The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Development category for the Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 68 65 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 5 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.781% 0.971% -
As % of the Application Development category 1.639% 2.007% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 0
Average salary £25,750 £28,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.43% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Application Development
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
305 299 246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 47.66% 48.38% 43.69%
Number of salaries quoted 273 267 201
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,700 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
LAMP
West Midlands

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing LAMP across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Staffordshire LAMP Jobs Demand Trend

LAMP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LAMP across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAMP across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Staffordshire LAMP Salary Histogram

LAMP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Lichfield - 3 £21,500 -
Tamworth -3 2 £25,500 -7.27% 1
Stoke-on-Trent +5 1 £37,500 +25.00%
LAMP
West Midlands

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region citing LAMP 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 LAMP.

1 19 (95.00%) PHP
2 18 (90.00%) MySQL
2 18 (90.00%) CSS
2 18 (90.00%) JavaScript
3 16 (80.00%) HTML
3 16 (80.00%) OO
3 16 (80.00%) PHP5
4 11 (55.00%) Degree
4 11 (55.00%) jQuery
4 11 (55.00%) HTML5
4 11 (55.00%) CSS3
4 11 (55.00%) Mobile App
5 10 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 10 (50.00%) nginx
5 10 (50.00%) Software Engineering
5 10 (50.00%) Computer Science
5 10 (50.00%) MVC
5 10 (50.00%) XML
6 7 (35.00%) OOP
7 6 (30.00%) Internet
7 6 (30.00%) Graphic Design
8 5 (25.00%) Web Design
9 4 (20.00%) Linux
10 3 (15.00%) Apache
11 2 (10.00%) Logistics
11 2 (10.00%) Web 2.0
11 2 (10.00%) Business Development
11 2 (10.00%) Intranet
11 2 (10.00%) WAMP
12 1 (5.000%) SaaS

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region citing LAMP 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 LAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (90.00%) CSS
2 16 (80.00%) HTML
3 11 (55.00%) jQuery
3 11 (55.00%) HTML5
3 11 (55.00%) CSS3
4 10 (50.00%) XML
5 2 (10.00%) WAMP
6 1 (5.000%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 10 (50.00%) nginx
2 3 (15.00%) Apache
3 1 (5.000%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Internet
2 2 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (90.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (95.00%) Developer
2 18 (90.00%) Web Developer
3 16 (80.00%) PHP Developer
4 15 (75.00%) PHP Web Developer
5 10 (50.00%) LAMP Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Applications Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Web Applications Developer
7 1 (5.000%) Senior PHP Developer
7 1 (5.000%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Mobile App
2 10 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (30.00%) Graphic Design
4 2 (10.00%) Web 2.0
5 1 (5.000%) SaaS
5 1 (5.000%) Social Media
5 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.000%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) OO
2 10 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 10 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (50.00%) MVC
3 7 (35.00%) OOP
4 5 (25.00%) Web Design
5 2 (10.00%) Logistics
5 2 (10.00%) Business Development
6 1 (5.000%) Document Management
6 1 (5.000%) SEO
6 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.000%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 19 (95.00%) PHP
2 18 (90.00%) JavaScript
3 16 (80.00%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
Tamworth, Staffordshire
You should have a good understanding of the development process and lifecycle and have commercial experience of coding in OO PHP 5, MySQL 5, XML, LAMP and a...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 14 June 2013