The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 24 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 45 - 56
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 8 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 2.186% - 0.316%
As % of the Application Development category 4.545% - 0.625%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 1
Average salary £30,000 - £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
176 261 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 48.09% 51.58% 50.63%
Number of salaries quoted 155 227 127
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £28,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
Merseyside

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing LAMP across the Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 17 (85.00%) PHP
2 16 (80.00%) MySQL
3 13 (65.00%) TDD
4 11 (55.00%) PHP5
5 10 (50.00%) OO
6 8 (40.00%) OOP
6 8 (40.00%) Apache
7 7 (35.00%) Zend
7 7 (35.00%) Linux
7 7 (35.00%) HTML
7 7 (35.00%) CSS
8 6 (30.00%) Zend Framework
8 6 (30.00%) jQuery
9 5 (25.00%) Scrum
10 4 (20.00%) Web Design
11 3 (15.00%) Regression Testing
11 3 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
11 3 (15.00%) Software Testing
11 3 (15.00%) Resource Management
11 3 (15.00%) QA
11 3 (15.00%) Java
11 3 (15.00%) Oracle
11 3 (15.00%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (15.00%) Release Management
11 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
11 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing
11 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
11 3 (15.00%) System Testing
12 2 (10.00%) MVC
12 2 (10.00%) Migration

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 7 (35.00%) HTML
1 7 (35.00%) CSS
2 6 (30.00%) Zend Framework
2 6 (30.00%) jQuery
3 1 (5.000%) Ajax
3 1 (5.000%) JSP
3 1 (5.000%) SOAP
3 1 (5.000%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (40.00%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (80.00%) MySQL
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) JIRA
1 1 (5.000%) Subversion
1 1 (5.000%) Zend Studio
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Developer
2 15 (75.00%) PHP Developer
3 8 (40.00%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Software Developer
4 5 (25.00%) LAMP Developer
5 3 (15.00%) Quality Manager
5 3 (15.00%) QA Manager
5 3 (15.00%) Software Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Web Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Development Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Lead Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Lead PHP Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Development Manager
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.000%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) TDD
2 10 (50.00%) OO
3 8 (40.00%) OOP
4 5 (25.00%) Scrum
5 4 (20.00%) Web Design
6 3 (15.00%) Regression Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (15.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Resource Management
6 3 (15.00%) Release Management
6 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (15.00%) System Testing
7 2 (10.00%) MVC
7 2 (10.00%) Migration
8 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (5.000%) CRM
8 1 (5.000%) ETL
8 1 (5.000%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (85.00%) PHP
2 11 (55.00%) PHP5
3 3 (15.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Zend
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.000%) Rackspace
Liverpool, Merseyside
You must have a solid understanding and experience of PHP, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), and test driven development (both functional and non-funtional test on code)... You will...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Magento developer , php developer, MySQL, Javascript, LAMP developer, programmer Magento PHP Developer Liverpool L19 , £30- 35 k D.O.E + bens/bonus 23 days holiday +bank holidays (8)...
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum +bens+bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Magento developer , php developer, MySQL, Javascript, LAMP developer, programmer Magento PHP Developer Liverpool L19 , £30- 35 k D.O.E + bens/bonus 23 days holiday +bank holidays (8)...
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum +bens+bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013