Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 22 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 London region.

 PHP
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank614397
Rank change year-on-year
Down-18Up+54
Matching permanent IT job ads133313771832
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London3.399 %4.325 %2.179 %
As % of the Programming Languages category6.613 %8.906 %4.495 %
Salaries quoted118712031637
Average salary£37,500£37,500£36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+2.730 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£70,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£29,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.690 %
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
201581546240752
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London51.40 %48.56 %48.47 %
Salaries quoted168701272133748
Average salary£50,000£45,000£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-5.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£30,000£31,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£70,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
PHP EnglandPHP
England

PHP
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the London region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of LondonDown-16396£37,500-28.57 %
LutonUp+1626£25,000-28.57 %
CroydonDown-614£40,000+6.66 %
HarrowUp+73£26,500-37.64 %
UxbridgeUp+43£27,500-15.38 %
SurbitonNew entry-3£27,500-
BromleyNew entry-3£33,250-
WimbledonDown-132£24,000-45.14 %
RomfordDown-21£45,000+52.54 %
IlfordNew entry-1£45,000-
BarkingNew entry-1£45,000-
EnfieldNew entry-1£26,000-
GraysNew entry-1£45,000-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-1£44,000-
HammersmithNew entry-1£30,000-
TwickenhamNew entry-1£30,000-
WembleyNew entry-1£35,000-
PHP EnglandPHP
England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

11313 (49.03 %)CSS
21310 (48.92 %)MySQL
31233 (46.04 %)JavaScript
41068 (39.88 %)HTML
5856 (31.96 %)Linux
6621 (23.19 %)OO
7618 (23.08 %)AJAX
8570 (21.28 %)XHTML
9569 (21.25 %)LAMP
10562 (20.99 %)XML
11548 (20.46 %)PHP5
12542 (20.24 %)SQL
13520 (19.42 %)Apache
14516 (19.27 %)Web Development
15504 (18.82 %)Java
16411 (15.35 %)MVC
17409 (15.27 %)Perl
18406 (15.16 %)Flash
19376 (14.04 %)jQuery
20367 (13.70 %)CMS
20367 (13.70 %)Zend
21366 (13.67 %).NET
22363 (13.55 %)Subversion
23343 (12.81 %)UNIX
24322 (12.02 %)ActionScript
25281 (10.49 %)E-Commerce
26280 (10.46 %)OOP
27270 (10.08 %)Web Services
27270 (10.08 %)Drupal
28258 (9.634 %)Degree

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11313 (49.03 %)CSS
21068 (39.88 %)HTML
3618 (23.08 %)AJAX
4570 (21.28 %)XHTML
5569 (21.25 %)LAMP
6562 (20.99 %)XML
7406 (15.16 %)Flash
8376 (14.04 %)jQuery
9366 (13.67 %).NET
10270 (10.08 %)Web Services
11230 (8.588 %)Symfony
12152 (5.676 %)ASP.NET
13137 (5.116 %)ASP
14127 (4.742 %)SOAP
14127 (4.742 %)XSLT
14127 (4.742 %)Zend Framework
1598 (3.659 %)JSP
1696 (3.585 %)Adobe Flex
1795 (3.547 %)Spring
1888 (3.286 %)Hibernate
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1520 (19.42 %)Apache
2367 (13.70 %)CMS
3270 (10.08 %)Drupal
4118 (4.406 %)Tomcat
574 (2.763 %)ColdFusion
667 (2.502 %)WordPress
760 (2.240 %)Joomla!
