The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 59 73 92
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 199 171 147
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 3.793% 3.079% 2.404%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.928% 3.227% 2.533%
Number of salaries quoted 172 164 137
Average salary £32,750 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.16% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,150 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £41,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5299 5804
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.55% 95.41% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4456 4574 4970
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West PHP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Salary Trend

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

South West PHP Developer Salary Trend

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West PHP Developer Salary Histogram

PHP Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bristol -7 75 £32,500 +6.55%
Dorset -5 36 £30,000 +9.09%
Devon +13 24 £33,000 +20.00%
Gloucestershire +18 22 £34,000 -2.85%
Somerset -2 20 £32,500 +12.06%
Wiltshire +18 15 £34,500 -5.47%
Cornwall -4 1 £17,000 -10.52%
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Developer in their job title.

1 389 (100.00%) PHP
2 303 (77.89%) MySQL
3 280 (71.98%) CSS
4 274 (70.44%) HTML
5 261 (67.10%) JavaScript
6 160 (41.13%) jQuery
7 130 (33.42%) OOP
8 126 (32.39%) Linux
9 118 (30.33%) OO
10 105 (26.99%) CMS
11 103 (26.48%) Zend
12 93 (23.91%) Drupal
12 93 (23.91%) MVC
13 89 (22.88%) Web Development
14 88 (22.62%) LAMP
15 84 (21.59%) Magento
16 76 (19.54%) E-Commerce
17 75 (19.28%) WordPress
17 75 (19.28%) PHP5
18 73 (18.77%) Marketing
19 70 (17.99%) HTML5
20 61 (15.68%) Apache
20 61 (15.68%) SQL
21 58 (14.91%) Ajax
22 52 (13.37%) XHTML
23 51 (13.11%) CakePHP
24 49 (12.60%) CodeIgniter
25 47 (12.08%) Git (software)
26 45 (11.57%) SOAP
27 42 (10.80%) XML

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited PHP Developer in their job title 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 with PHP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 280 (71.98%) CSS
2 274 (70.44%) HTML
3 160 (41.13%) jQuery
4 88 (22.62%) LAMP
5 70 (17.99%) HTML5
6 58 (14.91%) Ajax
7 52 (13.37%) XHTML
8 51 (13.11%) CakePHP
9 49 (12.60%) CodeIgniter
10 45 (11.57%) SOAP
11 42 (10.80%) XML
12 40 (10.28%) CSS3
13 29 (7.455%) Symfony
14 22 (5.656%) Zend Framework
15 21 (5.398%) JSON
16 20 (5.141%) Web Services
17 13 (3.342%) RESTful
18 12 (3.085%) XML-RPC
19 11 (2.828%) Smarty
20 10 (2.571%) REST
Application Platforms
1 105 (26.99%) CMS
2 93 (23.91%) Drupal
3 84 (21.59%) Magento
4 75 (19.28%) WordPress
5 61 (15.68%) Apache
6 25 (6.427%) Joomla!
