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 9 February 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
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank5448110
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Up+62
Matching permanent IT job ads125215221664
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London3.628 %4.070 %1.962 %
As % of the Programming Languages category7.124 %8.537 %4.177 %
Salaries quoted110313901476
Average salary£37,500£37,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£65,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£29,000
% change year-on-year
-+3.440 %
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
175751782839833
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London50.93 %47.68 %46.96 %
Salaries quoted146871501132250
Average salary£50,000£45,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-
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£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-
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 9 February 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 9 February 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-9354£36,500-30.47 %
CroydonUp+2226£40,000-11.11 %
LutonNo change06£26,250-6.25 %
RomfordUp+84£45,000-
BromleyNew entry-3£37,500-
BarkingNew entry-3£45,000-
GraysNew entry-3£45,000-
IlfordNew entry-3£45,000-
HarrowUp+112£28,000-34.11 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+82£42,500+41.66 %
SurbitonNew entry-2£30,000-
Docklands, LondonDown-41£44,000+25.71 %
HammersmithNew entry-1£30,000-
WembleyNew entry-1£35,000-
BexleyNew entry-1£25,000-
EnfieldNew entry-1£26,000-
PHP EnglandPHP
England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 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.

11185 (47.82 %)CSS
21158 (46.73 %)MySQL
31125 (45.40 %)JavaScript
4956 (38.58 %)HTML
5792 (31.96 %)Linux
6566 (22.84 %)OO
7564 (22.76 %)AJAX
8547 (22.07 %)LAMP
9521 (21.03 %)XHTML
10508 (20.50 %)Apache
11506 (20.42 %)Java
12498 (20.10 %)XML
13462 (18.64 %)SQL
14460 (18.56 %)Web Development
15450 (18.16 %)PHP5
16433 (17.47 %)Perl
17403 (16.26 %)Flash
18360 (14.53 %)CMS
19338 (13.64 %)UNIX
20320 (12.91 %).NET
21309 (12.47 %)ActionScript
22308 (12.43 %)Zend
23307 (12.39 %)OOP
24300 (12.11 %)MVC
25278 (11.22 %)jQuery
26264 (10.65 %)Degree
26264 (10.65 %)Subversion
27245 (9.887 %)E-Commerce
28229 (9.241 %)SQL Server
29227 (9.161 %)Finance

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 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
11185 (47.82 %)CSS
2956 (38.58 %)HTML
3564 (22.76 %)AJAX
4547 (22.07 %)LAMP
5521 (21.03 %)XHTML
6498 (20.10 %)XML
7403 (16.26 %)Flash
8320 (12.91 %).NET
9300 (12.11 %)MVC
10278 (11.22 %)jQuery
11198 (7.990 %)Web Services
12175 (7.062 %)Symfony
13148 (5.973 %)ASP.NET
14132 (5.327 %)ASP
15117 (4.722 %)Zend Framework
16115 (4.641 %)XSLT
17108 (4.358 %)JSP
18106 (4.278 %)SOAP
1998 (3.955 %)Adobe Flex
2090 (3.632 %)Spring
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1508 (20.50 %)Apache
2360 (14.53 %)CMS
3211 (8.515 %)Drupal
4105 (4.237 %)Tomcat
565 (2.623 %)WordPress
653 (2.139 %)ColdFusion
745 (1.816 %)IIS
842 (1.695 %)Joomla!