845 (1.680 %)IIS
935 (1.307 %)Apache Solr
1020 (0.747 %)SharePoint
1020 (0.747 %)Magento
1115 (0.560 %)MS Exchange
1211 (0.411 %)Moodle
1310 (0.373 %)Resin
1310 (0.373 %)MQSeries
1310 (0.373 %)WebSphere Application Server
148 (0.299 %)TYPO3
148 (0.299 %)WebSphere Portal
157 (0.261 %)lighttpd
157 (0.261 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1203 (7.580 %)Photoshop
256 (2.091 %)MS Visio
256 (2.091 %)Adobe Illustrator
332 (1.195 %)MS Excel
417 (0.635 %)MS Office
512 (0.448 %)Fireworks
64 (0.149 %)MATLAB
64 (0.149 %)S-PLUS
72 (0.075 %)ImageReady
72 (0.075 %)Maya
72 (0.075 %)Adobe Director
81 (0.037 %)Acrobat
81 (0.037 %)MS PowerPoint
81 (0.037 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.037 %)Spreadsheet
81 (0.037 %)GIMP
81 (0.037 %)Paint Shop Pro
81 (0.037 %)MS Project
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
118 (0.672 %)Summit
214 (0.523 %)Google Analytics
34 (0.149 %)Dynamics CRM
42 (0.075 %)SalesLogix
42 (0.075 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.075 %)WebTrends
51 (0.037 %)AWD
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1210 (7.842 %)Internet
283 (3.099 %)TCP/IP
371 (2.651 %)Firewall
464 (2.390 %)DNS
555 (2.054 %)SAN
654 (2.016 %)Intranet
654 (2.016 %)HTTP
738 (1.419 %)FTP
823 (0.859 %)SMTP
916 (0.597 %)SMS
1014 (0.523 %)SNMP
1014 (0.523 %)SSH
1113 (0.485 %)LDAP
1113 (0.485 %)Bluetooth
1212 (0.448 %)SSL
1311 (0.411 %)iSCSI
1410 (0.373 %)VoIP
159 (0.336 %)Extranet
159 (0.336 %)Network Security
168 (0.299 %)Broadband
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11310 (48.92 %)MySQL
2249 (9.298 %)SQL Server
375 (2.801 %)PostgreSQL
432 (1.195 %)SQL Server 2005
528 (1.046 %)Informix
528 (1.046 %)RDBMS
627 (1.008 %)SQL Server Integration Services
722 (0.822 %)DTS
821 (0.784 %)MS Access
919 (0.709 %)ETL
1014 (0.523 %)SQL Server 2008
1112 (0.448 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1211 (0.411 %)Oracle 10g
139 (0.336 %)Oracle 8/8i
148 (0.299 %)Crystal Reports
148 (0.299 %)Oracle Reports
148 (0.299 %)SQL Server 2000
156 (0.224 %)Datawarehouse
164 (0.149 %)GIS
173 (0.112 %)DB2
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1363 (13.55 %)Subversion
289 (3.323 %)Ant
349 (1.830 %)JUnit
349 (1.830 %)Dreamweaver
432 (1.195 %)Eclipse
531 (1.158 %)Selenium
630 (1.120 %)Log4j
726 (0.971 %)Visual Studio
819 (0.709 %)JIRA
916 (0.597 %)PHPUnit
916 (0.597 %)Git (software)
1013 (0.485 %)ClearCase
1110 (0.373 %)ClearQuest
129 (0.336 %)VSS/SourceSafe
138 (0.299 %)PEAR
138 (0.299 %)Maven
147 (0.261 %)NUnit
147 (0.261 %)JSUnit
147 (0.261 %)JMeter
147 (0.261 %)LoadRunner
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1231 (8.626 %)Finance
2164 (6.124 %)Marketing
3142 (5.302 %)Games
4122 (4.556 %)Education
5119 (4.444 %)Health
6113 (4.220 %)Pensions
776 (2.838 %)Publishing
873 (2.726 %)Advertising
948 (1.792 %)Banking
1047 (1.755 %)Multimedia
1146 (1.718 %)Online Games
1245 (1.680 %)Music
1343 (1.606 %)Insurance
1343 (1.606 %)Telecoms
1436 (1.344 %)Social Media
1533 (1.232 %)Front Office
1630 (1.120 %)Retail
1727 (1.008 %)Graphic Design
1817 (0.635 %)Law
1914 (0.523 %)Government
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11905 (71.14 %)Developer
2879 (32.82 %)PHP Developer
3582 (21.73 %)Web Developer
4284 (10.60 %)Senior Developer
5169 (6.311 %)Administrator
6159 (5.937 %)Front-End Developer
7133 (4.966 %)Systems Administrator
8128 (4.780 %)Senior PHP Developer
9122 (4.556 %)PHP Web Developer
10112 (4.182 %)Java Developer
1194 (3.510 %)Flash Developer
1292 (3.435 %)Senior Web Developer
1292 (3.435 %)Linux Administrator
1386 (3.211 %)Analyst
1480 (2.987 %).NET Developer
1579 (2.950 %)Drupal Developer
1674 (2.763 %)Lead Developer
1770 (2.614 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1863 (2.353 %)Project Manager
1863 (2.353 %)LAMP Developer
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1196 (7.319 %)Open Source
