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This section looks at the demand for PHP skills within the Scotland 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6394
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching permanent IT job ads10995
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.039 %
As % of the category below5.662 %3.202 %
Salaries quoted8280
Average minimum salary£23,217£25,841
Average salary£26,319£28,885
% change on same period last year-8.88 %
Average maximum salary£29,422£31,929
UK excluding London average salary£30,408£29,776
% change on same period last year+2.11 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads19252967
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.016 %1.215 %
Salaries quoted12601825
Average minimum salary£30,209£30,937
Average salary£33,438£33,664
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Average maximum salary£36,666£36,390
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
PHP UKPHP
UK

PHP
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
EdinburghUp+1441£25,029-10.46 %
GlasgowUp+1640£27,409-10.39 %
DundeeUp+108£24,786-12.34 %
East LothianNew entry-5--
FifeNew entry-4£23,500-
AyrshireNew entry-2£37,000-
RenfrewshireNew entry-1£37,500-
North LanarkshireNew entry-1£28,500-
South LanarkshireNew entry-1--
East AyrshireNew entry-1£18,000-
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UK

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1115 (52.75 %)MySQL
2111 (50.92 %)CSS
3106 (48.62 %)JavaScript
491 (41.74 %)SQL
582 (37.61 %)HTML
582 (37.61 %)Linux
668 (31.19 %)Java
759 (27.06 %)Perl
759 (27.06 %)XHTML
858 (26.61 %)Web Development
955 (25.23 %)OO
1053 (24.31 %)Apache
1053 (24.31 %)XML
1152 (23.85 %)AJAX
1242 (19.27 %)Computer Science
1338 (17.43 %)Education
1437 (16.97 %).NET
1535 (16.06 %)Oracle
1634 (15.60 %)Degree
1728 (12.84 %)ASP
1728 (12.84 %)UNIX
1826 (11.93 %)PostgreSQL
1924 (11.01 %)C++
2023 (10.55 %)Python
2120 (9.174 %)SQL Server
2219 (8.716 %)CMS
2318 (8.257 %)Ruby
2416 (7.339 %)PHP5
2416 (7.339 %)Web Design
2416 (7.339 %)ASP.NET

