The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 38 73 56
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 18 9 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 4.036% 1.335% 3.433%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.167% 1.378% 3.548%
Number of salaries quoted 17 9 16
Average salary £30,000 £21,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.53% -30.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,100 £21,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £34,200 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
432 653 451
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.86% 96.88% 96.78%
Number of salaries quoted 362 582 366
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
PHP Developer
North West

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Merseyside PHP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside PHP Developer Salary Trend

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Merseyside PHP Developer Salary Histogram

PHP Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 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
Liverpool +28 16 £30,000 +39.53%
Wirral - 1 £21,500 -
Birkenhead - 1 £21,500 -
PHP Developer
North West

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region that cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Developer in their job title.

1 39 (100.00%) PHP
2 33 (84.62%) MySQL
3 21 (53.85%) Zend
4 20 (51.28%) OO
5 19 (48.72%) CSS
6 17 (43.59%) PHP5
7 16 (41.03%) HTML
8 14 (35.90%) LAMP
9 13 (33.33%) Linux
10 12 (30.77%) jQuery
10 12 (30.77%) Zend Framework
11 11 (28.21%) OOP
11 11 (28.21%) Apache
11 11 (28.21%) E-Commerce
12 10 (25.64%) TDD
13 9 (23.08%) JavaScript
14 7 (17.95%) Agile Software Development
15 6 (15.38%) MVC
15 6 (15.38%) RDBMS
16 5 (12.82%) Web Design
16 5 (12.82%) Subversion
16 5 (12.82%) Web Development
16 5 (12.82%) WordPress
17 4 (10.26%) Magento
17 4 (10.26%) Pentaho
17 4 (10.26%) ETL
17 4 (10.26%) Java
17 4 (10.26%) Oracle
17 4 (10.26%) UNIX
17 4 (10.26%) Windows

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region that cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (48.72%) CSS
2 16 (41.03%) HTML
3 14 (35.90%) LAMP
4 12 (30.77%) Zend Framework
4 12 (30.77%) jQuery
5 4 (10.26%) XML
6 3 (7.692%) Ajax
7 2 (5.128%) XHTML
7 2 (5.128%) .NET
7 2 (5.128%) Smarty
7 2 (5.128%) HTML5
8 1 (2.564%) CSS3
8 1 (2.564%) Qt
8 1 (2.564%) JSP
8 1 (2.564%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 11 (28.21%) Apache
2 5 (12.82%) WordPress
3 4 (10.26%) Magento
4 1 (2.564%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.128%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.564%) SSL
1 1 (2.564%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (84.62%) MySQL
2 6 (15.38%) RDBMS
3 4 (10.26%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Subversion
2 1 (2.564%) JIRA
2 1 (2.564%) Zend Studio
2 1 (2.564%) Dreamweaver
General
1 1 (2.564%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.564%) RIA
2 1 (2.564%) Open Source
2 1 (2.564%) iPad
2 1 (2.564%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (33.33%) Linux
2 4 (10.26%) UNIX
2 4 (10.26%) Windows
3 1 (2.564%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) OO
2 11 (28.21%) E-Commerce
2 11 (28.21%) OOP
3 10 (25.64%) TDD
4 7 (17.95%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (15.38%) MVC
6 5 (12.82%) Web Design
6 5 (12.82%) Web Development
7 4 (10.26%) ETL
8 2 (5.128%) SEO
8 2 (5.128%) Migration
8 2 (5.128%) OOD
8 2 (5.128%) CRM
9 1 (2.564%) Scrum
9 1 (2.564%) Unit Testing
9 1 (2.564%) Web Application Development
9 1 (2.564%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 39 (100.00%) PHP
2 17 (43.59%) PHP5
3 9 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 4 (10.26%) Java
5 1 (2.564%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (2.564%) HND
1 1 (2.564%) Degree
Vendors
1 21 (53.85%) Zend
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle
3 1 (2.564%) Adobe
3 1 (2.564%) Google
3 1 (2.564%) Facebook
3 1 (2.564%) Rackspace
Birkenhead, Merseyside
This is a PHP Developer role will require candidates to have at least 2 years' experience with: *PHP *MySQL *HTML *CSS *JavaScript My client is a leading company...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
You must have a solid understanding and experience of PHP, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), and test driven development (both functional and non-funtional test on code)... You will...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
2 years experience with PHP - 2 years experience with CSS2, CSS3, and HTML5 coding... TDD & Unit testing. Desirable- JQuery skills - Knowledge of C++ QT framework for UI or...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 8 May 2013
Birkenhead, Merseyside
Key skills: - NET 2.x to 4.x (MVC ASP.NET) - C# - WCF, SOAP - SQL Server and T-SQL, Oracle and PL/SQL - IIS, Apache, Tomcat - Javascript, jQuery -...
FT Select
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013