7 15 (3.856%) ExpressionEngine
8 5 (1.285%) Umbraco
8 5 (1.285%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.028%) nginx
9 4 (1.028%) IIS
10 1 (0.257%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.257%) ActiveMQ
10 1 (0.257%) ESB
10 1 (0.257%) Zen Cart
10 1 (0.257%) Shopify
10 1 (0.257%) Moodle
Applications
1 11 (2.828%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.285%) Google Apps
3 1 (0.257%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 9 (2.314%) SAP LE
2 2 (0.514%) Google Analytics
2 2 (0.514%) WebTrends
3 1 (0.257%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.257%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.257%) Summit
3 1 (0.257%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.198%) Internet
2 9 (2.314%) Intranet
3 5 (1.285%) Firewall
3 5 (1.285%) HTTP
4 3 (0.771%) SSH
5 1 (0.257%) DNS
5 1 (0.257%) POP3
5 1 (0.257%) SMTP
5 1 (0.257%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.257%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 303 (77.89%) MySQL
2 11 (2.828%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.799%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.285%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.028%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.257%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.257%) Hazelcast
6 1 (0.257%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 47 (12.08%) Git (software)
2 42 (10.80%) Subversion
3 11 (2.828%) JIRA
4 7 (1.799%) Selenium
5 2 (0.514%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.257%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.257%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.257%) Appcelerator Titanium
6 1 (0.257%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.257%) PHPUnit
General
1 73 (18.77%) Marketing
2 23 (5.913%) Telecoms
3 22 (5.656%) Finance
4 10 (2.571%) Multimedia
4 10 (2.571%) Manufacturing
5 6 (1.542%) Retail
6 5 (1.285%) Back Office
7 4 (1.028%) Advertising
8 2 (0.514%) Publishing
9 1 (0.257%) Games
9 1 (0.257%) Banking
9 1 (0.257%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.28%) Mobile App
2 32 (8.226%) Digital Media
3 24 (6.170%) Open Source
4 14 (3.599%) Social Media
5 12 (3.085%) SaaS
6 11 (2.828%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.799%) W3C
8 6 (1.542%) Computer Science
9 3 (0.771%) E-Learning
9 3 (0.771%) Mathematics
10 2 (0.514%) New Media
10 2 (0.514%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.514%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.257%) Life Science
11 1 (0.257%) Streaming Media
11 1 (0.257%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.257%) Statistics
11 1 (0.257%) iPad
11 1 (0.257%) Social Gaming
11 1 (0.257%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 126 (32.39%) Linux
2 28 (7.198%) Ubuntu
3 13 (3.342%) Windows
4 9 (2.314%) CentOS
5 3 (0.771%) UNIX
5 3 (0.771%) Android
6 2 (0.514%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.514%) Solaris
6 2 (0.514%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.257%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.257%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (33.42%) OOP
2 118 (30.33%) OO
3 93 (23.91%) MVC
4 89 (22.88%) Web Development
5 76 (19.54%) E-Commerce
6 22 (5.656%) Content Management
7 19 (4.884%) SOA
7 19 (4.884%) Web Design
8 18 (4.627%) Project Management
8 18 (4.627%) OOD
9 14 (3.599%) Agile Software Development
10 13 (3.342%) Digital Marketing
11 11 (2.828%) Release Management
12 10 (2.571%) Online Marketing
12 10 (2.571%) CRM
13 9 (2.314%) SEO
14 8 (2.057%) Automated Testing
14 8 (2.057%) Scrum
15 7 (1.799%) B2B
15 7 (1.799%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 389 (100.00%) PHP
2 261 (67.10%) JavaScript
3 75 (19.28%) PHP5
4 61 (15.68%) SQL
5 24 (6.170%) C
6 22 (5.656%) Java
7 14 (3.599%) Ruby
7 14 (3.599%) Python
7 14 (3.599%) C++
8 9 (2.314%) ECMAScript
9 8 (2.057%) C#
10 6 (1.542%) ActionScript
10 6 (1.542%) Objective-C
11 5 (1.285%) Perl
12 4 (1.028%) PHP4
13 2 (0.514%) Bash shell
13 2 (0.514%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.257%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.257%) XQuery
14 1 (0.257%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (6.941%) Degree
2 9 (2.314%) CNA
2 9 (2.314%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.828%) QA
2 5 (1.285%) WCAG
3 3 (0.771%) WAI
Systems Management
1 18 (4.627%) Plesk
2 5 (1.285%) Nagios
2 5 (1.285%) Munin
Vendors
1 103 (26.48%) Zend
2 22 (5.656%) Oracle
3 9 (2.314%) Adobe
4 8 (2.057%) Google
5 7 (1.799%) Twitter
6 6 (1.542%) Microsoft
7 3 (0.771%) Facebook
8 2 (0.514%) Panasonic
9 1 (0.257%) Siebel
9 1 (0.257%) Sage
9 1 (0.257%) Informatica
9 1 (0.257%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.257%) HP
Bristol, South West
The role To act as a catalyst to ensure the design, delivery and implementation of all our clients projects are in line with the customer vision and that...
