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The table below looks at the demand for PHP skills within the South West 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5062
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads444299
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.246 %0.125 %
As % of the category below7.882 %5.415 %
Salaries quoted408266
Average minimum salary£26,026£25,655
Average salary£28,556£28,246
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Average maximum salary£31,085£30,838
UK excluding London average salary£30,650£29,698
% change on same period last year+3.20 %
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads56335522
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.117 %2.316 %
Salaries quoted50004794
Average minimum salary£30,522£30,778
Average salary£33,654£33,885
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
Average maximum salary£36,786£36,991
UK excluding London average salary£35,272£35,655
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
PHP EnglandPHP
England

PHP
Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
GloucestershireUp+16135£30,034+2.89 %
BristolUp+8117£25,832-11.35 %
DorsetUp+2073£29,439+11.37 %
SomersetUp+648£32,956+13.63 %
WiltshireUp+1035£27,875+0.02 %
DevonUp+1331£23,384-24.66 %
AvonUp+211--
PHP EnglandPHP
England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1529 (53.98 %)MySQL
2512 (52.24 %)CSS
3426 (43.47 %)HTML
4423 (43.16 %)JavaScript
5304 (31.02 %)XHTML
6243 (24.80 %).NET
7236 (24.08 %)SQL
8221 (22.55 %)AJAX
9199 (20.31 %)XML
10196 (20.00 %)Web Development
11188 (19.18 %)ASP
12182 (18.57 %)C#
13162 (16.53 %)Linux
14149 (15.20 %)Photoshop
15143 (14.59 %)Java
16140 (14.29 %)Internet
17133 (13.57 %)SQL Server
18124 (12.65 %)Apache
19103 (10.51 %)E-Commerce
2091 (9.286 %)W3C
2091 (9.286 %)Insurance
2188 (8.980 %)Pensions
2188 (8.980 %)Flash
2285 (8.673 %)Marketing
2382 (8.367 %)Windows
2480 (8.163 %)ASP.NET
2577 (7.857 %)Degree
2672 (7.347 %)OO
2769 (7.041 %)Microsoft
2862 (6.327 %)CMS

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1512 (52.24 %)CSS
2426 (43.47 %)HTML
3304 (31.02 %)XHTML
4243 (24.80 %).NET
5221 (22.55 %)AJAX
6199 (20.31 %)XML
7188 (19.18 %)ASP
880 (8.163 %)ASP.NET
954 (5.510 %)LAMP
1039 (3.980 %)JSP
1138 (3.878 %)SOAP
1236 (3.673 %)XSLT
1330 (3.061 %)WebServices
1427 (2.755 %)Swing
1515 (1.531 %).NET Framework
1613 (1.327 %)J2EE
1712 (1.224 %)Drupal
1811 (1.122 %)script.aculo.us
1811 (1.122 %)Silverlight
1811 (1.122 %)MooTools
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1124 (12.65 %)Apache
262 (6.327 %)CMS
337 (3.776 %)IIS
417 (1.735 %)SharePoint
512 (1.224 %)Tomcat
611 (1.122 %)MS Exchange
611 (1.122 %)LiveLink
611 (1.122 %)Exchange Server 2003
710 (1.020 %)Joomla!
86 (0.612 %)SharePoint Server 2007
86 (0.612 %)WordPress
94 (0.408 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
103 (0.306 %)Oracle Workflow
112 (0.204 %)Office Project Server
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1149 (15.20 %)Photoshop
253 (5.408 %)Fireworks
320 (2.041 %)MS Excel
414 (1.429 %)MS Office
512 (1.224 %)Adobe Illustrator
63 (0.306 %)MS Project
72 (0.204 %)InDesign
72 (0.204 %)Acrobat
81 (0.102 %)MS Visio
South West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.408 %)Summit
23 (0.306 %)SMARTEAM
23 (0.306 %)ENOVIA
23 (0.306 %)Teamcenter
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1140 (14.29 %)Internet
248 (4.898 %)HTTP
333 (3.367 %)DNS
429 (2.959 %)SMTP
527 (2.755 %)HTTPS
624 (2.449 %)FTP
718 (1.837 %)Intranet
815 (1.531 %)Cisco PIX
911 (1.122 %)BIG-IP
109 (0.918 %)SSH
109 (0.918 %)VPN
118 (0.816 %)TCP/IP
126 (0.612 %)Extranet
135 (0.510 %)Firewall
135 (0.510 %)IPsec
135 (0.510 %)ADSL
135 (0.510 %)C7
144 (0.408 %)Network Security
144 (0.408 %)DHCP
153 (0.306 %)SSL
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1529 (53.98 %)MySQL
2133 (13.57 %)SQL Server
322 (2.245 %)SQL Server 2005
413 (1.327 %)SQL Server 2000
512 (1.224 %)RDBMS
63 (0.306 %)FileMaker
63 (0.306 %)Oracle Reports
63 (0.306 %)MS Access
72 (0.204 %)Oracle 9i
72 (0.204 %)PostgreSQL
72 (0.204 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.102 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.102 %)DB2
81 (0.102 %)Informix
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
188 (8.980 %)Flash
239 (3.980 %)Dreamweaver
331 (3.163 %)Subversion
420 (2.041 %)Ant
518 (1.837 %)Eclipse
66 (0.612 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.102 %)JUnit
