The first table below looks at the demand for PHP5 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 PHP5 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 Programming Languages category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP 5
Rank 151 160 183
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +23
Permanent jobs citing PHP5 91 86 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.281% 1.213% 0.783%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.131% 1.987% 1.488%
Number of salaries quoted 91 82 51
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,550 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £37,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £31,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+9.67% -
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4270 4328 3561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.09% 61.05% 52.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3749 3901 3227
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP5
England

PHP5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West PHP5 Salary Trend

PHP5
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP5 across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West PHP5 Salary Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Manchester -12 66 £32,750 +2.34%
Merseyside - 13 £30,000 -
Cheshire -7 9 £45,000 +42.85%
Lancashire +5 4 £25,000 +13.63%
Cumbria +5 2 £30,000 +9.09%
PHP5
England

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 214 (100.00%) PHP
2 159 (74.30%) MySQL
3 157 (73.36%) CSS
4 120 (56.07%) HTML
5 102 (47.66%) JavaScript
6 85 (39.72%) Linux
7 81 (37.85%) E-Commerce
7 81 (37.85%) Zend
8 73 (34.11%) OOP
9 68 (31.78%) MVC
10 67 (31.31%) jQuery
11 66 (30.84%) Magento
12 63 (29.44%) OO
13 62 (28.97%) CSS3
14 55 (25.70%) LAMP
15 54 (25.23%) HTML5
16 52 (24.30%) WordPress
17 50 (23.36%) SQL
18 49 (22.90%) Subversion
19 36 (16.82%) XML
20 35 (16.36%) CMS
20 35 (16.36%) Git (software)
21 28 (13.08%) XHTML
22 21 (9.813%) Finance
22 21 (9.813%) Apache
22 21 (9.813%) Web Development
22 21 (9.813%) JSON
23 19 (8.879%) Joomla!
23 19 (8.879%) Drupal
23 19 (8.879%) SEO

