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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 7 17 19
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +2
Permanent jobs citing PHP 17 4 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 20.73% 8.333% 8.182%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.69% 11.43% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 9
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £33,250 £25,600
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £36,750 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
52 35 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 63.41% 72.92% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 51 33 33
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £43,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
Kent

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone PHP Jobs Demand Trend

PHP
Salary Trend

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

Maidstone PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Maidstone region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Maidstone PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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.

1 45 (86.54%) MySQL
2 34 (65.38%) Linux
3 31 (59.62%) CSS
4 30 (57.69%) HTML
5 28 (53.85%) JavaScript
6 23 (44.23%) Ajax
7 21 (40.38%) E-Commerce
8 20 (38.46%) Retail
8 20 (38.46%) jQuery
9 17 (32.69%) Apache
10 13 (25.00%) OOP
10 13 (25.00%) Test Scripting
11 12 (23.08%) OO
12 11 (21.15%) UNIX
12 11 (21.15%) Marketing
12 11 (21.15%) Online Marketing
13 10 (19.23%) CodeIgniter
13 10 (19.23%) Windows
13 10 (19.23%) SQL
13 10 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
14 9 (17.31%) LAMP
14 9 (17.31%) QA
14 9 (17.31%) Selenium
14 9 (17.31%) SaaS
15 8 (15.38%) PHPUnit
15 8 (15.38%) Degree
15 8 (15.38%) Perl
15 8 (15.38%) Photoshop
16 7 (13.46%) SOAP
16 7 (13.46%) Data Modelling

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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.

Application Development
1 31 (59.62%) CSS
2 30 (57.69%) HTML
3 23 (44.23%) Ajax
4 20 (38.46%) jQuery
5 10 (19.23%) CodeIgniter
6 9 (17.31%) LAMP
7 7 (13.46%) SOAP
7 7 (13.46%) Smarty
8 6 (11.54%) REST
9 5 (9.615%) XHTML
9 5 (9.615%) XML
10 4 (7.692%) CSS3
11 3 (5.769%) .NET
11 3 (5.769%) Flash
12 2 (3.846%) MooTools
13 1 (1.923%) DOM
13 1 (1.923%) Kohana
13 1 (1.923%) RESTful
13 1 (1.923%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 17 (32.69%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (15.38%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.923%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.923%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.769%) Internet
2 1 (1.923%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (86.54%) MySQL
2 3 (5.769%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (17.31%) Selenium
2 8 (15.38%) PHPUnit
3 5 (9.615%) JIRA
3 5 (9.615%) WebDriver
4 3 (5.769%) PEAR
5 2 (3.846%) Subversion
General
1 20 (38.46%) Retail
2 11 (21.15%) Marketing
3 3 (5.769%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (59.62%) Developer
2 26 (50.00%) PHP Developer
3 10 (19.23%) Web Developer
4 8 (15.38%) Analyst
4 8 (15.38%) Test Analyst
5 6 (11.54%) PHP Web Developer
5 6 (11.54%) QA Engineer
6 3 (5.769%) Senior Developer
6 3 (5.769%) Senior PHP Developer
7 2 (3.846%) PHP MySQL Developer
7 2 (3.846%) Junior PHP Developer
7 2 (3.846%) PHP Programmer
7 2 (3.846%) Software Test Analyst
7 2 (3.846%) Linux Administrator
7 2 (3.846%) Junior Developer
7 2 (3.846%) Programmer
7 2 (3.846%) Administrator
7 2 (3.846%) Junior
8 1 (1.923%) Software Engineer
8 1 (1.923%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.31%) SaaS
2 3 (5.769%) W3C
3 2 (3.846%) EPoS
4 1 (1.923%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 34 (65.38%) Linux
2 11 (21.15%) UNIX
3 10 (19.23%) Windows
4 6 (11.54%) CentOS
5 4 (7.692%) Apple iOS
5 4 (7.692%) Windows 8
5 4 (7.692%) Android
6 1 (1.923%) Windows NT
6 1 (1.923%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.923%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.923%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (40.38%) E-Commerce
2 13 (25.00%) OOP
2 13 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 12 (23.08%) OO
4 11 (21.15%) Online Marketing
5 10 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (13.46%) Data Modelling
6 7 (13.46%) UML
6 7 (13.46%) Information Security
6 7 (13.46%) Software Testing
7 6 (11.54%) Scrum
7 6 (11.54%) Extreme Programming
8 4 (7.692%) Unit Testing
8 4 (7.692%) Integration Testing
9 3 (5.769%) MVC
10 2 (3.846%) Automated Testing
10 2 (3.846%) Test Management
10 2 (3.846%) Test Automation
11 1 (1.923%) Web Design
11 1 (1.923%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 28 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 10 (19.23%) SQL
3 8 (15.38%) Perl
4 4 (7.692%) PHP5
4 4 (7.692%) Java
5 1 (1.923%) Ruby
5 1 (1.923%) Python
5 1 (1.923%) C#
5 1 (1.923%) ActionScript
5 1 (1.923%) XPath
5 1 (1.923%) PHP4
5 1 (1.923%) ActionScript 3.0
5 1 (1.923%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) Degree
2 7 (13.46%) ISEB
3 1 (1.923%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.31%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (11.54%) Facebook
2 4 (7.692%) Apple
3 2 (3.846%) Zend
3 2 (3.846%) Microsoft
Maidstone, South East
Working on a range of development projects you will input key web skills (PHP (Object Oriented), HTML(5), CSS(3) and JavaScript (jQuery) within a friendly IT team.
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Maidstone, South East
If you are a PHP developer at any level we have multiple clients that need your skills in the Mid Kent area... Our client a highly successful, growing,...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 30 April 2013
Maidstone, Kent
Our client a highly successful, growing, online marketing company... Experience and Skills required: Strong PHP and MySQL skills. Good knowledge of HTML & CSS with the use of Jquery/...
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £40,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 16 May 2013
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...
Inspire People
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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...
Inspire People
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013