The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 20 6 12
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +6
Permanent jobs citing PHP 1 16 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 1.370% 14.16% 4.651%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.326% 29.63% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 2
Average salary £45,000 £42,795 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.15% +22.27%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
43 54 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 58.90% 47.79% 41.86%
Number of salaries quoted 25 47 18
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +10.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,400 £34,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £59,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
South East

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
1 5 (83.33%) MySQL
2 4 (66.67%) HTML
2 4 (66.67%) Internet
3 3 (50.00%) Firmware
3 3 (50.00%) Automotive
3 3 (50.00%) SOAP
3 3 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (50.00%) Web Development
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Google
4 2 (33.33%) Marketing
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) Linux
5 1 (16.67%) OO
5 1 (16.67%) Apache
5 1 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 1 (16.67%) LAMP
5 1 (16.67%) Debian
5 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (16.67%) Cocoa
5 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
5 1 (16.67%) MVC
5 1 (16.67%) SEO
5 1 (16.67%) VB
5 1 (16.67%) VBA
5 1 (16.67%) .NET
5 1 (16.67%) Photoshop

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 4 (66.67%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) SOAP
3 1 (16.67%) LAMP
3 1 (16.67%) Cocoa
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (16.67%) iOS SDK
3 1 (16.67%) CSS3
3 1 (16.67%) Semantic HTML
3 1 (16.67%) CodeIgniter
3 1 (16.67%) CakePHP
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) Google Maps API
3 1 (16.67%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Internet
2 3 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (50.00%) Automotive
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Web Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) PHP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Web Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Firmware
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Debian
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) CentOS
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) MVC
2 1 (16.67%) SEO
2 1 (16.67%) B2B
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
3 1 (16.67%) VB
3 1 (16.67%) VBA
3 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Facebook
2 1 (16.67%) Twitter