The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 17 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 41 45 54
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +9
Permanent jobs citing PHP 114 101 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 5.413% 4.471% 3.383%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.56% 8.445% 6.724%
Number of salaries quoted 104 85 62
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% +2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,250 £53,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
783 1196 937
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 37.18% 52.94% 50.32%
Number of salaries quoted 694 1082 785
Average salary £42,500 £38,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.38% -1.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
Berkshire

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading PHP Jobs Demand Trend

PHP
Salary Trend

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

Reading PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 132 (59.46%) JavaScript
2 127 (57.21%) MySQL
3 125 (56.31%) HTML
4 117 (52.70%) CSS
5 110 (49.55%) SQL
6 90 (40.54%) Java
7 86 (38.74%) Python
8 72 (32.43%) OO
9 69 (31.08%) Ruby
10 68 (30.63%) Perl
11 67 (30.18%) SQL Server
12 54 (24.32%) MVC
12 54 (24.32%) Linux
13 53 (23.87%) Degree
14 52 (23.42%) OOP
15 48 (21.62%) .NET
16 47 (21.17%) Zend
17 46 (20.72%) jQuery
18 41 (18.47%) LAMP
19 40 (18.02%) Computer Science
20 35 (15.77%) SQL Server 2000
20 35 (15.77%) Oracle
20 35 (15.77%) Client/Server
21 33 (14.86%) XML
22 32 (14.41%) UNIX
22 32 (14.41%) Agile Software Development
23 31 (13.96%) .NET Framework
23 31 (13.96%) Apache
24 29 (13.06%) Web Services
24 29 (13.06%) C++

