The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 17 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 24 33 23
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -10
Permanent jobs citing PHP 40 31 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 8.264% 5.467% 8.800%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.90% 9.012% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 34 29 33
Average salary £28,250 £30,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.83% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,400 £37,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
310 344 238
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 64.05% 60.67% 63.47%
Number of salaries quoted 285 324 215
Average salary £33,000 £31,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.45% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £26,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
North West

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Blackpool +6 9 £32,500 +51.16%
Blackburn +2 4 £21,750 -42.00%
Burnley -3 4 £25,000 +17.64%
Lancaster -1 3 £22,500 -35.71%
Preston +3 2 £25,500 +21.42%
Chorley +1 1 £33,000 +3.12%
Lytham St Annes - 1 £29,000 -
PHP
North West

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 44 (61.11%) CSS
2 41 (56.94%) HTML
3 31 (43.06%) MySQL
4 27 (37.50%) JavaScript
5 24 (33.33%) jQuery
6 23 (31.94%) Java
7 22 (30.56%) E-Commerce
8 20 (27.78%) LAMP
9 19 (26.39%) Web Development
9 19 (26.39%) Linux
10 16 (22.22%) PHP5
10 16 (22.22%) Mobile App
11 15 (20.83%) Retail
11 15 (20.83%) SQL
12 13 (18.06%) C#
12 13 (18.06%) Python
13 12 (16.67%) Web Services
13 12 (16.67%) XML
13 12 (16.67%) C++
13 12 (16.67%) MVC
13 12 (16.67%) HTTP
13 12 (16.67%) Selenium
13 12 (16.67%) Unit Testing
13 12 (16.67%) CSS3
14 11 (15.28%) User Acceptance Testing
14 11 (15.28%) WordPress
14 11 (15.28%) PHP4
14 11 (15.28%) QA
14 11 (15.28%) Ruby
14 11 (15.28%) SOAP

