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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 61 43 70
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +27
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 26 19 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 2.517% 2.997% 0.750%
As % of the Application Development category 6.061% 6.960% 1.330%
Number of salaries quoted 25 18 6
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,900 £30,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,000 £47,500 £33,250
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
429 273 451
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 41.53% 43.06% 56.38%
Number of salaries quoted 372 242 435
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
Oxfordshire

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing LAMP across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Oxford LAMP Jobs Demand Trend

LAMP
Salary Trend

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

Oxford LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAMP across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxford LAMP Salary Histogram

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing LAMP 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 LAMP.

1 40 (95.24%) PHP
2 27 (64.29%) MySQL
2 27 (64.29%) jQuery
3 18 (42.86%) Ajax
3 18 (42.86%) OO
4 17 (40.48%) JavaScript
5 16 (38.10%) HTML
5 16 (38.10%) CSS
6 15 (35.71%) Web Development
7 13 (30.95%) .NET
8 12 (28.57%) Linux
8 12 (28.57%) OOP
8 12 (28.57%) MVC
9 11 (26.19%) Agile Software Development
9 11 (26.19%) Open Source
9 11 (26.19%) Apache
10 10 (23.81%) Python
10 10 (23.81%) SMTP
10 10 (23.81%) DNS
10 10 (23.81%) SQL
10 10 (23.81%) Capacity Planning
10 10 (23.81%) CodeIgniter
10 10 (23.81%) Subversion
10 10 (23.81%) Nagios
10 10 (23.81%) Games
10 10 (23.81%) Perforce
11 8 (19.05%) Java
12 7 (16.67%) ASP
12 7 (16.67%) Mobile Games
12 7 (16.67%) JSON

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing LAMP 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 LAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (64.29%) jQuery
2 18 (42.86%) Ajax
3 16 (38.10%) HTML
3 16 (38.10%) CSS
4 13 (30.95%) .NET
5 10 (23.81%) CodeIgniter
6 7 (16.67%) ASP
6 7 (16.67%) JSON
7 4 (9.524%) CakePHP
8 3 (7.143%) Symfony
9 1 (2.381%) Web Services
9 1 (2.381%) XML
9 1 (2.381%) Smarty
Application Platforms
1 11 (26.19%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) SMTP
1 10 (23.81%) DNS
2 1 (2.381%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (64.29%) MySQL
2 1 (2.381%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Subversion
General
1 10 (23.81%) Games
2 6 (14.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (85.71%) Developer
2 26 (61.90%) PHP Developer
3 18 (42.86%) Web Developer
4 10 (23.81%) Senior Developer
4 10 (23.81%) Senior PHP Developer
4 10 (23.81%) LAMP Developer
5 9 (21.43%) PHP Web Developer
6 6 (14.29%) Software Developer
7 1 (2.381%) PHP MySQL Developer
7 1 (2.381%) Chief Technical Officer
7 1 (2.381%) Senior Web Developer
7 1 (2.381%) Network Manager
7 1 (2.381%) Senior PHP Web Developer
7 1 (2.381%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Open Source
2 7 (16.67%) Mobile Games
3 6 (14.29%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.143%) Web 2.0
4 3 (7.143%) Social Gaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (28.57%) Linux
2 3 (7.143%) Android
2 3 (7.143%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.381%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.381%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) OO
2 15 (35.71%) Web Development
3 12 (28.57%) OOP
3 12 (28.57%) MVC
4 11 (26.19%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (23.81%) Capacity Planning
6 7 (16.67%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.381%) TDD
7 1 (2.381%) B2B
7 1 (2.381%) B2C
7 1 (2.381%) OOD
7 1 (2.381%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 40 (95.24%) PHP
2 17 (40.48%) JavaScript
3 10 (23.81%) Python
3 10 (23.81%) SQL
4 8 (19.05%) Java
5 6 (14.29%) C#
6 4 (9.524%) PHP5
7 1 (2.381%) C++
7 1 (2.381%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (2.381%) CCNA
2 1 (2.381%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.143%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Nagios
Vendors
1 10 (23.81%) Perforce
2 4 (9.524%) Zend
3 1 (2.381%) Cisco
3 1 (2.381%) Red Hat
Oxford, Oxfordshire
To be considered you'll be an experienced PHP Developer working with the LAMP stack for the past two years commercially. Working knowledge of jQuery is also a...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Working in an Agile environment, the PHP Developer will be responsible for using Object-Oriented programming to develop the front-end of new web applications. The PHP Developer...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013