The first table below looks at the demand for PHP5 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP5 over the 3 months to 24 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP 5
Rank 46 80 -
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -
Permanent jobs citing PHP5 15 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 3.356% 0.297% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.474% 0.472% -
Number of salaries quoted 15 1 0
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £31,000 £30,250
% change year-on-year
+9.67% +2.47%
All Programming Languages
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
274 424 245
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 61.30% 63.00% 52.92%
Number of salaries quoted 237 379 203
Average salary £32,764 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.63% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £28,800 £27,050
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP5
North West

PHP5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside PHP5 Salary Trend

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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 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 +31 15 £30,000 -14.28%
PHP5
North West

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 21 (100.00%) PHP
2 20 (95.24%) MySQL
3 11 (52.38%) LAMP
4 9 (42.86%) Zend
4 9 (42.86%) OO
5 8 (38.10%) OOP
5 8 (38.10%) TDD
6 7 (33.33%) HTML
6 7 (33.33%) CSS
7 6 (28.57%) E-Commerce
8 5 (23.81%) MVC
9 4 (19.05%) JavaScript
9 4 (19.05%) Web Design
9 4 (19.05%) Zend Framework
9 4 (19.05%) jQuery
10 3 (14.29%) Magento
10 3 (14.29%) Linux
10 3 (14.29%) Apache
11 2 (9.524%) XML
11 2 (9.524%) HTML5
11 2 (9.524%) WordPress
12 1 (4.762%) Retail
12 1 (4.762%) Ajax
12 1 (4.762%) Web Development
12 1 (4.762%) iPad
12 1 (4.762%) Smarty
12 1 (4.762%) RDBMS
12 1 (4.762%) SEO
12 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
12 1 (4.762%) CMS

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 11 (52.38%) LAMP
2 7 (33.33%) HTML
2 7 (33.33%) CSS
3 4 (19.05%) Zend Framework
3 4 (19.05%) jQuery
4 2 (9.524%) XML
4 2 (9.524%) HTML5
5 1 (4.762%) Ajax
5 1 (4.762%) Smarty
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) Magento
1 3 (14.29%) Apache
2 2 (9.524%) WordPress
3 1 (4.762%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (95.24%) MySQL
2 1 (4.762%) RDBMS
General
1 1 (4.762%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (100.00%) Developer
2 18 (85.71%) PHP Developer
3 8 (38.10%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 3 (14.29%) LAMP Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Software Developer
5 2 (9.524%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) OO
2 8 (38.10%) OOP
2 8 (38.10%) TDD
3 6 (28.57%) E-Commerce
4 5 (23.81%) MVC
5 4 (19.05%) Web Design
6 1 (4.762%) Web Development
6 1 (4.762%) SEO
6 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) PHP
2 4 (19.05%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Zend
Liverpool, Merseyside
30,000 - £35,000 (Depending on Experience) - Liverpool PHP Developer with experience of e-commerce developing the back-end of Third party systems, experience in PHP 5.3+,...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 19 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: 23 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
The key technical skills for the role are:PHP 5.3+Zend FrameworkGood RDBMS knowledge, especially MySQLExperience of systems specific to e-commerce: third party systems like payment...
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £20,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013