71 (0.102 %)Oracle APEX
71 (0.102 %)CruiseControl
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
191 (9.286 %)Insurance
288 (8.980 %)Pensions
385 (8.673 %)Marketing
454 (5.510 %)Graphic Design
552 (5.306 %)Finance
629 (2.959 %)Education
629 (2.959 %)Retail
727 (2.755 %)Back Office
826 (2.653 %)Health
917 (1.735 %)Telecoms
1012 (1.224 %)Government
119 (0.918 %)Publishing
128 (0.816 %)Home Office
128 (0.816 %)Multimedia
128 (0.816 %)Advertising
135 (0.510 %)Construction
143 (0.306 %)Aerospace
143 (0.306 %)Automotive
143 (0.306 %)Law
143 (0.306 %)Billing
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1794 (81.02 %)Developer
2457 (46.63 %)Web Developer
3400 (40.82 %)PHP Developer
4209 (21.33 %)PHP Web Developer
557 (5.816 %).NET Developer
652 (5.306 %)HTML Developer
746 (4.694 %)Junior
845 (4.592 %)Graduate
943 (4.388 %)Junior Developer
1038 (3.878 %)Software Developer
1130 (3.061 %)MySQL Developer
1229 (2.959 %)Web Designer
1327 (2.755 %)Graduate Developer
1426 (2.653 %)Programmer
1523 (2.347 %)Java Developer
1523 (2.347 %)Junior Web Developer
1620 (2.041 %)Senior Developer
1620 (2.041 %)Lead Developer
1718 (1.837 %)ASP Developer
1718 (1.837 %)LAMP Developer
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
191 (9.286 %)W3C
217 (1.735 %)Client/Server
313 (1.327 %)Web 2.0
410 (1.020 %)Mathematics
57 (0.714 %)Computer Science
66 (0.612 %)Data Protection Act
75 (0.510 %)Social Network
84 (0.408 %)Blackberry
93 (0.306 %)BBC
93 (0.306 %)Physics
102 (0.204 %)Interactive TV
102 (0.204 %)N-Tier
111 (0.102 %)NHS
111 (0.102 %)Derivative
111 (0.102 %)Fixed Income
111 (0.102 %)E-Learning
111 (0.102 %)VLE
111 (0.102 %)Credit Derivative
111 (0.102 %)Russian Language
111 (0.102 %)Biology
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1162 (16.53 %)Linux
282 (8.367 %)Windows
353 (5.408 %)UNIX
426 (2.653 %)Red Hat Linux
521 (2.143 %)Windows Server 2003
521 (2.143 %)Ubuntu
613 (1.327 %)CentOS
77 (0.714 %)Windows XP
86 (0.612 %)Solaris
95 (0.510 %)Windows 2000 Server
104 (0.408 %)Windows Server 2008
113 (0.306 %)Windows Vista
113 (0.306 %)Debian
113 (0.306 %)Windows 2000
113 (0.306 %)Windows NT
113 (0.306 %)HPUX
122 (0.204 %)Embedded Linux
122 (0.204 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
131 (0.102 %)Symbian OS
131 (0.102 %)AIX
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1196 (20.00 %)Web Development
2103 (10.51 %)E-Commerce
372 (7.347 %)OO
460 (6.122 %)SEO
547 (4.796 %)Content Management
639 (3.980 %)Web Design
729 (2.959 %)Project Management
729 (2.959 %)OOP
820 (2.041 %)Pay per click
919 (1.939 %)Internet Marketing
1015 (1.531 %)Automated Testing
1112 (1.224 %)Software Engineering
1211 (1.122 %)Time Management
139 (0.918 %)Product Marketing
139 (0.918 %)Configuration Management
147 (0.714 %)Creative Marketing
147 (0.714 %)Migration
147 (0.714 %)Data Migration
156 (0.612 %)Data Protection
156 (0.612 %)Digital Marketing
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1423 (43.16 %)JavaScript
2236 (24.08 %)SQL
3182 (18.57 %)C#
4143 (14.59 %)Java
557 (5.816 %)C
650 (5.102 %)VB
741 (4.184 %)PHP5
840 (4.082 %)Perl
938 (3.878 %)C++
938 (3.878 %)VB6
1037 (3.776 %)VB.NET
1128 (2.857 %)ActionScript
1220 (2.041 %)DHTML
1318 (1.837 %)Python
1416 (1.633 %)PHP4
1515 (1.531 %)Delphi
1612 (1.224 %)VBScript
179 (0.918 %)PL/SQL
188 (0.816 %)Transact-SQL
197 (0.714 %)VBA
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
177 (7.857 %)Degree
241 (4.184 %)Microsoft Certification
322 (2.245 %)MCSD
419 (1.939 %)MCAD
516 (1.633 %)MCP
610 (1.020 %)HND
73 (0.306 %)MCSE
73 (0.306 %)CISSP
82 (0.204 %)HNC
82 (0.204 %)Server+ Certification
91 (0.102 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (1.633 %)WCAG
23 (0.306 %)BS7799
23 (0.306 %)ISO27001
32 (0.204 %)SLA
32 (0.204 %)WAI
41 (0.102 %)QA
41 (0.102 %)HL7
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.510 %)Active Directory
24 (0.408 %)Oracle RAC
South West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.102 %)ZENworks
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
169 (7.041 %)Microsoft
248 (4.898 %)Adobe
340 (4.082 %)Oracle
426 (2.653 %)Red Hat
525 (2.551 %)Cisco
610 (1.020 %)HP
610 (1.020 %)Dell
75 (0.510 %)VERITAS
84 (0.408 %)Symantec
84 (0.408 %)Sybase
93 (0.306 %)Visualfiles
93 (0.306 %)Zend
102 (0.204 %)Google
102 (0.204 %)IBM
111 (0.102 %)Symbian
111 (0.102 %)Motorola
111 (0.102 %)Nokia
111 (0.102 %)Novell
111 (0.102 %)Borland