The first table below looks at the demand for PHP5 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP5 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 Programming Languages category for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP 5
Rank 148 148 148
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing PHP5 5 7 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.159% 0.203% 0.316%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.274% 0.438% 0.680%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 11
Average salary £24,500 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £31,000 £30,250
% change year-on-year
+9.67% +2.47%
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1827 1597 1618
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 58.06% 46.22% 46.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1115 1237 1177
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £48,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP5
UK

PHP5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland PHP5 Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Edinburgh +4 1 £27,500 +1.85%
Glasgow -23 1 £27,000 -10.00%
PHP5
UK

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 12 (100.00%) PHP
2 9 (75.00%) MySQL
3 8 (66.67%) CSS
4 6 (50.00%) HTML
4 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (33.33%) jQuery
5 4 (33.33%) HTML5
5 4 (33.33%) CSS3
5 4 (33.33%) Magento
6 3 (25.00%) Git (software)
6 3 (25.00%) Drupal
7 2 (16.67%) WordPress
7 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (16.67%) Marketing
7 2 (16.67%) Joomla!
7 2 (16.67%) OOP
7 2 (16.67%) Advertising
8 1 (8.333%) CMS
8 1 (8.333%) LAMP
8 1 (8.333%) XHTML
8 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
8 1 (8.333%) W3C
8 1 (8.333%) SQL
8 1 (8.333%) .NET
8 1 (8.333%) XML
8 1 (8.333%) Linux
8 1 (8.333%) Symfony
8 1 (8.333%) Zend
8 1 (8.333%) TDD
8 1 (8.333%) Retail

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 8 (66.67%) CSS
2 6 (50.00%) HTML
3 4 (33.33%) jQuery
3 4 (33.33%) HTML5
3 4 (33.33%) CSS3
4 1 (8.333%) LAMP
4 1 (8.333%) XHTML
4 1 (8.333%) .NET
4 1 (8.333%) XML
4 1 (8.333%) Symfony
4 1 (8.333%) MooTools
4 1 (8.333%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) Magento
2 3 (25.00%) Drupal
3 2 (16.67%) WordPress
3 2 (16.67%) Joomla!
4 1 (8.333%) CMS
4 1 (8.333%) Zen Cart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) MySQL
2 1 (8.333%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Git (software)
2 1 (8.333%) Subversion
General
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
1 2 (16.67%) Advertising
2 1 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Billing
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 9 (75.00%) PHP Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Junior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Junior
4 1 (8.333%) PHP Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Drupal Developer
4 1 (8.333%) PHP Drupal Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Mid-Level PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) W3C
1 1 (8.333%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (8.333%) Open Source
1 1 (8.333%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
1 1 (8.333%) Android
1 1 (8.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (16.67%) OOP
2 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
2 1 (8.333%) TDD
2 1 (8.333%) MVC
2 1 (8.333%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (8.333%) Mobile Marketing
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) PHP
2 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.333%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Zend
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Posted: 23 May 2013