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 125 (56.31%) HTML
2 117 (52.70%) CSS
3 48 (21.62%) .NET
4 46 (20.72%) jQuery
5 41 (18.47%) LAMP
6 33 (14.86%) XML
7 31 (13.96%) .NET Framework
8 29 (13.06%) Web Services
9 28 (12.61%) Zend Framework
10 27 (12.16%) Ajax
11 20 (9.009%) CodeIgniter
12 18 (8.108%) CakePHP
12 18 (8.108%) Node.js
13 17 (7.658%) HTML5
13 17 (7.658%) CSS3
13 17 (7.658%) RESTful
14 15 (6.757%) Symfony
15 14 (6.306%) XHTML
16 12 (5.405%) Memcached
17 10 (4.505%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 31 (13.96%) Apache
2 25 (11.26%) Drupal
3 20 (9.009%) CMS
4 9 (4.054%) WebLogic
5 8 (3.604%) WordPress
5 8 (3.604%) Tomcat
6 7 (3.153%) Magento
7 6 (2.703%) Amazon AWS
8 3 (1.351%) Amazon ELB
8 3 (1.351%) nginx
8 3 (1.351%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.351%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.901%) WebLogic Portal
9 2 (0.901%) Joomla!
9 2 (0.901%) ExpressionEngine
9 2 (0.901%) Movable Type
Applications
1 15 (6.757%) MS Excel
2 8 (3.604%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (1.802%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.351%) Google Apps
5 2 (0.901%) Fireworks
6 1 (0.450%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.450%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.901%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.81%) HTTP
2 23 (10.36%) TCP/IP
3 12 (5.405%) DNS
4 11 (4.955%) Internet
4 11 (4.955%) ISDN
4 11 (4.955%) PBX
4 11 (4.955%) PSTN
4 11 (4.955%) VoIP
4 11 (4.955%) DHCP
4 11 (4.955%) FTP
4 11 (4.955%) ISUP
4 11 (4.955%) Softswitch
5 9 (4.054%) Firewall
6 8 (3.604%) SAN
7 7 (3.153%) 3G
8 4 (1.802%) Intranet
9 1 (0.450%) HSRP
9 1 (0.450%) Wireless
9 1 (0.450%) IPsec
9 1 (0.450%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (57.21%) MySQL
2 67 (30.18%) SQL Server
3 35 (15.77%) SQL Server 2000
4 18 (8.108%) Hadoop
4 18 (8.108%) Big Data
5 13 (5.856%) Redis
6 9 (4.054%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (3.604%) NoSQL
7 8 (3.604%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.351%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (0.901%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 11 (4.955%) Git (software)
2 9 (4.054%) Subversion
3 6 (2.703%) GitHub
4 2 (0.901%) Selenium
5 1 (0.450%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.450%) Xcode
5 1 (0.450%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (8.108%) Marketing
2 12 (5.405%) Finance
3 8 (3.604%) Billing
4 7 (3.153%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.802%) Games
6 2 (0.901%) Music
7 1 (0.450%) Electronics
7 1 (0.450%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 148 (66.67%) Developer
2 69 (31.08%) PHP Developer
3 59 (26.58%) Web Developer
4 38 (17.12%) Senior Developer
5 25 (11.26%) PHP Web Developer
6 22 (9.910%) Junior
7 21 (9.459%) Junior Developer
8 20 (9.009%) Senior PHP Developer
9 19 (8.559%) Senior Web Developer
10 18 (8.108%) Administrator
11 17 (7.658%) Graduate
11 17 (7.658%) Linux Administrator
12 16 (7.207%) Software Developer
13 15 (6.757%) Systems Administrator
14 14 (6.306%) Linux Systems Administrator
15 13 (5.856%) PHP MySQL Developer
16 11 (4.955%) Senior PHP Web Developer
17 9 (4.054%) Voice Engineer
17 9 (4.054%) Architect
17 9 (4.054%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.02%) Computer Science
2 35 (15.77%) Client/Server
3 25 (11.26%) SaaS
4 17 (7.658%) Open Source
5 14 (6.306%) Social Media
6 11 (4.955%) Handset
7 8 (3.604%) Clustering
8 6 (2.703%) Taxonomies
8 6 (2.703%) Ontologies
9 5 (2.252%) Blog
9 5 (2.252%) W3C
9 5 (2.252%) Digital Media
10 4 (1.802%) Graphic Design
11 3 (1.351%) Replication
11 3 (1.351%) Streaming Media
11 3 (1.351%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.901%) Motion Graphics
12 2 (0.901%) STB
12 2 (0.901%) IPTV
12 2 (0.901%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 54 (24.32%) Linux
2 32 (14.41%) UNIX
3 24 (10.81%) Windows
4 15 (6.757%) Ubuntu
4 15 (6.757%) CentOS
5 12 (5.405%) Debian
6 11 (4.955%) Solaris
7 8 (3.604%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (3.153%) Mac OS X
8 7 (3.153%) Android
9 6 (2.703%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.450%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (32.43%) OO
2 54 (24.32%) MVC
3 52 (23.42%) OOP
4 32 (14.41%) Agile Software Development
5 21 (9.459%) Software Engineering
6 19 (8.559%) Service Delivery
7 17 (7.658%) Web Development
8 14 (6.306%) Data Modelling
9 11 (4.955%) E-Commerce
10 8 (3.604%) ITIL
10 8 (3.604%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (3.153%) Project Management
11 7 (3.153%) Unit Testing
12 6 (2.703%) OOD
12 6 (2.703%) ETL
12 6 (2.703%) Digital Marketing
12 6 (2.703%) Automation Testing
13 5 (2.252%) Email Marketing
13 5 (2.252%) Asset Management
14 4 (1.802%) UML
Programming Languages
1 132 (59.46%) JavaScript
2 110 (49.55%) SQL
3 90 (40.54%) Java
4 86 (38.74%) Python
5 69 (31.08%) Ruby
6 68 (30.63%) Perl
7 29 (13.06%) C++
8 21 (9.459%) Scala
9 20 (9.009%) Bash shell
10 13 (5.856%) C#
11 9 (4.054%) C
12 8 (3.604%) VB
12 8 (3.604%) VB.NET
12 8 (3.604%) Shell Script
13 6 (2.703%) PHP5
14 5 (2.252%) VB6
15 4 (1.802%) T-SQL
16 3 (1.351%) Objective-C
16 3 (1.351%) ActionScript
17 1 (0.450%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 53 (23.87%) Degree
2 8 (3.604%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.450%) MCDBA
3 1 (0.450%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.856%) SLA
2 8 (3.604%) QA
3 2 (0.901%) WAI
4 1 (0.450%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (4.054%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 8 (3.604%) VMware ESX
2 8 (3.604%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (3.604%) vSphere
2 8 (3.604%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (5.856%) Puppet
2 6 (2.703%) Ganglia
3 3 (1.351%) Zenoss
3 3 (1.351%) Nagios
Vendors
1 47 (21.17%) Zend
2 35 (15.77%) Oracle
3 18 (8.108%) Microsoft
4 14 (6.306%) Red Hat
5 12 (5.405%) Cisco
6 11 (4.955%) Polycom
6 11 (4.955%) Acme Packet
7 10 (4.505%) Twitter
8 8 (3.604%) VMware
8 8 (3.604%) JBoss
9 6 (2.703%) Google
10 5 (2.252%) Sybase
11 4 (1.802%) Adobe
11 4 (1.802%) BroadSoft
12 3 (1.351%) Percona
12 3 (1.351%) Facebook
12 3 (1.351%) Sonus
13 2 (0.901%) Open Text
13 2 (0.901%) RedDot
14 1 (0.450%) Foundry
Reading, Thames Valley
The ideal candidate will hold a degree in a computing related subject (relevant experience also considered) and will have previous experience in a senior position... Senior Web PHP...
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