921 (0.847 %)MS Exchange
1018 (0.726 %)SharePoint
1114 (0.565 %)Magento
1114 (0.565 %)Apache Solr
1212 (0.484 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1212 (0.484 %)Resin
1311 (0.444 %)Moodle
1410 (0.404 %)Alfresco
159 (0.363 %)Plone
168 (0.323 %)MQSeries
168 (0.323 %)WebSphere Application Server
168 (0.323 %)WebSphere Portal
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1173 (6.981 %)Photoshop
249 (1.977 %)Adobe Illustrator
345 (1.816 %)MS Visio
434 (1.372 %)MS Excel
515 (0.605 %)MS Office
612 (0.484 %)Fireworks
75 (0.202 %)Paint Shop Pro
82 (0.081 %)Maya
82 (0.081 %)ImageReady
82 (0.081 %)PrintSoft PReS
91 (0.040 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.040 %)CA Clarity
91 (0.040 %)GIMP
91 (0.040 %)MS Project
91 (0.040 %)Acrobat
91 (0.040 %)MATLAB
91 (0.040 %)InDesign
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
117 (0.686 %)Summit
211 (0.444 %)Google Analytics
33 (0.121 %)Dynamics CRM
42 (0.081 %)SalesLogix
51 (0.040 %)Remedy AR System
51 (0.040 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
51 (0.040 %)AWD
51 (0.040 %)WebTrends
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1193 (7.789 %)Internet
294 (3.793 %)TCP/IP
375 (3.027 %)SAN
470 (2.825 %)Firewall
565 (2.623 %)Intranet
661 (2.462 %)DNS
750 (2.018 %)HTTP
834 (1.372 %)FTP
920 (0.807 %)SMTP
1015 (0.605 %)iSCSI
1015 (0.605 %)SMS
1015 (0.605 %)SSH
1114 (0.565 %)LDAP
1212 (0.484 %)Bluetooth
1311 (0.444 %)VPN
1410 (0.404 %)Extranet
1410 (0.404 %)Broadband
159 (0.363 %)VLAN
159 (0.363 %)Network Security
168 (0.323 %)IPsec
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11158 (46.73 %)MySQL
2229 (9.241 %)SQL Server
352 (2.098 %)PostgreSQL
438 (1.533 %)SQL Server 2005
524 (0.969 %)SQL Server 2000
623 (0.928 %)RDBMS
720 (0.807 %)Informix
819 (0.767 %)SQL Server 2008
912 (0.484 %)Oracle 10g
1010 (0.404 %)MS Access
1010 (0.404 %)Oracle 8/8i
118 (0.323 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
127 (0.282 %)SQL Server Integration Services
136 (0.242 %)Datawarehouse
144 (0.161 %)GIS
153 (0.121 %)Data Mining
153 (0.121 %)DTS
153 (0.121 %)DB2
162 (0.081 %)InterSystems Cache
162 (0.081 %)ETL
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1264 (10.65 %)Subversion
282 (3.309 %)Ant
357 (2.300 %)JUnit
451 (2.058 %)Dreamweaver
531 (1.251 %)Selenium
630 (1.211 %)Visual Studio
728 (1.130 %)Log4j
728 (1.130 %)Eclipse
818 (0.726 %)Git (software)
916 (0.646 %)JSUnit
1014 (0.565 %)JIRA
1111 (0.444 %)ClearCase
1210 (0.404 %)PHPUnit
139 (0.363 %)Maven
148 (0.323 %)ClearQuest
157 (0.282 %)VSS/SourceSafe
157 (0.282 %)NUnit
165 (0.202 %)QuickTest Pro
174 (0.161 %)LoadRunner
174 (0.161 %)PEAR
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1227 (9.161 %)Finance
2164 (6.618 %)Marketing
3147 (5.932 %)Education
4144 (5.811 %)Games
5104 (4.197 %)Health
687 (3.511 %)Pensions
763 (2.542 %)Publishing
856 (2.260 %)Advertising
952 (2.098 %)Insurance
952 (2.098 %)Banking
1051 (2.058 %)Online Games
1149 (1.977 %)Telecoms
1240 (1.614 %)Music
1333 (1.332 %)Multimedia
1426 (1.049 %)Graphic Design
1523 (0.928 %)Retail
1523 (0.928 %)Front Office
1614 (0.565 %)Law
1712 (0.484 %)Government
1712 (0.484 %)Animation
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11677 (67.68 %)Developer
2792 (31.96 %)PHP Developer
3537 (21.67 %)Web Developer
4242 (9.766 %)Senior Developer
5181 (7.304 %)Administrator
6135 (5.448 %)Systems Administrator
7116 (4.681 %)PHP Web Developer
8112 (4.520 %)Senior PHP Developer
9110 (4.439 %)Java Developer
10104 (4.197 %)Linux Administrator
11100 (4.036 %)Front-End Developer
1281 (3.269 %)Senior Web Developer
1379 (3.188 %)Project Manager
1476 (3.067 %)Drupal Developer
1476 (3.067 %)Flash Developer
1575 (3.027 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1575 (3.027 %)Analyst
1670 (2.825 %)Lead Developer
1769 (2.785 %).NET Developer
1858 (2.341 %)Programmer
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1196 (7.910 %)Open Source
