The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 82 99 70
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -29
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 63 39 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 2.388% 1.829% 2.382%
As % of the Application Development category 5.860% 3.739% 5.113%
Number of salaries quoted 35 36 39
Average salary £27,500 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.11% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £28,750 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £40,000 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1075 1043 841
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 40.75% 48.92% 46.59%
Number of salaries quoted 865 948 753
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds LAMP Salary Histogram

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 64 (57.66%) PHP
2 54 (48.65%) MySQL
3 51 (45.95%) jQuery
4 50 (45.05%) CSS
4 50 (45.05%) HTML
5 49 (44.14%) JavaScript
6 47 (42.34%) Linux
7 38 (34.23%) Apache
8 32 (28.83%) HTML5
9 31 (27.93%) E-Commerce
10 29 (26.13%) PHP5
11 28 (25.23%) Red Hat
12 24 (21.62%) DNS
13 21 (18.92%) OO
14 20 (18.02%) Java
14 20 (18.02%) FTP
14 20 (18.02%) Telecoms
14 20 (18.02%) Debian
15 18 (16.22%) JBoss
16 16 (14.41%) ITIL
16 16 (14.41%) Perl
16 16 (14.41%) Introscope
16 16 (14.41%) Magento
16 16 (14.41%) CA Wily
16 16 (14.41%) Security Cleared
16 16 (14.41%) Splunk
17 14 (12.61%) Windows
18 13 (11.71%) XML
18 13 (11.71%) MVC
18 13 (11.71%) Marketing

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 51 (45.95%) jQuery
2 50 (45.05%) CSS
2 50 (45.05%) HTML
3 32 (28.83%) HTML5
4 13 (11.71%) XML
5 12 (10.81%) .NET
6 11 (9.910%) Zend Framework
7 8 (7.207%) Ajax
8 7 (6.306%) XHTML
9 6 (5.405%) Flash
9 6 (5.405%) ASP.NET
10 3 (2.703%) J2EE
11 2 (1.802%) amfPHP
11 2 (1.802%) CSS3
11 2 (1.802%) WebSphere
11 2 (1.802%) SOAP
12 1 (0.901%) JMS
12 1 (0.901%) Web Services
12 1 (0.901%) Symfony
12 1 (0.901%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 38 (34.23%) Apache
2 16 (14.41%) Magento
3 12 (10.81%) WordPress
4 8 (7.207%) Moodle
5 7 (6.306%) CMS
6 6 (5.405%) ColdFusion
7 4 (3.604%) Drupal
7 4 (3.604%) SugarCRM
8 3 (2.703%) Tomcat
9 2 (1.802%) ATG Dynamo
9 2 (1.802%) WebLogic
9 2 (1.802%) iPlanet
10 1 (0.901%) IIS
10 1 (0.901%) ActiveMQ
10 1 (0.901%) ESB
10 1 (0.901%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.901%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.901%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.901%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 1 (0.901%) MS Excel
1 1 (0.901%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (3.604%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (21.62%) DNS
2 20 (18.02%) FTP
3 4 (3.604%) HTTP
4 3 (2.703%) Internet
5 1 (0.901%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.901%) VoIP
5 1 (0.901%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (48.65%) MySQL
2 10 (9.009%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.604%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.802%) GIS
4 2 (1.802%) DB2
Development Applications
1 16 (14.41%) Introscope
2 12 (10.81%) Git (software)
3 3 (2.703%) Selenium
3 3 (2.703%) PhoneGap
4 2 (1.802%) JMeter
4 2 (1.802%) JUnit
5 1 (0.901%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.901%) Subversion
General
1 20 (18.02%) Telecoms
2 13 (11.71%) Marketing
3 7 (6.306%) Finance
4 4 (3.604%) Retail
5 2 (1.802%) Games
Job Titles
1 61 (54.95%) Developer
2 54 (48.65%) PHP Developer
3 22 (19.82%) Systems Administrator
3 22 (19.82%) Administrator
4 21 (18.92%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 21 (18.92%) Linux Administrator
5 13 (11.71%) LAMP Developer
6 10 (9.009%) Web Developer
7 8 (7.207%) PHP Web Developer
8 6 (5.405%) PHP MySQL Developer
9 4 (3.604%) Performance Analyst
