The first table below looks at the demand for PHP5 skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP5 over the 3 months to 20 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP 5
Rank 318 208 261
Rank change year-on-year
-110 +53
Permanent jobs citing PHP5 322 663 462
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.740% 1.232% 0.815%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.376% 2.282% 1.492%
Number of salaries quoted 295 652 430
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £31,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+9.67% -
All Programming Languages
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
23398 29059 30956
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 53.79% 53.99% 54.62%
Number of salaries quoted 20119 25817 26437
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP5
England

PHP5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PHP5 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

London PHP5 Jobs Demand Trend

PHP5
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PHP5 across the London region.

London PHP5 Salary Trend

PHP5
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP5 across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London PHP5 Salary Histogram

PHP5
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP5 within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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
City of London +18 63 £40,000 +6.66%
Paddington +4 5 £50,000 -23.07%
Kingston Upon Thames -2 5 £40,000 -5.88%
Croydon +12 3 £32,500 +18.18%
Hounslow - 2 £43,750 -
Chiswick - 2 £43,750 -
PHP5
England

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing PHP5 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 PHP5.

1 664 (100.00%) PHP
2 474 (71.39%) MySQL
3 451 (67.92%) CSS
4 428 (64.46%) JavaScript
5 296 (44.58%) Zend
6 293 (44.13%) jQuery
7 287 (43.22%) OO
8 285 (42.92%) HTML
9 283 (42.62%) MVC
10 263 (39.61%) Linux
11 235 (35.39%) HTML5
12 198 (29.82%) Subversion
13 191 (28.77%) OOP
14 179 (26.96%) Symfony
15 172 (25.90%) LAMP
16 171 (25.75%) Ajax
17 161 (24.25%) Git (software)
18 148 (22.29%) E-Commerce
19 145 (21.84%) CSS3
20 134 (20.18%) Agile Software Development
21 129 (19.43%) Drupal
21 129 (19.43%) XML
22 124 (18.67%) Web Services
23 119 (17.92%) Zend Framework
24 111 (16.72%) SQL
25 110 (16.57%) Apache
26 91 (13.70%) XHTML
27 89 (13.40%) Web Development
28 87 (13.10%) Open Source
29 82 (12.35%) Scrum

