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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 54 60 62
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +2
Permanent jobs citing PHP 34 30 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 3.250% 3.036% 2.634%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.802% 5.682% 4.706%
Number of salaries quoted 29 29 22
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.57%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
586 528 510
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 56.02% 53.44% 55.98%
Number of salaries quoted 540 461 476
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
Wales

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

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

South Wales PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the South Wales 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
Newport +15 17 £32,500 -29.34%
Cardiff -12 14 £22,500 -30.76%
Caerphilly - 2 £33,500 -
Blaenau Gwent - 2 £22,500 -
PHP
Wales

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 42 (67.74%) JavaScript
2 40 (64.52%) HTML
3 27 (43.55%) MySQL
4 26 (41.94%) OO
5 23 (37.10%) CSS
6 22 (35.48%) Java
7 19 (30.65%) C++
8 18 (29.03%) XML
8 18 (29.03%) ColdFusion
8 18 (29.03%) MVC
8 18 (29.03%) Web Development
9 16 (25.81%) .NET
9 16 (25.81%) C#
9 16 (25.81%) SQL
10 13 (20.97%) ASP.NET
10 13 (20.97%) Agile Software Development
11 10 (16.13%) SharePoint
12 9 (14.52%) OOP
12 9 (14.52%) PHP5
12 9 (14.52%) jQuery
13 8 (12.90%) Finance
13 8 (12.90%) SOAP
14 6 (9.677%) Zend
15 5 (8.065%) Degree
15 5 (8.065%) Web Services
15 5 (8.065%) OOD
15 5 (8.065%) Microsoft
16 4 (6.452%) VoIP
16 4 (6.452%) XHTML
16 4 (6.452%) Telecoms

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 40 (64.52%) HTML
2 23 (37.10%) CSS
3 18 (29.03%) XML
4 16 (25.81%) .NET
5 13 (20.97%) ASP.NET
6 9 (14.52%) jQuery
7 8 (12.90%) SOAP
8 5 (8.065%) Web Services
9 4 (6.452%) XHTML
9 4 (6.452%) JSON
10 3 (4.839%) HTML5
10 3 (4.839%) REST
10 3 (4.839%) .NET Framework
10 3 (4.839%) RESTful
10 3 (4.839%) WCF
10 3 (4.839%) Symfony
10 3 (4.839%) Ajax
11 2 (3.226%) Flash
11 2 (3.226%) Zend Framework
11 2 (3.226%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 18 (29.03%) ColdFusion
2 10 (16.13%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.839%) CMS
4 2 (3.226%) Apache
4 2 (3.226%) WordPress
5 1 (1.613%) Drupal
5 1 (1.613%) Joomla!
5 1 (1.613%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.613%) Photoshop
1 1 (1.613%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.613%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.452%) VoIP
2 1 (1.613%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (43.55%) MySQL
2 3 (4.839%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.839%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.839%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.226%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.613%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (1.613%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.613%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.613%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.613%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.613%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.613%) OLAP
4 1 (1.613%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.613%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.613%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (4.839%) JIRA
1 3 (4.839%) Subversion
2 1 (1.613%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.613%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 8 (12.90%) Finance
2 4 (6.452%) Telecoms
2 4 (6.452%) Marketing
3 1 (1.613%) Welsh Language
3 1 (1.613%) Legal
Job Titles
1 59 (95.16%) Developer
2 18 (29.03%) Software Developer
3 17 (27.42%) UI Developer
3 17 (27.42%) UI Programmer
4 13 (20.97%) Web Developer
5 11 (17.74%) PHP Developer
5 11 (17.74%) .NET Developer
6 5 (8.065%) Front-End Developer
6 5 (8.065%) PHP Web Developer
7 4 (6.452%) Lead Developer
8 2 (3.226%) Applications Developer
8 2 (3.226%) Administrator
8 2 (3.226%) JavaScript Developer
9 1 (1.613%) PHP MySQL Developer
9 1 (1.613%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 1 (1.613%) Mobile Developer
9 1 (1.613%) Front-End Web Developer
9 1 (1.613%) Case Management Developer
9 1 (1.613%) Oracle DBA
9 1 (1.613%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.452%) Digital Media
2 3 (4.839%) Open Source
3 2 (3.226%) W3C
3 2 (3.226%) SCORM
4 1 (1.613%) Social Media
4 1 (1.613%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.613%) iPhone
4 1 (1.613%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.613%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.613%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.613%) Statistics
4 1 (1.613%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.613%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.452%) Linux
2 2 (3.226%) Android
3 1 (1.613%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.613%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.613%) UNIX
3 1 (1.613%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.94%) OO
2 18 (29.03%) MVC
2 18 (29.03%) Web Development
3 13 (20.97%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (14.52%) OOP
5 5 (8.065%) OOD
6 4 (6.452%) Project Management
6 4 (6.452%) Scrum
7 3 (4.839%) E-Commerce
8 2 (3.226%) CRM
8 2 (3.226%) BCP
8 2 (3.226%) Content Management
8 2 (3.226%) Document Management
8 2 (3.226%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (3.226%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (1.613%) Agile Project Management
9 1 (1.613%) Web Application Development
9 1 (1.613%) Analytics
9 1 (1.613%) Unit Testing
9 1 (1.613%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 42 (67.74%) JavaScript
2 22 (35.48%) Java
3 19 (30.65%) C++
4 16 (25.81%) C#
4 16 (25.81%) SQL
5 9 (14.52%) PHP5
6 2 (3.226%) VB
6 2 (3.226%) C
7 1 (1.613%) ActionScript 3.0
7 1 (1.613%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (1.613%) XPath
7 1 (1.613%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.613%) ActionScript
7 1 (1.613%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.613%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (8.065%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.613%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (9.677%) Zend
2 5 (8.065%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.839%) Oracle
4 1 (1.613%) Open Text
4 1 (1.613%) RedDot
4 1 (1.613%) VMware
4 1 (1.613%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.613%) Dell
4 1 (1.613%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.613%) Cisco
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Skills and Experience: * 2+ years' experience in a similar position. * Strong JavaScript, PHP, HTML and CSS knowledge. * Good understanding of MySQL, database administration and XML. * Excellent communication skills...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newport, Gwent
Key Skills: PHP, Java, J2EE, Web, Developer, Programmer. Our client, a VOIP recording company, is looking for an enthusiastic and gifted PHP Web developer who is looking to...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £30K + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The Lead Developer will be responsible for mentoring and supporting a small team of developers, and will also be expected to take a hands-on approach on development...
networx
Salary: £42,000 depending on skills
Posted: 21 May 2013