The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Plymouth 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 Plymouth region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 16 - 7
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Plymouth 3.704% - 5.263%
As % of the Application Development category 6.061% - 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £40,000 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Plymouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
33 15 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Plymouth 61.11% 68.18% 47.37%
Number of salaries quoted 29 15 8
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +31.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,000 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
Devon

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Plymouth 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 Plymouth region.

Plymouth LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Plymouth 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 5 (83.33%) PHP
1 5 (83.33%) MySQL
2 4 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 3 (50.00%) NoSQL
3 3 (50.00%) Riak
4 2 (33.33%) Node.js
4 2 (33.33%) Puppet
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Perl
4 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) HTTP
4 2 (33.33%) Linux
4 2 (33.33%) Apache
4 2 (33.33%) Python
5 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
5 1 (16.67%) HTML
5 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) RDBMS
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
5 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Plymouth 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 2 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) MySQL
2 3 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 3 (50.00%) Riak
3 1 (16.67%) RDBMS
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Systems Administrator
1 4 (66.67%) Administrator
2 2 (33.33%) Software Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Development Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Software Development Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Development Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Web Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Software Development Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PHP
2 2 (33.33%) Perl
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Puppet
Plymouth, Devon
Strong project management skills with demonstrable team building and leadership skills are essential. Expert knowledge of coding and website building, server administration, content delivery processes and systems in...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Plymouth, Devon
Junior/Mid level System Administrator (LAMP Engineer - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) required for a leading mobile billing and messaging aggregator in the Plymouth area... You will have an...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Plymouth, Devon
The right candidate will have some experience of PHP (overview only - not expert) but who are willing develop their skills in PHP. The right candidate will have a...
Edge Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £15000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Plymouth, Devon
Candidate Key words - Support, Servers, LAMP, PHP, Cloud, Servers, technical support, IT Support, Software, Disaster Recovery... The company is looking for a Systems Support Administrator to join their...
Acorn
Salary: negotiable
Posted: 23 May 2013