PHP Developer: PHP, LAMP, Magento, HTML CSS, MySQL, jQuery.UK based fast growing retailer have a brand new opening for a passionate PHP Developer (LAMP.) Thisis an excellent...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Requirements: - A self-starter who can think on their feet to solve problems independently as well as in a team environment - Process orientated and solid understanding of standards...
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum Plus benefits DOE
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
PHP/Drupal Developer - HTML, CSS, Javascript. Reading, Berkshire £40k - £50k PHP/ Drupal/ CSS / JavaScript / HTML / CSS / Reading / Open Source Are you a PHP developer who would like to...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL... Your duties will include: - Develop, code or debug modules as specified - To liaise with key stakeholders to keep them updated on development progress and...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £60000 per annum - Excellent company benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, South East
Senior PHP Developer Reading £30,000-£55,000- PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQLPHP Developer required in Reading (PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL) Salary up to 60k depending on experienceAdditional Keywords:...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP55000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent company benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Reading, South East
Senior PHP Developer Reading £30,000-£60,000- PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQLPHP Developer required in Reading (PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL) Salary up to 60k depending on experienceAdditional Keywords:...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP60000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent company benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Reading £25k - £37k Are you a Web Developer who is looking to break in to cloud computing? This company are the leaders in social and email marketing and...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £25000 - £37000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
For my client, an international digital media organisation I am currently looking for a Reddot/Opentext Developer... Quality assurance and documentation throughout the entire project... Experience with technologies...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
For my client, an international digital media organisation I am currently looking for a Reddot/Opentext Developer. As part of the OTMS (RedDot) team you will be working...
RSG-PLC
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
You will have demonstrable proven experience in building wireframes and thinking through interaction design, ability to build what you design, experience in JavaScript/CSS Frameworks, Drupal6, PHP, HTML...
Simple Recruitment Services Ltd
Salary: Unspecified Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Web Developer, PHP Developer, Software Developer, Development, Magento, Ecommerce, e-commerce, XHTML, HTML, CSS, Photoshop... Ideally, the developer will have exposure to Front-end coding and web design (...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
DRUPAL PHP Developer... 5+ Years of experience developing with Drupal, Alfresco or HTML. Experience with Enterprise scale Drupal sites/Alfresco ECMS solutions or HTML5 based applications... load balancing...
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum +bens+bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The ideal candidate will have a vast amount of commercial experience building e-commerce and bespoke websites using PHP5, LAMP stack, Objected orientated methodologies, MySQL, and standards-compliant...
LA International
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
To be considered for this role, we are looking for candidates with technical skills to include, at a minimum: PHP5, SQL, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, object oriented development and...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, South East
PHP Developer / Web Developer, Reading, £30,000-£40,000- OOP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JSKey Words: PHP Developer, Web Developer, OOP, MVC, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, RESTful, LinuxTop...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
OOP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JS. Key Words: PHP Developer, Web Developer, OOP, MVC, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, RESTful, Linux Top Digital Agency Opportunity... PHP Developer Essential skill...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
OOP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JS. Key Words: PHP Developer, Web Developer, OOP, MVC, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, RESTful, Linux Top Digital Agency Opportunity... PHP Developer Essential skill...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
SaaS, SQL, PHP, OO Design, HTML5 and CSS3)... It is likely you will have a degree in a related business or technical field, or equivalent experience, along with...
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £50000 - 60000 Per Annum plus benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
With at least 5 years management experience, you will have led open source teams using PHP, MySQL and ideally Drupal. Experience with BDD and/or continuous integration would...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £60000.00 - £65000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire or London
In depth technical experience with the following technologies: Internet Technologies: HTTP, TCP/IP, DNS, UDP, SPDY, Apache, Github Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, C++ Operating systems: Linux,...
Verizon
Salary: competitive, plus bonus and full benefits package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
In addition to this you will also need to have knowledge of shell scripting and knowledge of at least one of (PHP, C++, Scala, Java, Ruby, or Python).
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 60,000 depending on skills
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
oCustomer SIP PBX Trunking oVOIP handsets provisioning and boot process oTelsis Intelligent Network (IN) Platform or similar oSonus Softswitch Platforms EMS, PSX, GSX, DSI Experience gained in the...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Overtime + Oncall
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
oCustomer SIP PBX Trunking oVOIP handsets provisioning and boot process oTelsis Intelligent Network (IN) Platform or similar oSonus Softswitch Platforms EMS, PSX, GSX, DSI Experience gained in the...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Overtime + Oncall
Posted: 16 May 2013