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 157 (73.36%) CSS
2 120 (56.07%) HTML
3 67 (31.31%) jQuery
4 62 (28.97%) CSS3
5 55 (25.70%) LAMP
6 54 (25.23%) HTML5
7 36 (16.82%) XML
8 28 (13.08%) XHTML
9 21 (9.813%) JSON
10 18 (8.411%) Ajax
10 18 (8.411%) Symfony
11 17 (7.944%) SOAP
12 15 (7.009%) CodeIgniter
12 15 (7.009%) CakePHP
13 11 (5.140%) Zend Framework
14 10 (4.673%) Web Services
15 9 (4.206%) REST
16 6 (2.804%) Flash
17 5 (2.336%) Yii
18 4 (1.869%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 66 (30.84%) Magento
2 52 (24.30%) WordPress
3 35 (16.36%) CMS
4 21 (9.813%) Apache
5 19 (8.879%) Joomla!
5 19 (8.879%) Drupal
6 4 (1.869%) concrete5
7 3 (1.402%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.935%) nginx
8 2 (0.935%) Orchard CMS
9 1 (0.467%) MSMQ
Applications
1 10 (4.673%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.869%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (0.935%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.607%) Wireless
2 10 (4.673%) HTTP
3 4 (1.869%) DNS
4 2 (0.935%) GPRS
4 2 (0.935%) GSM
4 2 (0.935%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.467%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (74.30%) MySQL
2 9 (4.206%) Big Data
3 5 (2.336%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.402%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (0.935%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.467%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 49 (22.90%) Subversion
2 35 (16.36%) Git (software)
3 13 (6.075%) Selenium
4 8 (3.738%) Behat
5 2 (0.935%) TortoiseSVN
5 2 (0.935%) VisualSVN
6 1 (0.467%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (9.813%) Finance
2 13 (6.075%) Retail
3 9 (4.206%) Marketing
4 5 (2.336%) Advertising
5 1 (0.467%) Music
5 1 (0.467%) Music Industry
5 1 (0.467%) Legal
Job Titles
1 212 (99.07%) Developer
2 179 (83.64%) PHP Developer
3 42 (19.63%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 37 (17.29%) Senior Developer
5 33 (15.42%) Senior PHP Developer
6 26 (12.15%) Web Developer
7 11 (5.140%) PHP Web Developer
8 6 (2.804%) LAMP Developer
9 4 (1.869%) Front-End Developer
10 3 (1.402%) Designer
10 3 (1.402%) Drupal Developer
10 3 (1.402%) Software Developer
10 3 (1.402%) .NET Developer
10 3 (1.402%) Web Designer
11 2 (0.935%) ASP.NET Developer
11 2 (0.935%) Senior .NET Developer
11 2 (0.935%) Graduate Developer
11 2 (0.935%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
11 2 (0.935%) Mobile Developer
11 2 (0.935%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.075%) Open Source
2 12 (5.607%) Mobile App
3 6 (2.804%) iPhone
4 4 (1.869%) iPad
5 2 (0.935%) W3C
5 2 (0.935%) Firmware
6 1 (0.467%) Social Media
6 1 (0.467%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 85 (39.72%) Linux
2 9 (4.206%) Android
3 7 (3.271%) Windows
4 6 (2.804%) Windows Phone
5 4 (1.869%) UNIX
6 3 (1.402%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (37.85%) E-Commerce
2 73 (34.11%) OOP
3 68 (31.78%) MVC
4 63 (29.44%) OO
5 21 (9.813%) Web Development
6 19 (8.879%) SEO
7 15 (7.009%) TDD
7 15 (7.009%) Web Design
8 11 (5.140%) Unit Testing
9 5 (2.336%) Mobile Application Development
9 5 (2.336%) Project Management
10 3 (1.402%) Mobile Commerce
10 3 (1.402%) Automated Testing
11 2 (0.935%) Scrum
11 2 (0.935%) Extreme Programming
11 2 (0.935%) CRM
11 2 (0.935%) B2B
11 2 (0.935%) Kanban
12 1 (0.467%) Online Marketing
12 1 (0.467%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 214 (100.00%) PHP
2 102 (47.66%) JavaScript
3 50 (23.36%) SQL
4 13 (6.075%) PHP4
5 3 (1.402%) C
5 3 (1.402%) C#
5 3 (1.402%) Bash shell
6 2 (0.935%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.467%) VBA
7 1 (0.467%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 9 (4.206%) Degree
2 1 (0.467%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.467%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.467%) Plesk
Vendors
1 81 (37.85%) Zend
2 7 (3.271%) Apple
2 7 (3.271%) Google
3 5 (2.336%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.869%) Adobe
5 3 (1.402%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.402%) Twitter
6 2 (0.935%) SAP
6 2 (0.935%) Facebook
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
Chester, Cheshire
Very strong working knowledge of Object Orientated PHP5 - Very strong working knowledge of SQL (in particular MySQL) - Strong working knowledge of XHTML/CSS/ JavaScript What goodies will you...
Blueleaf Digital
Salary: £Attractive!
Posted: 8 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Very strong working knowledge of Object Orientated PHP5 - Very strong working knowledge of SQL (in particular MySQL) - Strong working knowledge of XHTML/CSS/ JavaScript What goodies will you...
Blueleaf
Salary: £Attractive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The candidate is expected to demonstrate excellent experience in technologies such as PHP 5.3 or 5.4, preferably back end. The client are also locking for exposure...
TEKsystems
Salary: £20000 - £38000 per annum + Package
Posted: 14 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
Crewe, Cheshire
Key skills: - PHP (ideally PHP 5.2, PHP 5.3) - MySQL. - jQuery. - JavaScript. - HTML. - CSS. - At least 3 years’ experience as a developer working in PHP and MySQL,...
Blues Point Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum + Various benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Essential IT: - 2 years’ plus of PHP programming - MySQL, XHTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript - Experience of PHP 5 and OOP beneficial - Extensive knowledge and experience of building WordPress CMS...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
PHP Developer - PHP5 / MVC / MySQL / XHTML / CSS / AJAX - Manchester. Object Orientatied PHP Developer required at a Digital Agency in the heart of Manchester Skills - PHP Developer - PHP5 / MySQL /...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £20000 - £28000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Kendal, Cumbria
A growing Software House is currently seeking a strong Systems Developer PHP5 / MySQL / MVC / ZEND / JQuery to join their team... You should have strong Linux and Apache experience.
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
They have already gained the respect and partnership of one of the country's leading e-commerce businesses and are now looking for an experienced PHP Developer (PHP /...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 6 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
They have already gained the respect and partnership of one of the country's leading e-commerce businesses and are now looking for an experienced PHP Developer (PHP /...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Cumbria
Experience of MS SQL and MySQL. - Experience of Javascript, JQuery, CSS3, HMTL5... - Knowledge of SASS or LESS. - Competent in C programming... - Knowledge of wireless communication technologies - RF, GSM,...
AATOM Recruitment
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSLT. LinqToSQL, Entity Framework, SQL, MSSQL 2008 R2... Key Skills: CRM / ASP.Net / C#.Net 4.0 / HTML5 / CSS/ JavaScript / XML / XSLT / LinqToSQL / Entity...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £18000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cumbria, North West
Experience of MS SQL and MySQL. - Experience of Javascript, JQuery, CSS3, HMTL5 - Advanced level (knowledge and experience) of programming languages and methodologies... Desirable - Knowledge of SASS or LESS -...
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £30,000 - £45,000 per year
Posted: 25 April 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Web Service Developer, C# .NET SQL - Macclesfield £30K. A steadily growing and successful financial organisation requires a Web Service Developer to join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2-years continuous working experience in building web services, working in either: * Microsoft .NET (3.5 / 4.0) technologies (C#,...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client, a steadily growing and successful financial organisation based in Macclesfield, Cheshire currently requires a Graduate .NET Developer. You will join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The role would suit a candidate with a .NET and SQL background. The successful candidate will have had some working experience as a developer, perhaps as part of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013