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 44 (61.11%) CSS
2 41 (56.94%) HTML
3 24 (33.33%) jQuery
4 20 (27.78%) LAMP
5 12 (16.67%) Web Services
5 12 (16.67%) XML
5 12 (16.67%) CSS3
6 11 (15.28%) SOAP
7 10 (13.89%) soapUI
7 10 (13.89%) REST
8 9 (12.50%) Visualforce
8 9 (12.50%) HTML5
9 7 (9.722%) XHTML
10 6 (8.333%) CakePHP
11 5 (6.944%) CodeIgniter
11 5 (6.944%) .NET
12 3 (4.167%) Ajax
13 2 (2.778%) Django
13 2 (2.778%) Underscore.js
14 1 (1.389%) HTML5 Canvas
Application Platforms
1 11 (15.28%) WordPress
2 10 (13.89%) Magento
3 5 (6.944%) Apache
4 2 (2.778%) ExpressionEngine
4 2 (2.778%) CMS
5 1 (1.389%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.389%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (6.944%) Photoshop
2 2 (2.778%) Fireworks
3 1 (1.389%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.67%) HTTP
2 2 (2.778%) Internet
3 1 (1.389%) Firewall
3 1 (1.389%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (1.389%) Openswan
3 1 (1.389%) Intranet
3 1 (1.389%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (43.06%) MySQL
2 2 (2.778%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.389%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.389%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.389%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.389%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (16.67%) Selenium
2 10 (13.89%) FitNesse
2 10 (13.89%) WATIR
3 2 (2.778%) WebDriver
3 2 (2.778%) Jasmine
4 1 (1.389%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.389%) Subversion
General
1 15 (20.83%) Retail
2 2 (2.778%) Automotive
3 1 (1.389%) Advertising
3 1 (1.389%) Games
Job Titles
1 59 (81.94%) Developer
2 32 (44.44%) PHP Developer
3 21 (29.17%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 16 (22.22%) Web Developer
5 11 (15.28%) Consultant
5 11 (15.28%) Test Consultant
5 11 (15.28%) Senior Developer
6 9 (12.50%) Salesforce.com Developer
7 5 (6.944%) Front-End Developer
7 5 (6.944%) Front-End Web Developer
8 4 (5.556%) Designer
8 4 (5.556%) Senior PHP Developer
8 4 (5.556%) Programmer
8 4 (5.556%) Web Designer
9 3 (4.167%) PHP Web Developer
10 2 (2.778%) PHP Programmer
10 2 (2.778%) JavaScript Developer
10 2 (2.778%) Senior JavaScript Developer
11 1 (1.389%) Automation Test Analyst
11 1 (1.389%) Software Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 4 (5.556%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.389%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.389%) Replication
3 1 (1.389%) Interactive TV
3 1 (1.389%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.389%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.389%) Social Gaming
Operating Systems
1 19 (26.39%) Linux
2 1 (1.389%) FreeBSD
2 1 (1.389%) Android
2 1 (1.389%) CentOS
2 1 (1.389%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.389%) Windows Phone
2 1 (1.389%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.56%) E-Commerce
2 19 (26.39%) Web Development
3 12 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 12 (16.67%) MVC
4 11 (15.28%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (13.89%) System Testing
5 10 (13.89%) Waterfall
5 10 (13.89%) OO
5 10 (13.89%) RAD
6 9 (12.50%) CRM
6 9 (12.50%) ERP
7 5 (6.944%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (4.167%) Mobile Application Development
8 3 (4.167%) Scrum
9 2 (2.778%) TDD
9 2 (2.778%) SEO
9 2 (2.778%) Kanban
10 1 (1.389%) OOP
10 1 (1.389%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 27 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 23 (31.94%) Java
3 16 (22.22%) PHP5
4 15 (20.83%) SQL
5 13 (18.06%) C#
5 13 (18.06%) Python
6 12 (16.67%) C++
7 11 (15.28%) PHP4
7 11 (15.28%) Ruby
8 10 (13.89%) C
9 5 (6.944%) Bash shell
10 2 (2.778%) Objective-C
11 1 (1.389%) Perl
11 1 (1.389%) ActionScript 3.0
11 1 (1.389%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.389%) VBScript
11 1 (1.389%) VB.NET
11 1 (1.389%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 5 (6.944%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.28%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.389%) Nagios
1 1 (1.389%) Munin
Vendors
1 9 (12.50%) Salesforce.com
2 4 (5.556%) Adobe
3 2 (2.778%) Zend
4 1 (1.389%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.389%) Facebook
4 1 (1.389%) Symbian
4 1 (1.389%) Nokia
4 1 (1.389%) Tripwire
Blackburn, Lancashire
PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript - £20k - £25k - Blackburn A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a PHP Developer to join an establish team, working closely with a senior member of...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Lancashire, North West
Rapidly growing Payroll Services Company in Lancashire is looking to increase their development team by adding a PHP Developer.Due to recent and forecasted growth and an increased...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
PHP Frameworks (CodeIgniter / CakePHP / Symfony) API Integration (PayPal / SagePay / Google Maps / Google Shopping) Project Management... Key Skills: MySQL / eCommerce / CodeIgniter / CakePHP / Symfony / Zend / Cordova / PhoneGap / PHP / JavaScript / jQuery /...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, North West
This is an outstanding opportunity for a strong graduate in in Computer Science or Computing (or related degree) or somebody who has strong commercial experience.For the Graduate /...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Training
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
You will be involved in many different projects using different skills and languages, so this will offer an excellent opportunity for development as our client use Java, C# ...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Training
Posted: 17 May 2013
Burnley, Lancashire
Expertise in the following areas: Excellent experience of installation, configuration and maintenance of CentOS and FreeBSD Excellent Linux Systems admin skills - troubleshooting, grep, top, ps, permissions, etc Excellent...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £25k to £35k + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013