2121 (4.518 %)W3C
3115 (4.294 %)Computer Science
4106 (3.958 %)Web 2.0
5100 (3.734 %)Client/Server
690 (3.361 %)Social Network
762 (2.315 %)iPhone
839 (1.456 %)Clustering
938 (1.419 %)Mathematics
1031 (1.158 %)Blackberry
1127 (1.008 %)Derivative
1226 (0.971 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1320 (0.747 %)SaaS
1418 (0.672 %)Amazon EC2
1418 (0.672 %)Statistics
1517 (0.635 %)Fixed Income
1517 (0.635 %)Learning Management System
1616 (0.597 %)Cloud Computing
1714 (0.523 %)BBC
1813 (0.485 %)E-Learning
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1856 (31.96 %)Linux
2343 (12.81 %)UNIX
3162 (6.049 %)Windows
4130 (4.854 %)Red Hat Linux
570 (2.614 %)Solaris
661 (2.278 %)CentOS
739 (1.456 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
834 (1.270 %)Ubuntu
928 (1.046 %)Windows Server 2003
928 (1.046 %)Debian
1020 (0.747 %)Windows Server 2008
1119 (0.709 %)SUSE
1217 (0.635 %)AIX
1217 (0.635 %)Android
1315 (0.560 %)Windows XP
1413 (0.485 %)FreeBSD
1512 (0.448 %)Fedora
1512 (0.448 %)Windows Mobile
168 (0.299 %)Mac OS X
177 (0.261 %)Gentoo
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1621 (23.19 %)OO
2516 (19.27 %)Web Development
3411 (15.35 %)MVC
4281 (10.49 %)E-Commerce
5280 (10.46 %)OOP
6242 (9.037 %)Scrum
7238 (8.887 %)Agile Software Development
8228 (8.514 %)Content Management
9205 (7.655 %)SEO
10130 (4.854 %)Project Management
1190 (3.361 %)SOA
1283 (3.099 %)TDD
1377 (2.875 %)Web Design
1459 (2.203 %)Unit Testing
1550 (1.867 %)CRM
1644 (1.643 %)UML
1733 (1.232 %)Business Analysis
1832 (1.195 %)ITIL
1931 (1.158 %)OOD
2028 (1.046 %)Migration
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11233 (46.04 %)JavaScript
2548 (20.46 %)PHP5
3542 (20.24 %)SQL
4504 (18.82 %)Java
5409 (15.27 %)Perl
6322 (12.02 %)ActionScript
7224 (8.364 %)C#
8200 (7.468 %)ActionScript 3.0
9199 (7.431 %)Python
10179 (6.684 %)C++
11177 (6.609 %)C
12141 (5.265 %)Bash shell
13110 (4.108 %)Ruby
14100 (3.734 %)Shell Script
1587 (3.249 %)ActionScript 2.0
1680 (2.987 %)PHP4
1766 (2.465 %)VB
1832 (1.195 %)T-SQL
1927 (1.008 %)Objective-C
2023 (0.859 %)VB.NET
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1258 (9.634 %)Degree
216 (0.597 %)PhD
313 (0.485 %)RHCE
48 (0.299 %)CFA
57 (0.261 %)SC Cleared
57 (0.261 %)Security Cleared
66 (0.224 %)Microsoft Certification
75 (0.187 %)CISSP
75 (0.187 %)Cisco Certification
75 (0.187 %)CCNA
75 (0.187 %)ITIL Certification
84 (0.149 %)MCSE
93 (0.112 %)ISEB
93 (0.112 %)PMP
93 (0.112 %)PMI Certification
93 (0.112 %)ISTQB
93 (0.112 %)Sun Certification
93 (0.112 %)RHCT
102 (0.075 %)MySQL Certification
102 (0.075 %)ACCA
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
153 (1.979 %)QA
217 (0.635 %)SLA
37 (0.261 %)WCAG
37 (0.261 %)WAI
41 (0.037 %)HL7
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
131 (1.158 %)Active Directory
219 (0.709 %)NFS
310 (0.373 %)VMware Infrastructure
49 (0.336 %)Postfix
58 (0.299 %)Xen
65 (0.187 %)Samba
74 (0.149 %)Veritas Volume Manager
83 (0.112 %)XenServer
83 (0.112 %)VMware ESX
92 (0.075 %)Nmap
92 (0.075 %)Squid
92 (0.075 %)Oracle RAC
92 (0.075 %)OpenLDAP
92 (0.075 %)Sendmail
92 (0.075 %)Hadoop
101 (0.037 %)qmail
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
147 (1.755 %)Nagios
218 (0.672 %)Tivoli
38 (0.299 %)Cacti
45 (0.187 %)Zenoss
51 (0.037 %)Ganglia
51 (0.037 %)NetBackup
51 (0.037 %)OpenView
51 (0.037 %)CiscoWorks
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1367 (13.70 %)Zend
2163 (6.087 %)Oracle
3121 (4.518 %)Red Hat
4107 (3.996 %)Microsoft
573 (2.726 %)Yahoo!
654 (2.016 %)Adobe
745 (1.680 %)Google
829 (1.083 %)JBoss
926 (0.971 %)Cisco
1024 (0.896 %)Mercator
1122 (0.822 %)Sybase
1219 (0.709 %)VMware
1317 (0.635 %)Symbian
1416 (0.597 %)IBM
1513 (0.485 %)Sun
1611 (0.411 %)DoubleClick
1710 (0.373 %)hybris
1710 (0.373 %)Apple
188 (0.299 %)Salesforce.com
196 (0.224 %)Reuters