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1111 (50.92 %)CSS
282 (37.61 %)HTML
359 (27.06 %)XHTML
453 (24.31 %)XML
552 (23.85 %)AJAX
637 (16.97 %).NET
728 (12.84 %)ASP
816 (7.339 %)ASP.NET
914 (6.422 %)SOAP
1012 (5.505 %)Ruby on Rails
1110 (4.587 %)LAMP
128 (3.670 %)MVC
128 (3.670 %)CakePHP
137 (3.211 %)Symfony
137 (3.211 %)WebServices
146 (2.752 %)JSP
146 (2.752 %)Adobe Flex
146 (2.752 %)jQuery
155 (2.294 %)script.aculo.us
155 (2.294 %)JSON
Scotland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
153 (24.31 %)Apache
219 (8.716 %)CMS
314 (6.422 %)ColdFusion
48 (3.670 %)IIS
57 (3.211 %)JBoss
57 (3.211 %)Tomcat
63 (1.376 %)MS Exchange
63 (1.376 %)Exchange Server 2003
72 (0.917 %)Exchange Server 2000
72 (0.917 %)SharePoint
81 (0.459 %)Oracle Application Server
81 (0.459 %)Joomla!
81 (0.459 %)Exchange Server 2007
Scotland IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (3.670 %)MS Visio
27 (3.211 %)Photoshop
34 (1.835 %)MS Excel
43 (1.376 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (0.917 %)Fireworks
61 (0.459 %)PrintSoft PReS
Scotland IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (1.835 %)Dynamics AX
23 (1.376 %)Oracle CRM
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (6.881 %)Internet
212 (5.505 %)DNS
37 (3.211 %)TCP/IP
37 (3.211 %)VLAN
44 (1.835 %)IMAP
44 (1.835 %)Intranet
44 (1.835 %)POP3
44 (1.835 %)SMTP
53 (1.376 %)VPN
62 (0.917 %)Ethernet
62 (0.917 %)SMS
62 (0.917 %)DSLAM
71 (0.459 %)LAN
71 (0.459 %)Extranet
71 (0.459 %)WAN
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1115 (52.75 %)MySQL
226 (11.93 %)PostgreSQL
320 (9.174 %)SQL Server
413 (5.963 %)RDBMS
55 (2.294 %)DB2
64 (1.835 %)SQLPlus
72 (0.917 %)SQL Server 7
81 (0.459 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (0.459 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.459 %)OLAP
81 (0.459 %)MS Access
81 (0.459 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.459 %)DTS
81 (0.459 %)Data Mining
81 (0.459 %)ETL
Scotland IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (6.881 %)Flash
211 (5.046 %)Subversion
35 (2.294 %)Ant
43 (1.376 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.459 %)WinRunner
51 (0.459 %)QuickTest Pro
51 (0.459 %)ClearCase
51 (0.459 %)JUnit
51 (0.459 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.459 %)PVCS
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (17.43 %)Education
210 (4.587 %)Finance
38 (3.670 %)Games
46 (2.752 %)Retail
55 (2.294 %)Telecoms
55 (2.294 %)Graphic Design
62 (0.917 %)Animation
62 (0.917 %)Construction
62 (0.917 %)Manufacturing
62 (0.917 %)Advertising
62 (0.917 %)Banking
62 (0.917 %)Billing
62 (0.917 %)Online Banking
62 (0.917 %)Marketing
71 (0.459 %)Pensions
71 (0.459 %)Multimedia
71 (0.459 %)Publishing
71 (0.459 %)Financial Institution
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1150 (68.81 %)Developer
266 (30.28 %)Web Developer
349 (22.48 %)PHP Developer
419 (8.716 %)Applications Developer
516 (7.339 %)Administrator
615 (6.881 %)Systems Administrator
714 (6.422 %)Software Developer
714 (6.422 %)Java Developer
813 (5.963 %)Senior Developer
912 (5.505 %)PHP Web Developer
1011 (5.046 %)Software Engineer
1110 (4.587 %)Graduate
1110 (4.587 %)Web Applications Developer
129 (4.128 %)Linux Systems Administrator
129 (4.128 %)Linux Administrator
129 (4.128 %)Programmer
138 (3.670 %)Junior
146 (2.752 %)Senior PHP Developer
146 (2.752 %)Web Programmer
146 (2.752 %)Graduate Developer
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
142 (19.27 %)Computer Science
29 (4.128 %)Social Network
34 (1.835 %)RIA
34 (1.835 %)Client/Server
34 (1.835 %)W3C
43 (1.376 %)Replication
43 (1.376 %)Clustering
52 (0.917 %)Management Information System
52 (0.917 %)Statistics
61 (0.459 %)Web 2.0
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
182 (37.61 %)Linux
228 (12.84 %)UNIX
316 (7.339 %)Windows
47 (3.211 %)Solaris
55 (2.294 %)Debian
63 (1.376 %)FreeBSD
63 (1.376 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (0.917 %)Windows NT
81 (0.459 %)Windows XP
81 (0.459 %)Ubuntu
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
158 (26.61 %)Web Development
255 (25.23 %)OO
316 (7.339 %)Web Design
415 (6.881 %)E-Commerce
512 (5.505 %)Content Management
610 (4.587 %)SEO
79 (4.128 %)Agile Software Development
79 (4.128 %)OOP
87 (3.211 %)TDD
95 (2.294 %)Information Management
95 (2.294 %)Software Engineering
95 (2.294 %)OOD
104 (1.835 %)UML
113 (1.376 %)CRM
113 (1.376 %)Automated Testing
113 (1.376 %)Software Testing
113 (1.376 %)Statistical Analysis
113 (1.376 %)Load Testing
113 (1.376 %)Web Testing
122 (0.917 %)Unit Testing
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1106 (48.62 %)JavaScript
291 (41.74 %)SQL
368 (31.19 %)Java
459 (27.06 %)Perl
524 (11.01 %)C++
623 (10.55 %)Python
718 (8.257 %)Ruby
816 (7.339 %)PHP5
913 (5.963 %)ActionScript
913 (5.963 %)PL/SQL
1012 (5.505 %)C#
1012 (5.505 %)VB
1111 (5.046 %)C
127 (3.211 %)AWK
135 (2.294 %)Shell Script
144 (1.835 %)VB.NET
153 (1.376 %)DHTML
153 (1.376 %)VBScript
153 (1.376 %)PHP4
161 (0.459 %)Lua
Scotland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
134 (15.60 %)Degree
24 (1.835 %)RHCE
31 (0.459 %)ISEB
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.376 %)WAI
Scotland IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (1.376 %)Active Directory
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
135 (16.06 %)Oracle
29 (4.128 %)Microsoft
37 (3.211 %)Cisco
46 (2.752 %)Sybase
55 (2.294 %)Red Hat
55 (2.294 %)Zend
55 (2.294 %)Adobe
61 (0.459 %)Macromedia
61 (0.459 %)Sun
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