2115 (4.641 %)W3C
3107 (4.318 %)Social Network
4100 (4.036 %)Web 2.0
592 (3.713 %)Client/Server
681 (3.269 %)Computer Science
746 (1.856 %)iPhone
842 (1.695 %)Clustering
939 (1.574 %)Blackberry
1028 (1.130 %)Derivative
1126 (1.049 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1224 (0.969 %)SaaS
1320 (0.807 %)Mathematics
1419 (0.767 %)Blog
1516 (0.646 %)Fixed Income
1615 (0.605 %)French Language
1615 (0.605 %)BBC
1713 (0.525 %)Amazon EC2
1713 (0.525 %)E-Learning
1812 (0.484 %)Replication
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1792 (31.96 %)Linux
2338 (13.64 %)UNIX
3149 (6.013 %)Windows
4135 (5.448 %)Red Hat Linux
577 (3.107 %)Solaris
665 (2.623 %)CentOS
741 (1.655 %)Ubuntu
835 (1.412 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
933 (1.332 %)Debian
1023 (0.928 %)Windows Server 2003
1121 (0.847 %)SUSE
1218 (0.726 %)Windows Server 2008
1314 (0.565 %)Windows XP
1413 (0.525 %)AIX
1512 (0.484 %)FreeBSD
1611 (0.444 %)Mac OS X
1611 (0.444 %)Gentoo
1710 (0.404 %)Fedora
187 (0.282 %)Android
193 (0.121 %)Windows Mobile
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1566 (22.84 %)OO
2460 (18.56 %)Web Development
3307 (12.39 %)OOP
4245 (9.887 %)E-Commerce
5219 (8.838 %)Content Management
6201 (8.111 %)Scrum
7174 (7.022 %)Agile Software Development
8168 (6.780 %)SEO
9148 (5.973 %)Project Management
1074 (2.986 %)SOA
1170 (2.825 %)Web Design
1265 (2.623 %)TDD
1361 (2.462 %)UML
1459 (2.381 %)Unit Testing
1538 (1.533 %)CRM
1538 (1.533 %)Risk Management
1635 (1.412 %)ITIL
1733 (1.332 %)Business Analysis
1830 (1.211 %)Release Management
1928 (1.130 %)Migration
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11125 (45.40 %)JavaScript
2506 (20.42 %)Java
3462 (18.64 %)SQL
4450 (18.16 %)PHP5
5433 (17.47 %)Perl
6309 (12.47 %)ActionScript
7220 (8.878 %)Python
8190 (7.667 %)C#
9167 (6.739 %)ActionScript 3.0
10156 (6.295 %)C
11155 (6.255 %)Bash shell
12147 (5.932 %)C++
13109 (4.399 %)Ruby
1488 (3.551 %)Shell Script
1580 (3.228 %)PHP4
1677 (3.107 %)ActionScript 2.0
1761 (2.462 %)VB
1828 (1.130 %)Objective-C
1828 (1.130 %)T-SQL
1828 (1.130 %)Korn
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1264 (10.65 %)Degree
218 (0.726 %)PhD
313 (0.525 %)RHCE
48 (0.323 %)SC Cleared
48 (0.323 %)Security Cleared
56 (0.242 %)CCNA
56 (0.242 %)Cisco Certification
65 (0.202 %)ITIL Certification
74 (0.161 %)ISEB
83 (0.121 %)ISTQB
83 (0.121 %)Chartered Engineer
83 (0.121 %)MCSE
83 (0.121 %)PMP
83 (0.121 %)PMI Certification
83 (0.121 %)CISSP
83 (0.121 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (0.121 %)RHCT
92 (0.081 %)CIMA
92 (0.081 %)ACCA
92 (0.081 %)CCNP
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
156 (2.260 %)QA
215 (0.605 %)SLA
39 (0.363 %)WAI
46 (0.242 %)WCAG
51 (0.040 %)HL7
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
133 (1.332 %)Active Directory
227 (1.090 %)NFS
311 (0.444 %)Samba
410 (0.404 %)Postfix
410 (0.404 %)Xen
58 (0.323 %)VMware Infrastructure
66 (0.242 %)Nmap
74 (0.161 %)Veritas Volume Manager
74 (0.161 %)OpenLDAP
74 (0.161 %)Sendmail
74 (0.161 %)Squid
83 (0.121 %)AquaLogic
83 (0.121 %)XenServer
83 (0.121 %)qmail
92 (0.081 %)Oracle RAC
101 (0.040 %)Hadoop
101 (0.040 %)Terminal Server
101 (0.040 %)NetBackup
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
145 (1.816 %)Nagios
217 (0.686 %)Tivoli
310 (0.404 %)Cacti
46 (0.242 %)Zenoss
52 (0.081 %)Ganglia
61 (0.040 %)Plesk
61 (0.040 %)CiscoWorks
61 (0.040 %)OpenView
61 (0.040 %)Nessus
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1308 (12.43 %)Zend
2132 (5.327 %)Red Hat
3126 (5.085 %)Oracle
498 (3.955 %)Microsoft
562 (2.502 %)Yahoo!
652 (2.098 %)Adobe
742 (1.695 %)JBoss
839 (1.574 %)Google
931 (1.251 %)Cisco
1022 (0.888 %)Sybase
1119 (0.767 %)Sun
1216 (0.646 %)Mercator
1315 (0.605 %)IBM
1414 (0.565 %)VMware
1511 (0.444 %)DoubleClick
1511 (0.444 %)Apple
169 (0.363 %)Sony
178 (0.323 %)HP
187 (0.282 %)Symbian
196 (0.242 %)NetApp