Randall Alexander
Salary: £25,000 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 24 April 2013
Bristol, Avon
Permanent £30k to £40k I am looking for a PHP Developer to work across a number of exciting projects for a city centre client... Skills Required - PHP (Essential)...
Experis IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bath, South West
PHP Developer £45,000 I am currently looking for a PHP developer to join a new business on theBatharea... This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate to...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, South West
This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate to come on board as a Lead Developer and expand with the business over the next 12 months. The role...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, South West
PHP Developer £45,000 PHP / MySql / Object Orientated Programming / Python I am currently looking for a PHP developer to join a new business on theBatharea... This is an...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Dorset
Dorset's fastest growing PHP house is recruiting..... They require PHP specialists at all levels, including Junior and Senior, and are prepared to pay handsomely for your services.
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The role has come live due to the rapid expansion of the company and they are looking to interview as early as Thursday... I look forward to hearing...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, South West
PHP software developer Excellent opportunity for a PHP/ OO PHP Developer. The successful PHP developer will be involved in new developments as well as maintaining and updating our...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £33000 - £36000 per annum + bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Keywords: PHP, OOP, CMS, SQL, BASH, HTML, CSS £25k - £40k + Competitive Benefits Package!!... Suitable candidates will have strong commercial website development experience using PHP coupled with a good...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Key Skills: PHP CSS, HTML, XHTML, Javascript SQL Server Market leading financial information provider is seeking an experienced PHP Developer to join their expanding web team... - Have knowledge...
Auburn Rose
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Newton Abbot, South West
This role requires exceptional communication skills in order to participate in meetings with marketing staff, senior management and 3rd parties. Applicants should possess the ability to give accurate...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, Avon
The role will cover a mix of straight PHP development and front end interface implementation in (X)HTML, CSS and Javascript... The desirable skills are experience SQL, Wordpress...
Spring Technology
Salary: £20000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 17 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
PHP Web Developer ( LAMP ) , Swindon, PHP, OOP, MySQL, HTML, JQuery PHP Developer, ( LAMP ) OO PHP 5 , Object Oriented, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX My client a highly...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £25,000 to £45,000 per annum plus bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bath, South West
PHP Developer, Bath, £25,000-£35,000 PHP, OOP, MySQL, LAMP, HTML, CSS, Javascript(jQuery)Key Words: PHP Developer, PHP, OOP, ``Object Oriented``, LAMP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP25000 to GBP30000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Bristol, Avon
Other technologies required include Javascript (JQuery) and CSS, and ideally you will have has some exposure to AJAX technologies... Skills: Linux, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, JQuery, AJAX, CSS, XML,...
ComputerWorld Personnel Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
To be considered for this role, you will essentially have but is not restricted to the following: -PHP 5 with OOP minimum of 3-5 years exp. -Drupal...
G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd.
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Devon
The company have also broken into mobile app development and there will be opportunities to expand your experience and get involved with developing Android and iOS apps. The...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer, Bristol, £28,000-£35,000 PHP, OOP, MySQL, LAMP, HTML, CSS, Javascript(jQuery)Key Words: PHP, OOP, ``Object Oriented``, LAMP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Zend,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP28000 to GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer / Software Developer £18,000-£25,000, Bristol, Javascript, HTML, CSS Key Words: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Drupal, Developer, Engineer, Junior, GraduateMy Client is a well...
OPUS
Salary: GBP18000 to GBP24000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They are about to embark on a raft of new development projects and so are seeking an experienced PHP / LAMP Developer to join their team.Applicants must be...