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing PHP5 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 PHP5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 451 (67.92%) CSS
2 293 (44.13%) jQuery
3 285 (42.92%) HTML
4 235 (35.39%) HTML5
5 179 (26.96%) Symfony
6 172 (25.90%) LAMP
7 171 (25.75%) Ajax
8 145 (21.84%) CSS3
9 129 (19.43%) XML
10 124 (18.67%) Web Services
11 119 (17.92%) Zend Framework
12 91 (13.70%) XHTML
13 79 (11.90%) JSON
14 70 (10.54%) RESTful
15 66 (9.940%) SOAP
16 63 (9.488%) CodeIgniter
17 58 (8.735%) CakePHP
18 47 (7.078%) REST
19 31 (4.669%) XSLT
20 30 (4.518%) YUI
Application Platforms
1 129 (19.43%) Drupal
2 110 (16.57%) Apache
3 77 (11.60%) CMS
4 71 (10.69%) Magento
5 47 (7.078%) WordPress
6 39 (5.873%) Amazon AWS
7 36 (5.422%) nginx
8 30 (4.518%) Apache Solr
9 18 (2.711%) Joomla!
10 10 (1.506%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (1.205%) ExpressionEngine
11 8 (1.205%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.054%) Amazon S3
13 6 (0.904%) RabbitMQ
14 3 (0.452%) SilverStripe
14 3 (0.452%) SugarCRM
14 3 (0.452%) concrete5
15 2 (0.301%) Facebook Platform
15 2 (0.301%) TYPO3
16 1 (0.151%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (4.669%) MS Excel
2 25 (3.765%) MS Office
3 10 (1.506%) Photoshop
4 9 (1.355%) MS Project
5 1 (0.151%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.151%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 3 (0.452%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 46 (6.928%) Internet
2 31 (4.669%) HTTP
3 15 (2.259%) HTTPS
4 10 (1.506%) SMS
5 9 (1.355%) SSH
6 7 (1.054%) SMTP
7 4 (0.602%) ICMP
7 4 (0.602%) SMPP
7 4 (0.602%) Intranet
8 3 (0.452%) FTP
8 3 (0.452%) VoIP
9 2 (0.301%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.301%) PBX
9 2 (0.301%) DNS
9 2 (0.301%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.151%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.151%) NFC
10 1 (0.151%) Firewall
10 1 (0.151%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.151%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 474 (71.39%) MySQL
2 44 (6.627%) NoSQL
3 36 (5.422%) SQL Server
4 21 (3.163%) Redis
5 20 (3.012%) MongoDB
6 17 (2.560%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (2.259%) Oracle 11g
7 15 (2.259%) Oracle 10g
8 11 (1.657%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.054%) LevelDB
9 7 (1.054%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.753%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.602%) Big Data
12 1 (0.151%) Oracle 8/8i
12 1 (0.151%) SQLite
12 1 (0.151%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 198 (29.82%) Subversion
2 161 (24.25%) Git (software)
3 42 (6.325%) PHPUnit
4 41 (6.175%) Mercurial
5 18 (2.711%) Jenkins
6 15 (2.259%) FogBugz
6 15 (2.259%) Trac
6 15 (2.259%) Behat
7 12 (1.807%) Eclipse
8 10 (1.506%) Redmine
9 8 (1.205%) GitHub
9 8 (1.205%) JIRA
10 4 (0.602%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.602%) Aptana Studio
11 3 (0.452%) Zend Studio
11 3 (0.452%) Basecamp
11 3 (0.452%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.301%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.301%) Mocha
12 2 (0.301%) Cucumber
General
1 42 (6.325%) Games
2 39 (5.873%) Retail
3 37 (5.572%) Marketing
4 31 (4.669%) Finance
5 28 (4.217%) Publishing
6 13 (1.958%) Advertising
6 13 (1.958%) Telecoms
6 13 (1.958%) Legal
7 8 (1.205%) Russian Language
8 6 (0.904%) Banking
9 5 (0.753%) Investment Banking
9 5 (0.753%) Law
9 5 (0.753%) Back Office
10 3 (0.452%) Online Betting
10 3 (0.452%) Hungarian Language
11 2 (0.301%) Interactive Media
11 2 (0.301%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.301%) Music
11 2 (0.301%) Billing
12 1 (0.151%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 618 (93.07%) Developer
2 454 (68.37%) PHP Developer
3 139 (20.93%) Senior Developer
4 101 (15.21%) Senior PHP Developer
5 91 (13.70%) Web Developer
6 70 (10.54%) PHP MySQL Developer
7 54 (8.133%) Drupal Developer
8 48 (7.229%) Lead Developer
9 32 (4.819%) PHP Drupal Developer
9 32 (4.819%) PHP Web Developer
10 29 (4.367%) LAMP Developer
11 23 (3.464%) Lead PHP Developer
12 22 (3.313%) Junior
13 21 (3.163%) Junior Developer
13 21 (3.163%) Junior PHP Developer
14 20 (3.012%) Software Engineer
15 19 (2.861%) Senior Web Developer
16 16 (2.410%) Programmer
17 10 (1.506%) PHP Programmer
18 8 (1.205%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 87 (13.10%) Open Source
2 66 (9.940%) Computer Science
3 39 (5.873%) SaaS
4 34 (5.120%) Social Media
5 32 (4.819%) Mobile App
6 15 (2.259%) Digital Media
6 15 (2.259%) Fat Client
6 15 (2.259%) Mathematics
6 15 (2.259%) Thin Client
7 14 (2.108%) Client/Server
7 14 (2.108%) E-Learning
8 12 (1.807%) Web 2.0
8 12 (1.807%) Online Games
9 10 (1.506%) W3C
9 10 (1.506%) Visualisation
10 9 (1.355%) BBC
11 8 (1.205%) Streaming Video
12 7 (1.054%) New Media
12 7 (1.054%) Streaming Media
12 7 (1.054%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 263 (39.61%) Linux
2 41 (6.175%) UNIX
3 29 (4.367%) Windows
4 24 (3.614%) Apple iOS
5 21 (3.163%) Android
6 15 (2.259%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (1.205%) CentOS
7 8 (1.205%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.452%) Fedora
9 1 (0.151%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.151%) SUSE
9 1 (0.151%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.151%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.151%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (43.22%) OO
2 283 (42.62%) MVC
3 191 (28.77%) OOP
4 148 (22.29%) E-Commerce
5 134 (20.18%) Agile Software Development
6 89 (13.40%) Web Development
7 82 (12.35%) Scrum