9 4 (3.604%) Performance Test Analyst
9 4 (3.604%) Analyst
9 4 (3.604%) Test Analyst
10 2 (1.802%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 2 (1.802%) Web Development Manager
10 2 (1.802%) Web Manager
10 2 (1.802%) Systems Manager
10 2 (1.802%) Java Developer
10 2 (1.802%) Systems Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.405%) Web 2.0
2 4 (3.604%) E-Learning
2 4 (3.604%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (1.802%) Online Games
4 1 (0.901%) Animation
4 1 (0.901%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.901%) Blog
4 1 (0.901%) RIA
4 1 (0.901%) Open Source
4 1 (0.901%) iPhone
4 1 (0.901%) Social Media
4 1 (0.901%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.901%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 47 (42.34%) Linux
2 20 (18.02%) Debian
3 14 (12.61%) Windows
4 9 (8.108%) UNIX
5 2 (1.802%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.901%) SUSE
6 1 (0.901%) CentOS
6 1 (0.901%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.901%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.93%) E-Commerce
2 21 (18.92%) OO
3 16 (14.41%) ITIL
4 13 (11.71%) MVC
5 12 (10.81%) Project Management
6 8 (7.207%) Data Analysis
7 6 (5.405%) Web Development
8 5 (4.505%) User Stories
9 4 (3.604%) Analytics
9 4 (3.604%) Unit Testing
9 4 (3.604%) Performance Testing
9 4 (3.604%) Scrum
9 4 (3.604%) OOP
9 4 (3.604%) Benchmarking
10 3 (2.703%) Load Testing
10 3 (2.703%) Digital Marketing
11 2 (1.802%) Stress Testing
11 2 (1.802%) Continuous Integration
11 2 (1.802%) Technical Architecture
12 1 (0.901%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 64 (57.66%) PHP
2 49 (44.14%) JavaScript
3 29 (26.13%) PHP5
4 20 (18.02%) Java
5 16 (14.41%) Perl
6 8 (7.207%) SQL
7 2 (1.802%) C
8 1 (0.901%) Python
8 1 (0.901%) C#
8 1 (0.901%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.901%) VB
8 1 (0.901%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 16 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.207%) Degree
3 1 (0.901%) ISEB
3 1 (0.901%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.604%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.604%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.901%) VMware ESX
2 1 (0.901%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (14.41%) CA Wily
1 16 (14.41%) Splunk
Vendors
1 28 (25.23%) Red Hat
2 18 (16.22%) JBoss
3 13 (11.71%) Zend
4 4 (3.604%) Spiceworks
4 4 (3.604%) Omniture
4 4 (3.604%) Google
4 4 (3.604%) Oracle
4 4 (3.604%) Adobe
5 3 (2.703%) Sencha
6 2 (1.802%) hybris
6 2 (1.802%) Facebook
6 2 (1.802%) ATG
6 2 (1.802%) IBM
6 2 (1.802%) BEA
7 1 (0.901%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.901%) VMware
7 1 (0.901%) Terracotta
Leeds, West Yorkshire
WE ARE LOOKING FOR GRADUATE LEVEL & ABOVE; PHP / Frontend or JavaScript Developers with good experience within php, Cake/Zend Lamp development environment with excellent HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery,...
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Salary: £24000 - £34000 per annum + full benefits plus GTeed bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Strong knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as Java...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Excellent opportunity for a Performance Test Analyst to join a successful financial services company based in Leeds.
E-Resourcing
Salary: £38000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Development, BI, Infrastructure and operations) for architectural related matters... - Significant experience in a software design and development role using web technologies and database driven applications such as JEE/...
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Salary: Competitive
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