Novate IT
Posted: 4 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer, Bristol, £30,000-£40,000 PHP, OOP, MySQL, LAMP, HTML, CSS, Javascript(jQuery) Key Words: PHP, OOP, ``Object Oriented``, LAMP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Zend,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer, Bristol, £30,000-£40,000 PHP, OOP, MySQL, LAMP, HTML, CSS, Javascript(jQuery)Key Words: PHP, OOP, ``Object Oriented``, LAMP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Zend,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Essential PHP Developer skills: OOPHP MySQL MVC/HMVC Frameworks Knowledge of at l MVC Framework e.g (Zend, Codeigniter, CakePHP) Any experience with Magento or Wordpress is highly...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Key Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, LAMP, OOP, Object Oriented, MVC, Zend, MySQL, Linux, JavaScript. This is a truly unique opportunity for an experienced PHP Developer to get...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum - Share options
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Desired Skills/ Chance to work with: PHP MySQL HTML, CSS, JavaScript CakePHP / Drupal / WordPress The company have built up an outstanding reputation, through consistently delivering high standards to...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £16000 - £22000 per annum + 28 Days Holiday, Pension
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
PHP Web DeveloperSalary: £30,000 - £40,000Location: Dorset Summary My client is looking for a dynamic PHP Web Developer to join their digital team and contribute towards the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Senior PHP Developer Zend, MySQL, Javascript, Gloucestershire, £40,000-£50,000Key Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, LAMP, OOP, Object Oriented, MVC, Zend, MySQL, Linux, JavaScript-This is a...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP50000 per annum + Benefits: Share options
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Key Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, LAMP, OOP, Object Oriented, MVC, Zend, MySQL, Linux, JavaScript... With an unmitigated enthusiasm for technical innovation, you will be happy spending your...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - Share options
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Keywords: PHP, OOP, CMS, SQL, BASH, HTML, CSS Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Weston, Taunton, Chippenham, Trowbridge, Swindon... Suitable candidates will ideally have some commercial experience of PHP coupled...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Full stack technical exposure from MySQL or PostgreSQL to BASH, HTML, CSS and JavaScript... Experience of web and data caching, RESTful services, SOAP, JIRA, Subversion, Git, Eclipse, Net...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Fasthosts is one of the leading internet technology businesses in the UK.As a growing SME in this rapidly moving industry sector, we offer fantastic technology-oriented careers,...
Fasthosts Internet Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer (Junior / Graduate) Bristol- £20,000-£25,000- OOP, MVC, HTML, CSS, JQueryKey Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, Graduate, Engineer, `Object Oriented`, MySQL, LAMP, Linux, HTML, CSS,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP25000 per annum + Benefits: Health / Life Insurance, Phone Package, Gym Membership, Generous Pension
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer / Drupal Developer- £30,000-£40,000- OOP, MySQL,HTML, CSS, JavascriptKey Words: PHP, Developer, Software, OOP, ``object oriented``, MVC, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, DrupalOpus is...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Swindon, South West
Great opportunity as a Lead PHP Developer for a company based in Swindon... The successful candidate will have a range of responsibilities which will include: Leading development and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
We are actively seeking strong candidates with PHP 5, Javascript, TDD & Agile experience or a desire to learn fast... MySQL 5. Javascript... JQuery. LAMP installation and management. ASP...
Mayden House Ltd
Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum depending on experience plus great benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
One of the UK’s leading financial organisations of its kind is looking for an experienced PHP Developer to join its talented team of Software Developers. As a...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £36,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
We are also looking to use the latest technologies including Twitter Bootstrap, LESS, NoSQL databases such as Mongo/Redis/Couchbase and other high availability, scalable solutions... MySQL or...
Blue Glue
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bridgwater, Somerset
Good knowledge of front end development using HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, ECMAScript, CSS, etc., is also preferential... Zend, CakePHP, Symfony, etc) Version control (i.e. Git) JavaScript frameworks (...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013