8 66 (9.940%) Continuous Integration
9 64 (9.639%) Unit Testing
10 46 (6.928%) TDD
11 35 (5.271%) SEO
12 30 (4.518%) Project Management
12 30 (4.518%) Refactoring
13 28 (4.217%) Software Engineering
13 28 (4.217%) Web Application Development
14 26 (3.916%) BDD
15 17 (2.560%) Kanban
15 17 (2.560%) SOA
16 16 (2.410%) Content Management
17 15 (2.259%) Online Marketing
Programming Languages
1 664 (100.00%) PHP
2 428 (64.46%) JavaScript
3 111 (16.72%) SQL
4 46 (6.928%) Python
5 37 (5.572%) Java
6 30 (4.518%) PHP4
7 28 (4.217%) VB
8 25 (3.765%) Perl
9 24 (3.614%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.108%) Shell Script
11 13 (1.958%) C
12 12 (1.807%) Bash shell
13 11 (1.657%) XPath
14 8 (1.205%) Ruby
14 8 (1.205%) C++
15 6 (0.904%) C#
15 6 (0.904%) ActionScript
16 2 (0.301%) Scala
17 1 (0.151%) ActionScript 3.0
17 1 (0.151%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 72 (10.84%) Degree
2 5 (0.753%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.560%) QA
2 4 (0.602%) SLA
3 2 (0.301%) WAI
System Software
1 15 (2.259%) Varnish
2 2 (0.301%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.151%) vCloud
3 1 (0.151%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.151%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.151%) Puppet
Vendors
1 296 (44.58%) Zend
2 43 (6.476%) Oracle
3 40 (6.024%) Microsoft
4 24 (3.614%) Google
4 24 (3.614%) Facebook
5 20 (3.012%) Twitter
6 16 (2.410%) Akamai
7 15 (2.259%) Citrix
8 11 (1.657%) Red Hat
9 10 (1.506%) Salesforce.com
10 9 (1.355%) HP
11 7 (1.054%) Acunetix
12 5 (0.753%) Sage
12 5 (0.753%) Sony
12 5 (0.753%) Sybase
13 4 (0.602%) Apple
13 4 (0.602%) Nokia
14 3 (0.452%) Omniture
14 3 (0.452%) Mercator
15 2 (0.301%) SAP
London
Essential Experience: - Knowledge and experience of PHP 5 - Object Oriented PHP development skills is essential - MySQL experience - command line would be good - JavaScript/JQuery/HTML- Any experience around...
TRG
Salary: 20000-25000 Per Annum Great benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
City, London
The ideal PHP developer is going to be a passionate individual with strong skills in object-orientated PHP development skills with a solid knowledge of front end development...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
The ideal PHP developer is going to be a passionate individual with strong skills in object-orientated PHP development skills with a solid knowledge of front end development...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
This role is with an exciting E-commerce organization located in a vibrant West London location. Looking for a web developer that likes being involved in big budget...
Coal IT Services
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Mid- Senior PHP Developer- PHP, MySQL, LAMP, MVC, Zend, Codeigniter, Symfony, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQueryMy client an award winning innovative technology company is looking for a Mid- Senior...
OPUS
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP45000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
London
As a highly skilled PHP Manager your position will involve line managing a team and Project Managers on key projects. This position will still have mix of hands...
TRG
Salary: 43000-48000 Per Annum Fantastic Benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
London
PHP Developer- OOPHP, MySQL, Zend, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, SVN, GITMy client an international social networking site with over 10 million users is seeking an experienced PHP...
OPUS
Salary: GBP0 to GBP65000 per annum
Posted: 6 May 2013
City, London
The ideal PHP developer is going to be a passionate individual with strong skills in object-orientated PHP development skills with a solid knowledge of front end development...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Senior PHP developer - London - Media - Up to £40K (PHP5, OOP, JAVASCRIPT, HTML, CSS, ZEND, MYSQL, LINUX, AWS, NGINX, UBUNTU) A ground-breaking opportunity has arisen for a PHP...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
PHP Developer Essential Experience: - Strong commercial background and experience using PHP 5 - Object Oriented PHP development skills is essential - MySQL, Redis or Memcache experience - Linux and Unit Testing...
TRG
Salary: 30000-50000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
South West London
PHP 5, MySQL 5, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Linux. A Web Developer who has a wide range of experience with the LAMP stack is required by a VC...
Blue Glue
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Web Developer / Front End Developer (JavaScript PHP5 HTML5 Facebook)... Requirements: Demonstrable skills with JavaScript (YUI, Flot, jQuery), HTML5, CSS3 - must have an online portfolio of work... Degree educated.
Client Server
Salary: £60k to £75k + options
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Web Developer / Front End Developer Location: London, CitySalary: £60k to £75k + options Web Developer / Front End Developer (JavaScript PHP5 HTML5 Facebook)... You will be responsible for designing and...
Client Server
Salary: £60k to £75k + options
Posted: 14 May 2013
Ilford, Essex
