
Salaries quoted14861800
Average minimum salary£36,695£35,236
Average salary£40,391£38,847
% change on same period last year+3.97 %
Average maximum salary£44,086£42,458
UK excluding London average salary£35,481£35,777
% change on same period last year-0.82 %
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St AlbansUp+1514£44,923+54.37 %
WatfordUp+114£35,937+36.04 %
Welwyn Garden CityDown-56£35,000-30.00 %
BerkhamstedNew entry-4£26,125-
Waltham CrossNew entry-1£21,500-
PHP East of EnglandPHP
East of England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1135 (65.22 %)JavaScript
2128 (61.84 %)HTML
3118 (57.00 %)CSS
4115 (55.56 %)XML
5110 (53.14 %)MySQL
674 (35.75 %).NET
674 (35.75 %)XSLT
770 (33.82 %)ASP
770 (33.82 %)Web Development
866 (31.88 %)AJAX
956 (27.05 %)ASP.NET
956 (27.05 %)OO
1048 (23.19 %)Apache
1146 (22.22 %)C#
1243 (20.77 %)PHP5
1341 (19.81 %)DOM
1341 (19.81 %)XHTML
1440 (19.32 %)Web 2.0
1538 (18.36 %)ClearCase
1538 (18.36 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1538 (18.36 %)Bugzilla
1637 (17.87 %)VB.NET
1735 (16.91 %)SOAP
1735 (16.91 %)Python
1833 (15.94 %)WebServices
1833 (15.94 %)SQL
1932 (15.46 %)PHP4
2031 (14.98 %)Linux
2126 (12.56 %)Ruby on Rails
2126 (12.56 %)Ruby

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1128 (61.84 %)HTML
2118 (57.00 %)CSS
3115 (55.56 %)XML
474 (35.75 %)XSLT
474 (35.75 %).NET
570 (33.82 %)ASP
666 (31.88 %)AJAX
756 (27.05 %)ASP.NET
841 (19.81 %)XHTML
841 (19.81 %)DOM
935 (16.91 %)SOAP
1033 (15.94 %)WebServices
1126 (12.56 %)Ruby on Rails
1222 (10.63 %)LAMP
1316 (7.729 %).NET Framework
1316 (7.729 %)WSDL
1411 (5.314 %)MFC
1411 (5.314 %)MVC
159 (4.348 %)VXML
168 (3.865 %)Adobe Flex
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
148 (23.19 %)Apache
224 (11.59 %)CMS
38 (3.865 %)ColdFusion
43 (1.449 %)ColdFusion MX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (5.314 %)Photoshop
23 (1.449 %)MATLAB
23 (1.449 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (0.966 %)Spreadsheet
32 (0.966 %)MS Excel
41 (0.483 %)QuarkXPress
41 (0.483 %)Fireworks
41 (0.483 %)InDesign
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.483 %)WebTrends
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (9.179 %)Internet
210 (4.831 %)SSH
36 (2.899 %)HTTP
43 (1.449 %)Broadband
43 (1.449 %)VoIP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1110 (53.14 %)MySQL
219 (9.179 %)SQL Server
39 (4.348 %)PostgreSQL
42 (0.966 %)FileMaker
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
138 (18.36 %)VSS/SourceSafe
138 (18.36 %)ClearCase
138 (18.36 %)Bugzilla
223 (11.11 %)Dreamweaver
223 (11.11 %)Flash
319 (9.179 %)Visual Studio
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (4.831 %)Finance
28 (3.865 %)Marketing
37 (3.382 %)Insurance
46 (2.899 %)Advertising
46 (2.899 %)Financial Institution
54 (1.932 %)Health
54 (1.932 %)Manufacturing
54 (1.932 %)Automotive
63 (1.449 %)Education
63 (1.449 %)Telecoms
63 (1.449 %)Publishing
71 (0.483 %)Games
71 (0.483 %)Graphic Design
71 (0.483 %)Government
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1153 (73.91 %)Developer
297 (46.86 %)Web Developer
340 (19.32 %)PHP Developer
431 (14.98 %)Web Manager
529 (14.01 %)Web Development Manager
529 (14.01 %)Development Manager
624 (11.59 %)PHP Web Developer
716 (7.729 %)Senior Developer
812 (5.797 %)Programmer
911 (5.314 %)C++ Developer
108 (3.865 %)MySQL Developer
108 (3.865 %)Linux Engineer
117 (3.382 %)Senior PHP Developer
126 (2.899 %)Web Team Leader
126 (2.899 %)C++ Programmer
126 (2.899 %)Team Leader
135 (2.415 %)Senior Web Developer
135 (2.415 %)Graduate
135 (2.415 %)Junior
135 (2.415 %)Flash Developer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (19.32 %)Web 2.0
210 (4.831 %)IVR
210 (4.831 %)Speech Recognition
39 (4.348 %)Computer Science
45 (2.415 %)iDTV
54 (1.932 %)Interactive TV
63 (1.449 %)Statistics
72 (0.966 %)W3C
72 (0.966 %)BBC
72 (0.966 %)Podcast
81 (0.483 %)E-Learning
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
131 (14.98 %)Linux
28 (3.865 %)Mac OS X
28 (3.865 %)Debian
37 (3.382 %)Windows
41 (0.483 %)Solaris
41 (0.483 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.483 %)Mac OS X Server
41 (0.483 %)UNIX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
170 (33.82 %)Web Development
256 (27.05 %)OO
326 (12.56 %)OOP
412 (5.797 %)E-Commerce
59 (4.348 %)SEO
66 (2.899 %)Content Management
75 (2.415 %)Software Engineering
84 (1.932 %)OOA/OOD
93 (1.449 %)Data Modelling
93 (1.449 %)OOD
93 (1.449 %)UML
93 (1.449 %)Data Analysis
93 (1.449 %)Web Design
102 (0.966 %)Agile Software Development
102 (0.966 %)Unit Testing
102 (0.966 %)B2B
111 (0.483 %)E-business
111 (0.483 %)ERP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1135 (65.22 %)JavaScript
246 (22.22 %)C#
343 (20.77 %)PHP5
437 (17.87 %)VB.NET
535 (16.91 %)Python
633 (15.94 %)SQL
732 (15.46 %)PHP4
826 (12.56 %)Ruby
919 (9.179 %)C++
1015 (7.246 %)ActionScript
1114 (6.763 %)Java
1213 (6.280 %)Perl
138 (3.865 %)DHTML
138 (3.865 %)VC++
143 (1.449 %)Transact-SQL
143 (1.449 %)VB
152 (0.966 %)C
152 (0.966 %)Shell Script
161 (0.483 %)Delphi
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (7.246 %)Degree
22 (0.966 %)Cisco Certification
31 (0.483 %)MySQL Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (1.449 %)SCOM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (4.831 %)Adobe
26 (2.899 %)Microsoft
34 (1.932 %)Sybase
43 (1.449 %)Zend
52 (0.966 %)SAP
52 (0.966 %)Cisco
52 (0.966 %)Macromedia
61 (0.483 %)JD Edwards
61 (0.483 %)Google
61 (0.483 %)Oracle