The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Maidstone region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 23 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 Maidstone region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 20 18 29
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +11
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 4 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 4.938% 6.522% 2.521%
As % of the Application Development category 9.091% 9.375% 7.317%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 3
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +27.27%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
44 32 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 54.32% 69.57% 34.45%
Number of salaries quoted 43 29 39
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £55,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
Kent

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 8 (100.00%) PHP
2 6 (75.00%) CSS
2 6 (75.00%) HTML
2 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (62.50%) MySQL
4 3 (37.50%) XML
4 3 (37.50%) XHTML
4 3 (37.50%) Marketing
4 3 (37.50%) Online Marketing
4 3 (37.50%) SaaS
4 3 (37.50%) CSS3
5 2 (25.00%) PEAR
5 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (25.00%) W3C
5 2 (25.00%) Internet
5 2 (25.00%) Windows
5 2 (25.00%) Linux
5 2 (25.00%) OO
5 2 (25.00%) Apache
5 2 (25.00%) MVC
5 2 (25.00%) Ajax
5 2 (25.00%) PHP5
6 1 (12.50%) jQuery
6 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
6 1 (12.50%) MooTools
6 1 (12.50%) Kohana
6 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
6 1 (12.50%) RESTful
6 1 (12.50%) Information Security

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 6 (75.00%) CSS
1 6 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (37.50%) XML
2 3 (37.50%) XHTML
2 3 (37.50%) CSS3
3 2 (25.00%) Ajax
4 1 (12.50%) jQuery
4 1 (12.50%) MooTools
4 1 (12.50%) Kohana
4 1 (12.50%) RESTful
4 1 (12.50%) Flash
4 1 (12.50%) DOM
4 1 (12.50%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) PEAR
2 1 (12.50%) WebDriver
2 1 (12.50%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) PHPUnit
General
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 6 (75.00%) PHP Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior PHP Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) SaaS
2 2 (25.00%) W3C
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Online Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (25.00%) OO
2 2 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) PHP
2 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) PHP5
4 1 (12.50%) XPath
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Zend
Maidstone, Kent
As a PHP Web Developer, you will have the following technical skills: * PHP * MySQL * XML * JavaScript * XHTML * Web and accessibility standards (W3C) * Developed across Windows, Mac browsing environments...
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013