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The table below looks at the demand for PHP skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5275
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads384342
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.213 %0.144 %
As % of the category below7.854 %5.792 %
Salaries quoted317325
Average minimum salary£25,775£25,349
Average salary£28,337£27,746
% change on same period last year+2.12 %
Average maximum salary£30,899£30,143
UK excluding London average salary£30,667£29,690
% change on same period last year+3.29 %
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads48895905
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.715 %2.487 %
Salaries quoted41525005
Average minimum salary£29,020£30,266
Average salary£31,826£33,090
% change on same period last year-3.81 %
Average maximum salary£34,632£35,914
UK excluding London average salary£35,278£35,644
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
PHP EnglandPHP
England

PHP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing PHP across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West PHP Demand Trend

PHP
Salary Trend

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

North West PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the North West region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

North West PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+40190£28,478+3.81 %
CheshireDown-18107£28,805+1.88 %
LancashireUp+1158£27,476+6.78 %
MerseysideUp+2944£28,075-6.02 %
CumbriaDown-34£26,500-4.21 %
PHP EnglandPHP
England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1517 (63.99 %)MySQL
2460 (56.93 %)CSS
3421 (52.10 %)JavaScript
4338 (41.83 %)HTML
5262 (32.43 %)XHTML
6209 (25.87 %)Linux
7206 (25.50 %)XML
8200 (24.75 %).NET
9170 (21.04 %)Web Development
10159 (19.68 %)SQL
11146 (18.07 %)AJAX
12144 (17.82 %)Apache
13138 (17.08 %)ASP.NET
14130 (16.09 %)Flash
15125 (15.47 %)E-Commerce
16119 (14.73 %)OO
17118 (14.60 %)PHP5
18116 (14.36 %)Java
19104 (12.87 %)C#
2099 (12.25 %)Perl
2198 (12.13 %)ASP
2291 (11.26 %)SQL Server
2389 (11.01 %)Marketing
2487 (10.77 %)Dreamweaver
2577 (9.530 %)Photoshop
2675 (9.282 %)UNIX
2772 (8.911 %)Internet
2871 (8.787 %)PHP4
2968 (8.416 %)LAMP
3067 (8.292 %)Content Management