Essentials: Magento PHP 5 - Object Oriented Programming Frameworks Knowledge - Such as Zend, CakePHP, Codeigniter, or other MVC Frameworks HTML, CSS & JavaScript Skills MySQL - Excellent database skills Nice to...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Drupal Developer (Drupal, HTML, MySQL)London- £40-45K Drupal Developer - Drupal, HTML, MySQL, Linux, CSS - My client a leading publishing organisation based inLondonare currently looking for a number...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The successful Drupal Developer (Drupal, HTML, MySQL, Linux and CSS) candidate will get the chance to work on some very interesting and new projects ranging from complete green...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Required skills for Senior Web PHP Developer: Object Oriented PHP5 (X)HTML & CSS MySQL jQuery JavaScript library including the use of AJAX techniques Cross browser compatibility Code repositories (...
Salt
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
PHP, MVC, Drupal, Django, HTML, CSS, DVCS, Mercuria, git, SQL As one of the largest e-commerce businesses in the world, my client is revolutionising their IT department...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stanmore, Middlesex, Greater London, South East
Working with Zend and Symfony frameworks you will be required to ensure that all requirements are met... They will have the following experience:- Solid commercial experience in PHP5...
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £33k - 38k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
North West London
Initial Rewards is the largest dedicated supplier of e-Commerce solutions for the online Gaming Industry... Working with Zend and Symfony frameworks you will be required to ensure...
Initial Rewards
Salary: £33k - 38k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
London
The role involve working across a large portfolio of 20+ brands to develop and integrate front and back end functionality using open source technologies. You will have extensive...
Salt
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
KEY SKILLS - PHP / MYSQL / DEVELOPER / SOFTWARE ENGINEER / MVC / ZEND / CAKEPHP / CODEIGNITER / KOHANA / SYMFONY / VERSION CONTROL / SVN / GIT SENIOR PHP DEVELOPER City of London £45,000 to £60,000...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
North London
You will be experienced in working with PHP5 although you will also be expected to work with MVC (ideally Zend), Microsoft SQL server, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery and...
Accord
Salary: From £45,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
West London
Drupal 5/6/7, PHP/PHP5, MySQL, Linux, Zend, Apache, jQuery, Drupal Web Developer... PHP, ideally within a GNU/Linux, Apache, MySQL environment. SQL, relational databases and MySQL;...
Edison Hill Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Required Skills Strong background developing in PHP (5) Relational databases, e.g., MySQL, PostegreSQL. Experience with PHP MVC Frameworks, e.g., Zend, Symfony, CodeIgniter... Experience integrating online APIs,...
Engage PSG
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits and Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Kingston upon Thames, South East
Job Role: Front End Developer / Web ProgrammerLocation: Surrey (Kingston) / West LondonSalary: £40k to £55k + share optionsFront End Developer / Web Programmer (UI HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript OO Java Open Source)...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £55k + share options
Posted: 17 May 2013
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Front End Developer / Web Programmer (UI HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript OO Java Open Source)... Requirements for Front End Developer: Strong object orientated development experience (JavaScript, Java, PHP5) Strong knowledge...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £55k + share options
Posted: 17 May 2013
London (EC2)
You will need to be an idea driven, Junior Web Developer / Junior PHP Developer confident in their coding ability and capable of demonstrating: - Excellent knowledge of PHP5 and...
Guru Careers
Salary: £22-25k
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
PHP, LAMP, MySQL, Javascript, Ajax, zend, MVC, developer programmer, PHP back end developer... Reasonable JavaScript, XHTML and CSS... Zend framework. jQuery. HTML5, CSS3... Aptana/Zend Studio/PDT IDE.
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum +bens+bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
West London
Core technical skills include PHP5 (OOP) MVC Framework experience- Zend or similar. Mysql database design and creation, jquery or similar. AJAX, CSS3, HTML5 and basic Linux System Administration.....
Blur Group
Posted: 26 April 2013
London
Requirements: Strong business communication skills, educated to degree level and fluent in English Deep level of experience developing online applications: skilled in PHP programming as well as XHTML /...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Assist in the development and testing of Sybase stored procedures and shell scripts... B2B Department 3... - Computing Degree or equivalent - Proven experience using TSQL - Be able to write...
Betting Appointments
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
North London
This is the list of technologies the company employs; - Strong business communication skills, educated to degree level and fluent in English - Deep level of experience developing online applications:...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Kingston Upon Thames, London
Perl Developer, MySQL / Oracle, Javascript, XML, Kingston Upon Thames, £35000-£45,000Key Words: Perl, OOP, ``Object Oriented``, Web Developer, Linux, Unix, LAMP, Javascript Essential:- Perl 5 (+3 years...
OPUS
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP45000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013