The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP 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 Programming Languages category for the Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 28 31 44
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +13
Permanent jobs citing PHP 27 14 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 8.359% 5.364% 2.020%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.04% 9.722% 3.000%
Number of salaries quoted 24 13 6
Average salary £41,250 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,050 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,250 £44,000 £28,750
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
207 144 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 64.09% 55.17% 67.34%
Number of salaries quoted 202 133 188
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
Suffolk

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Ipswich PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 45 (80.36%) MySQL
2 44 (78.57%) JavaScript
3 43 (76.79%) CSS
4 30 (53.57%) Web Development
5 26 (46.43%) HTML
6 23 (41.07%) OO
7 19 (33.93%) MVC
8 18 (32.14%) PHP5
9 17 (30.36%) jQuery
10 14 (25.00%) C
10 14 (25.00%) HTML5
11 13 (23.21%) XHTML
12 9 (16.07%) Linux
13 7 (12.50%) CSS3
13 7 (12.50%) Subversion
13 7 (12.50%) CMS
13 7 (12.50%) Apache
14 6 (10.71%) Internet
15 5 (8.929%) LAMP
15 5 (8.929%) Debian
15 5 (8.929%) Big Data
15 5 (8.929%) Analytics
15 5 (8.929%) Social Media
15 5 (8.929%) Mathematics
15 5 (8.929%) CodeIgniter
15 5 (8.929%) CakePHP
15 5 (8.929%) Kohana
16 4 (7.143%) Apple iOS
16 4 (7.143%) PostgreSQL
16 4 (7.143%) Objective-C

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 43 (76.79%) CSS
2 26 (46.43%) HTML
3 17 (30.36%) jQuery
4 14 (25.00%) HTML5
5 13 (23.21%) XHTML
6 7 (12.50%) CSS3
7 5 (8.929%) LAMP
7 5 (8.929%) CodeIgniter
7 5 (8.929%) CakePHP
7 5 (8.929%) Kohana
8 1 (1.786%) .NET
8 1 (1.786%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (12.50%) CMS
1 7 (12.50%) Apache
2 3 (5.357%) SilverStripe
3 1 (1.786%) Joomla!
Applications
1 2 (3.571%) Photoshop
1 2 (3.571%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.71%) Internet
2 4 (7.143%) TCP/IP
3 3 (5.357%) 3G
3 3 (5.357%) 4G
4 2 (3.571%) LAN
4 2 (3.571%) Ethernet
4 2 (3.571%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (80.36%) MySQL
2 5 (8.929%) Big Data
3 4 (7.143%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Subversion
General
1 4 (7.143%) Finance
2 2 (3.571%) Publishing
3 1 (1.786%) Electronics
3 1 (1.786%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (83.93%) Developer
2 29 (51.79%) Web Developer
3 16 (28.57%) Senior Developer
3 16 (28.57%) Senior Web Developer
4 14 (25.00%) PHP Developer
5 13 (23.21%) Technical Leader
6 8 (14.29%) Team Leader
6 8 (14.29%) Web Team Leader
7 5 (8.929%) Lead Developer
7 5 (8.929%) Lead Web Developer
8 3 (5.357%) PHP MySQL Developer
8 3 (5.357%) C Developer
9 2 (3.571%) Front-End Developer
9 2 (3.571%) Front-End Web Developer
9 2 (3.571%) Software Engineer
9 2 (3.571%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 2 (3.571%) Linux Administrator
9 2 (3.571%) Product Manager
9 2 (3.571%) Administrator
9 2 (3.571%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.929%) Social Media
1 5 (8.929%) Mathematics
2 3 (5.357%) Blackberry
3 2 (3.571%) Open Source
3 2 (3.571%) SaaS
3 2 (3.571%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.786%) Firmware
4 1 (1.786%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.07%) Linux
2 5 (8.929%) Debian
3 4 (7.143%) Apple iOS
4 3 (5.357%) Windows
4 3 (5.357%) Windows 8
4 3 (5.357%) Android
5 2 (3.571%) Ubuntu
5 2 (3.571%) CentOS
5 2 (3.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (53.57%) Web Development
2 23 (41.07%) OO
3 19 (33.93%) MVC
4 5 (8.929%) Analytics
5 4 (7.143%) OOP
6 1 (1.786%) Content Management
6 1 (1.786%) ITIL
6 1 (1.786%) Online Marketing
Programming Languages
1 44 (78.57%) JavaScript
2 18 (32.14%) PHP5
3 14 (25.00%) C
4 4 (7.143%) Objective-C
4 4 (7.143%) C++
5 2 (3.571%) Bash shell
5 2 (3.571%) Python
5 2 (3.571%) Perl
5 2 (3.571%) SQL
6 1 (1.786%) C#
6 1 (1.786%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (1.786%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.786%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (3.571%) Red Hat
2 1 (1.786%) Oracle