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1460 (56.93 %)CSS
2338 (41.83 %)HTML
3262 (32.43 %)XHTML
4206 (25.50 %)XML
5200 (24.75 %).NET
6146 (18.07 %)AJAX
7138 (17.08 %)ASP.NET
898 (12.13 %)ASP
968 (8.416 %)LAMP
1050 (6.188 %)WebServices
1139 (4.827 %)XSLT
1233 (4.084 %)Zend Framework
1331 (3.837 %)Ruby on Rails
1425 (3.094 %)JSP
1519 (2.351 %)J2EE
1618 (2.228 %)Django
1618 (2.228 %)Adobe Flex
1712 (1.485 %)jQuery
1811 (1.361 %)SOAP
1910 (1.238 %)XSL
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1144 (17.82 %)Apache
251 (6.312 %)CMS
338 (4.703 %)IIS
429 (3.589 %)ColdFusion
58 (0.990 %)Joomla!
58 (0.990 %)JBoss
58 (0.990 %)Tomcat
67 (0.866 %)MS Exchange
76 (0.743 %)Exchange Server 2003
76 (0.743 %)SharePoint
85 (0.619 %)Exchange Server 2007
92 (0.248 %)Community Server
101 (0.124 %)Mambo
101 (0.124 %)TYPO3
101 (0.124 %)Zope
101 (0.124 %)Plone
101 (0.124 %)Exstream Dialogue
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
177 (9.530 %)Photoshop
239 (4.827 %)Adobe Illustrator
321 (2.599 %)Fireworks
413 (1.609 %)MS Excel
59 (1.114 %)Adobe Director
66 (0.743 %)MS Office
75 (0.619 %)Shockwave
75 (0.619 %)Acrobat
75 (0.619 %)MS Project
84 (0.495 %)MS Visio
91 (0.124 %)ImageReady
91 (0.124 %)PrintSoft PReS
91 (0.124 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.124 %)CA Clarity
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.619 %)Bond Adapt
23 (0.371 %)WebTrends
31 (0.124 %)Navision
31 (0.124 %)SAP Business One
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
172 (8.911 %)Internet
225 (3.094 %)Intranet
314 (1.733 %)Firewall
410 (1.238 %)LAN
410 (1.238 %)WAN
410 (1.238 %)DNS
59 (1.114 %)HTTP
59 (1.114 %)TCP/IP
59 (1.114 %)SMTP
67 (0.866 %)Cisco PIX
76 (0.743 %)OSPF
84 (0.495 %)BGP
84 (0.495 %)Cisco IOS
84 (0.495 %)IPsec
93 (0.371 %)Extranet
93 (0.371 %)SSL
102 (0.248 %)FTP
102 (0.248 %)VoIP
102 (0.248 %)VPN
102 (0.248 %)HTTPS
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1517 (63.99 %)MySQL
291 (11.26 %)SQL Server
331 (3.837 %)PostgreSQL
410 (1.238 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (0.619 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
55 (0.619 %)MS Access
63 (0.371 %)Oracle 9i
63 (0.371 %)Oracle 10g
63 (0.371 %)Crystal Reports
72 (0.248 %)Oracle Reports
72 (0.248 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (0.248 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.124 %)RDBMS
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1130 (16.09 %)Flash
287 (10.77 %)Dreamweaver
327 (3.342 %)Visual Studio
411 (1.361 %)Zend Studio
510 (1.238 %)Eclipse
67 (0.866 %)Subversion
74 (0.495 %)Rational Rose
82 (0.248 %)Selenium
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
189 (11.01 %)Marketing
244 (5.446 %)Finance
328 (3.465 %)Pensions
421 (2.599 %)Health
520 (2.475 %)Education
520 (2.475 %)Graphic Design
616 (1.980 %)Advertising
78 (0.990 %)Telecoms
87 (0.866 %)Banking
87 (0.866 %)Insurance
96 (0.743 %)Games
96 (0.743 %)Retail
96 (0.743 %)Construction
105 (0.619 %)Multimedia
114 (0.495 %)Publishing
123 (0.371 %)Government
123 (0.371 %)Automotive
132 (0.248 %)Back Office
132 (0.248 %)Manufacturing
132 (0.248 %)Home Office
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1653 (80.82 %)Developer
2382 (47.28 %)PHP Developer
3313 (38.74 %)Web Developer
4172 (21.29 %)PHP Web Developer
578 (9.653 %)MySQL Developer
664 (7.921 %)Senior Developer
758 (7.178 %).NET Developer
850 (6.188 %)Programmer
946 (5.693 %)Web Designer
946 (5.693 %)Senior PHP Developer
1040 (4.950 %)Lead Developer
1132 (3.960 %)VB.NET Developer
1231 (3.837 %)ASP Developer
1328 (3.465 %)Junior
1426 (3.218 %)Junior Developer
1525 (3.094 %)Senior Web Developer
1525 (3.094 %)Graduate
1624 (2.970 %)Software Developer
1721 (2.599 %)Senior PHP Web Developer
1721 (2.599 %)PHP Programmer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
155 (6.807 %)W3C
217 (2.104 %)Web 2.0
217 (2.104 %)Computer Science
35 (0.619 %)Social Network
44 (0.495 %)E-Learning
53 (0.371 %)SCORM
53 (0.371 %)VLE
53 (0.371 %)Management Information System
53 (0.371 %)NHS
62 (0.248 %)Copywriting
71 (0.124 %)Video Conferencing
71 (0.124 %)Semantic Web
71 (0.124 %)Derivative
71 (0.124 %)Photography
71 (0.124 %)Robotics
71 (0.124 %)Fixed Income
71 (0.124 %)Client/Server
71 (0.124 %)N-Tier
71 (0.124 %)IVR
71 (0.124 %)Credit Derivative
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1209 (25.87 %)Linux
275 (9.282 %)UNIX
349 (6.064 %)Windows
423 (2.847 %)Solaris
518 (2.228 %)Debian
616 (1.980 %)Windows Server 2003
77 (0.866 %)Red Hat Linux
86 (0.743 %)FreeBSD
94 (0.495 %)Windows XP
94 (0.495 %)OpenBSD
103 (0.371 %)Fedora
103 (0.371 %)Windows Server 2008
103 (0.371 %)Windows 2000 Server
103 (0.371 %)Windows 2000
112 (0.248 %)Windows CE
112 (0.248 %)CentOS
121 (0.124 %)Mac OS X
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1170 (21.04 %)Web Development
2125 (15.47 %)E-Commerce
3119 (14.73 %)OO
467 (8.292 %)Content Management
558 (7.178 %)OOP
649 (6.064 %)SEO
735 (4.332 %)Web Design
823 (2.847 %)Project Management
920 (2.475 %)UML
1017 (2.104 %)Agile Software Development
1114 (1.733 %)E-business
1114 (1.733 %)Migration
1213 (1.609 %)Internet Marketing
1312 (1.485 %)Business Analysis
149 (1.114 %)Pay per click
149 (1.114 %)OOD
149 (1.114 %)B2B
158 (0.990 %)Digital Marketing
158 (0.990 %)Unit Testing
167 (0.866 %)Time Management
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1421 (52.10 %)JavaScript
2159 (19.68 %)SQL
3118 (14.60 %)PHP5
4116 (14.36 %)Java
5104 (12.87 %)C#
699 (12.25 %)Perl
771 (8.787 %)PHP4
865 (8.045 %)ActionScript
955 (6.807 %)VB.NET
1050 (6.188 %)C++
1142 (5.198 %)Python
1232 (3.960 %)Ruby
1331 (3.837 %)DHTML
1423 (2.847 %)C
1423 (2.847 %)VB
1521 (2.599 %)VBScript
1610 (1.238 %)Shell Script
179 (1.114 %)PL/SQL
184 (0.495 %)VB6
192 (0.248 %)Transact-SQL
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
167 (8.292 %)Degree
25 (0.619 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (0.495 %)MCSA
34 (0.495 %)CCNA
34 (0.495 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.124 %)HND
41 (0.124 %)MCSE
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.371 %)SLA
13 (0.371 %)QA
21 (0.124 %)ISO9001
21 (0.124 %)ISO27001
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (1.609 %)Active Directory
26 (0.743 %)Terminal Server
34 (0.495 %)Backup Exec
43 (0.371 %)Oracle RAC
43 (0.371 %)Samba
51 (0.124 %)Terminal Services
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.495 %)Nagios
23 (0.371 %)Norton AntiVirus
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
162 (7.673 %)Adobe
239 (4.827 %)Oracle
333 (4.084 %)Microsoft
333 (4.084 %)Zend
417 (2.104 %)Cisco
510 (1.238 %)Citrix
67 (0.866 %)Red Hat
67 (0.866 %)Symantec
73 (0.371 %)ESRI
73 (0.371 %)Google
82 (0.248 %)HP
91 (0.124 %)SonicWALL
91 (0.124 %)VMware
91 (0.124 %)Exstream
91 (0.124 %)Siemens
91 (0.124 %)Macromedia
91 (0.124 %)SAP