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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Kent region.

 PHP
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank132919
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Down-10
Matching permanent IT job ads7339129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent11.27 %5.882 %8.269 %
As % of the Programming Languages category20.51 %10.99 %17.00 %
Salaries quoted7135128
Average salary£35,000£27,000£28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.62 %-5.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,500£20,000£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£39,500£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£29,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.690 %
Kent IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
356355759
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent54.94 %53.54 %48.65 %
Salaries quoted338322695
Average salary£32,500£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
PHP South EastPHP
South East

PHP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing PHP across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Kent region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tunbridge WellsUp+95£35,000+9.37 %
MaidstoneUp+93£35,000+55.55 %
West MallingNew entry-3£40,000-
DartfordNew entry-2£28,750-
PHP South EastPHP
South East

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

185 (63.91 %)MySQL
282 (61.65 %)CSS
368 (51.13 %)JavaScript
464 (48.12 %)HTML
543 (32.33 %)XML
642 (31.58 %)LAMP
740 (30.08 %)XHTML
839 (29.32 %)Linux
933 (24.81 %)OO
1030 (22.56 %)Flash
1030 (22.56 %)AJAX
1129 (21.80 %)E-Commerce
1228 (21.05 %)PHP5
1323 (17.29 %)ActionScript
1422 (16.54 %)Apache
1521 (15.79 %)SQL
1618 (13.53 %)W3C
1717 (12.78 %)Photoshop
1717 (12.78 %)Retail
1717 (12.78 %)Web Development
1816 (12.03 %)Internet
1816 (12.03 %)ActionScript 3.0
1915 (11.28 %)DHTML
2013 (9.774 %)XSL
2112 (9.023 %)OOP
2112 (9.023 %)jQuery
2210 (7.519 %)Marketing
2210 (7.519 %)Python
239 (6.767 %)C
239 (6.767 %)Windows

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
182 (61.65 %)CSS
264 (48.12 %)HTML
343 (32.33 %)XML
442 (31.58 %)LAMP
540 (30.08 %)XHTML
630 (22.56 %)Flash
630 (22.56 %)AJAX
715 (11.28 %)DHTML
813 (9.774 %)XSL
912 (9.023 %)jQuery
108 (6.015 %)Web Services
117 (5.263 %)Symfony
125 (3.759 %)XSLT
134 (3.008 %)Smarty
134 (3.008 %).NET
143 (2.256 %)ASP
143 (2.256 %)ASP.NET
143 (2.256 %)PureMVC
152 (1.504 %)Adobe Flex
152 (1.504 %)JSON
Kent IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (16.54 %)Apache
28 (6.015 %)CMS
36 (4.511 %)ColdFusion
44 (3.008 %)Joomla!
52 (1.504 %)Drupal
61 (0.752 %)Flash Media Server
61 (0.752 %)Magento
Kent IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
117 (12.78 %)Photoshop
27 (5.263 %)Adobe Illustrator
33 (2.256 %)ImageReady
42 (1.504 %)MS Visio
51 (0.752 %)GIMP
Kent IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (3.008 %)Pivotal CRM
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (12.03 %)Internet
24 (3.008 %)Network Security
31 (0.752 %)DHCP
31 (0.752 %)TCP/IP
31 (0.752 %)DNS
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
185 (63.91 %)MySQL
23 (2.256 %)SQL Server
31 (0.752 %)SQL Server 2005
Kent IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (3.759 %)Subversion
15 (3.759 %)Selenium
15 (3.759 %)Git (software)
15 (3.759 %)PEAR
23 (2.256 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.752 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.752 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.752 %)JIRA
Kent IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
117 (12.78 %)Retail
210 (7.519 %)Marketing
36 (4.511 %)Graphic Design
36 (4.511 %)Insurance
43 (2.256 %)Education
43 (2.256 %)Health
43 (2.256 %)Advertising
52 (1.504 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (0.752 %)Pensions
61 (0.752 %)Animation
61 (0.752 %)Construction
Kent IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1102 (76.69 %)Developer
266 (49.62 %)PHP Developer
355 (41.35 %)Web Developer
429 (21.80 %)PHP Web Developer
511 (8.271 %)Front-End Developer
68 (6.015 %)Senior Developer
68 (6.015 %)Analyst
77 (5.263 %)Applications Developer
77 (5.263 %)Web Applications Developer
86 (4.511 %)Front-End Web Developer
86 (4.511 %)Senior PHP Developer
95 (3.759 %)Architect
95 (3.759 %)Technical Leader
95 (3.759 %)Test Analyst
95 (3.759 %)Programmer
104 (3.008 %)Designer
104 (3.008 %)Applications Support
104 (3.008 %)Senior Analyst
104 (3.008 %)Web Designer
104 (3.008 %)Senior Test Analyst
Kent IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
118 (13.53 %)W3C
25 (3.759 %)Web 2.0
34 (3.008 %)Cloud Computing
43 (2.256 %)Computer Science
43 (2.256 %)German Language
52 (1.504 %)Social Network
61 (0.752 %)Open Source
61 (0.752 %)Visualisation
Kent IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
139 (29.32 %)Linux
29 (6.767 %)Windows
33 (2.256 %)Red Hat Linux
42 (1.504 %)UNIX
51 (0.752 %)Windows XP
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
133 (24.81 %)OO
229 (21.80 %)E-Commerce
317 (12.78 %)Web Development
412 (9.023 %)OOP
59 (6.767 %)OOD
59 (6.767 %)SEO
68 (6.015 %)MVC
76 (4.511 %)Business Analysis
76 (4.511 %)CRM
85 (3.759 %)Data Modelling
94 (3.008 %)Integration Testing
94 (3.008 %)Test Scripting
94 (3.008 %)Software Architecture
94 (3.008 %)Project Management
94 (3.008 %)OOA/OOD
102 (1.504 %)Web Design
102 (1.504 %)Web Analytics
102 (1.504 %)Automated Testing
102 (1.504 %)Agile Software Development
102 (1.504 %)Content Management
Kent IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
168 (51.13 %)JavaScript
228 (21.05 %)PHP5
323 (17.29 %)ActionScript
421 (15.79 %)SQL
516 (12.03 %)ActionScript 3.0
610 (7.519 %)Python
79 (6.767 %)C
86 (4.511 %)ActionScript 2.0
86 (4.511 %)Java
94 (3.008 %)Perl
102 (1.504 %)C-shell
102 (1.504 %)Bash shell
102 (1.504 %)AWK
111 (0.752 %)VBScript
111 (0.752 %)C#
Kent IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (4.511 %)Degree
22 (1.504 %)ISEB
Kent IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.759 %)QA
Kent IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.504 %)Samba
12 (1.504 %)NFS
Kent IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (6.015 %)Adobe
23 (2.256 %)Red Hat
31 (0.752 %)Zend
31 (0.752 %)Panasonic