The first table below looks at the demand for PEAR skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PEAR 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 Development Applications category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing PEAR 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £72,500 - £27,500
All Development Applications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1093 1120 928
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.38% 15.80% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 949 990 852
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
PEAR
England

PEAR
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PEAR across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North West PEAR Jobs Demand Trend

PEAR
Salary Trend

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

North West PEAR Salary Trend

PEAR
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing PEAR 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 PEAR.

1 3 (100.00%) PHP
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science

PEAR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Web Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Web Developer
3 1 (33.33%) PHP Developer
3 1 (33.33%) PHP Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree