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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 20 28 28
Rank change year-on-year
+8 0
Permanent jobs citing PHP 73 37 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 10.55% 6.715% 9.228%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.42% 11.94% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 69 36 48
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,750 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £40,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
419 310 417
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 60.55% 56.26% 63.09%
Number of salaries quoted 393 272 370
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,350 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
East of England

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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
Ipswich +3 27 £41,250 +37.50%
Bury St Edmunds - 23 £32,500 -
Woodbridge -1 1 - -
PHP
East of England

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 78 (68.42%) JavaScript
1 78 (68.42%) MySQL
1 78 (68.42%) CSS
2 67 (58.77%) Web Development
3 65 (57.02%) HTML
4 40 (35.09%) OO
5 38 (33.33%) MVC
6 26 (22.81%) Drupal
7 25 (21.93%) SQL
8 24 (21.05%) CMS
9 22 (19.30%) jQuery
9 22 (19.30%) HTML5
10 20 (17.54%) Subversion
11 18 (15.79%) JSP
11 18 (15.79%) XHTML
11 18 (15.79%) Linux
12 16 (14.04%) N-Tier
13 15 (13.16%) Finance
14 14 (12.28%) E-Commerce
14 14 (12.28%) CSS3
15 13 (11.40%) Apache
15 13 (11.40%) PHP5
15 13 (11.40%) Zend
15 13 (11.40%) LAMP
16 12 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
16 12 (10.53%) C
17 11 (9.649%) PostgreSQL
18 10 (8.772%) Social Media
18 10 (8.772%) Git (software)
18 10 (8.772%) Open Source

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 78 (68.42%) CSS
2 65 (57.02%) HTML
3 22 (19.30%) jQuery
3 22 (19.30%) HTML5
4 18 (15.79%) JSP
4 18 (15.79%) XHTML
5 14 (12.28%) CSS3
6 13 (11.40%) LAMP
7 9 (7.895%) ASP
8 6 (5.263%) XML
8 6 (5.263%) Ajax
9 5 (4.386%) Kohana
9 5 (4.386%) CodeIgniter
9 5 (4.386%) CakePHP
10 3 (2.632%) .NET
11 2 (1.754%) REST
11 2 (1.754%) Flash
11 2 (1.754%) SOAP
11 2 (1.754%) Web Services
12 1 (0.877%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 26 (22.81%) Drupal
2 24 (21.05%) CMS
3 13 (11.40%) Apache
4 5 (4.386%) Joomla!
5 4 (3.509%) WordPress
6 3 (2.632%) SilverStripe
Applications
1 4 (3.509%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.754%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.386%) Internet
2 4 (3.509%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.632%) 3G
3 3 (2.632%) 4G
4 2 (1.754%) RIP
5 1 (0.877%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.877%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (68.42%) MySQL
2 11 (9.649%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (8.772%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.386%) Big Data
5 2 (1.754%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 20 (17.54%) Subversion
2 10 (8.772%) Git (software)
3 2 (1.754%) Dreamweaver
3 2 (1.754%) Selenium
General
1 15 (13.16%) Finance
2 3 (2.632%) Publishing
3 2 (1.754%) Marketing
4 1 (0.877%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 105 (92.11%) Developer
2 72 (63.16%) Web Developer
3 28 (24.56%) Senior Developer
4 23 (20.18%) Senior Web Developer
5 21 (18.42%) Lead Developer
6 20 (17.54%) PHP Developer
7 18 (15.79%) Drupal Developer
8 13 (11.40%) Technical Leader
9 10 (8.772%) Lead Web Developer
10 8 (7.018%) Team Leader
10 8 (7.018%) Web Team Leader
11 7 (6.140%) Junior Developer
11 7 (6.140%) Junior
12 6 (5.263%) Senior PHP Developer
13 5 (4.386%) Senior PHP Web Developer
13 5 (4.386%) PHP Web Developer
13 5 (4.386%) LAMP Developer
13 5 (4.386%) PHP MySQL Developer
14 4 (3.509%) Graduate
14 4 (3.509%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.04%) N-Tier
2 10 (8.772%) Social Media
2 10 (8.772%) Open Source
3 5 (4.386%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (4.386%) Mathematics
4 4 (3.509%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.509%) Computer Science
5 3 (2.632%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.754%) E-Learning
7 1 (0.877%) SaaS
7 1 (0.877%) Firmware
7 1 (0.877%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.79%) Linux
2 4 (3.509%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.509%) Debian
3 3 (2.632%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.632%) Android
3 3 (2.632%) CentOS
3 3 (2.632%) Windows
3 3 (2.632%) Windows 8
4 2 (1.754%) UNIX
5 1 (0.877%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (58.77%) Web Development
2 40 (35.09%) OO
3 38 (33.33%) MVC
4 14 (12.28%) E-Commerce
5 12 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (7.895%) Migration
7 8 (7.018%) OOP
8 5 (4.386%) Data Protection
8 5 (4.386%) Analytics
9 4 (3.509%) Data Architecture
10 1 (0.877%) Web Design
10 1 (0.877%) Content Management
10 1 (0.877%) Digital Marketing
10 1 (0.877%) Integration Testing
10 1 (0.877%) Multithreading
10 1 (0.877%) UML
10 1 (0.877%) ITIL
10 1 (0.877%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (68.42%) JavaScript
2 25 (21.93%) SQL
3 13 (11.40%) PHP5
4 12 (10.53%) C
5 10 (8.772%) Java
6 4 (3.509%) Objective-C
7 2 (1.754%) Python
7 2 (1.754%) C#
7 2 (1.754%) C++
8 1 (0.877%) Bash shell
8 1 (0.877%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (4.386%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.509%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 13 (11.40%) Zend
2 2 (1.754%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.877%) Oracle
3 1 (0.877%) Red Hat
Suffolk, East Anglia
They are seeking capable people and offer the flexibility to move between design and client interaction, small and large scale projects.As the Web Developer you will have...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £market rate
Posted: 24 April 2013
Bury St. Edmunds, East Anglia
The frontend work, completed using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript, will be a part of your day to day activities however PHP development will take the main focus. The...
Salary: £25000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Suffolk
Job: Software - Application Support - PHP - SQL - Linux Commutable locations: Ipswich, Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds, Colchester, Norwich, Cambridge, Stowmarket, Sudbury I have a brand new requirement for an experience...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £24k - 32k per year
Posted: 21 May 2013