Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkLAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank210247424
Rank change year-on-year
Up+37Up+177
Matching permanent IT job ads766752710
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.973 %0.744 %0.351 %
As % of the Application Development category2.671 %2.175 %1.103 %
Salaries quoted693699665
Average salary£35,000£32,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£30,000£30,500
% change year-on-year
+8.330 %-1.630 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
286743457164377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.42 %34.20 %31.86 %
Salaries quoted248923022554762
Average salary£37,500£37,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.350 %-1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-

LAMP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing LAMP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

LAMP Demand Trend

LAMP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LAMP within the UK.

LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAMP over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

LAMP Salary Histogram

LAMP
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+28728£35,000+7.69 %
LondonUp+4321£40,000+6.66 %
South EastUp+35130£32,500+8.33 %
City of LondonUp+43103£40,000-
East of EnglandUp+2477£30,000-0.82 %
West MidlandsUp+6170£37,000+9.62 %
South WestUp+6563£30,000-7.69 %
BerkshireUp+2636£32,500+13.04 %
WalesUp+2434£31,000+6.89 %
South WalesUp+2334£31,000-10.14 %
CambridgeshireUp+2232£32,500-7.14 %
CardiffUp+1732£31,500+8.62 %
NorfolkUp+1529£29,500+7.27 %
North WestUp+3225£27,500-6.77 %
YorkshireUp+924£37,500+15.38 %
CambridgeUp+1423£37,500-
SloughUp+2222£32,500+22.64 %
SurreyUp+621£32,000+6.66 %
CoventryNew entry-21£35,000-
ManchesterUp+2518£27,250-7.62 %
KentUp+2018£35,000-6.66 %
DevonNew entry-18£30,000-
West YorkshireUp+2217£37,500+15.38 %
BirminghamUp+3416£40,000+60.00 %
NorwichUp+2315£30,000+8.10 %
East MidlandsUp+2013£25,375-34.51 %
OxfordshireUp+1413£35,000+27.27 %
HampshireUp+213£22,000-20.00 %
HalifaxNew entry-13£37,500-
BristolUp+3612£35,000+45.83 %

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11338 (86.21 %)PHP
21071 (69.01 %)MySQL
3749 (48.26 %)Linux
4689 (44.39 %)JavaScript
5679 (43.75 %)CSS
6587 (37.82 %)Apache
7519 (33.44 %)HTML
8402 (25.90 %)OO
9360 (23.20 %)AJAX
10357 (23.00 %)PHP5
11293 (18.88 %)XHTML
11293 (18.88 %)Web Development
12267 (17.20 %)XML
13263 (16.95 %)Java
14245 (15.79 %)Zend
15242 (15.59 %)Perl
16241 (15.53 %)E-Commerce
17220 (14.18 %)MVC
18208 (13.40 %)OOP
19198 (12.76 %)SQL
20186 (11.98 %)Open Source
21161 (10.37 %)Degree
22146 (9.407 %)CMS
23133 (8.570 %)Subversion
24131 (8.441 %)Internet
25130 (8.376 %)jQuery
26125 (8.054 %)Zend Framework
27119 (7.668 %)Project Management
28118 (7.603 %)Agile Software Development
29116 (7.474 %)Scrum

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1679 (43.75 %)CSS
2519 (33.44 %)HTML
3360 (23.20 %)AJAX
4293 (18.88 %)XHTML
5267 (17.20 %)XML
6220 (14.18 %)MVC
7130 (8.376 %)jQuery
8125 (8.054 %)Zend Framework
9114 (7.345 %)Web Services
1090 (5.799 %).NET
1189 (5.735 %)Flash
1258 (3.737 %)SOAP
1356 (3.608 %)J2EE
1356 (3.608 %)Spring
1448 (3.093 %)Adobe Flex
1546 (2.964 %)Ruby on Rails
1645 (2.899 %)Symfony
1645 (2.899 %)Hibernate
1741 (2.642 %)DHTML
1839 (2.513 %)CakePHP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1587 (37.82 %)Apache
2146 (9.407 %)CMS
390 (5.799 %)Drupal
441 (2.642 %)Tomcat
519 (1.224 %)WordPress
616 (1.031 %)IIS
712 (0.773 %)Joomla!
810 (0.644 %)SharePoint
99 (0.580 %)TYPO3
106 (0.387 %)Flash Media Server
115 (0.322 %)Alfresco
115 (0.322 %)ExpressionEngine
115 (0.322 %)MS Exchange
124 (0.258 %)ColdFusion
124 (0.258 %)nginx
124 (0.258 %)Apache Solr
124 (0.258 %)Magento
133 (0.193 %)Community Server
133 (0.193 %)lighttpd
133 (0.193 %)Moodle
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
124 (1.546 %)Photoshop
216 (1.031 %)MS Visio
311 (0.709 %)MS Excel
49 (0.580 %)Adobe Illustrator
54 (0.258 %)MS Office
63 (0.193 %)CA Clarity
63 (0.193 %)Fireworks
71 (0.064 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.064 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.129 %)Pivotal CRM
21 (0.064 %)Google Analytics
21 (0.064 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1131 (8.441 %)Internet
249 (3.157 %)DNS
341 (2.642 %)TCP/IP
438 (2.448 %)Intranet
528 (1.804 %)SAN
626 (1.675 %)FTP
724 (1.546 %)DHCP
821 (1.353 %)SMTP
821 (1.353 %)Firewall
916 (1.031 %)HTTP
916 (1.031 %)SMS
1012 (0.773 %)Bluetooth
1111 (0.709 %)VPN
128 (0.515 %)SSH
137 (0.451 %)LAN
137 (0.451 %)VoIP
137 (0.451 %)WAN
146 (0.387 %)LDAP
146 (0.387 %)Broadband
155 (0.322 %)NAS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11071 (69.01 %)MySQL
287 (5.606 %)SQL Server
355 (3.544 %)PostgreSQL
420 (1.289 %)RDBMS
518 (1.160 %)SQL Server 2005
613 (0.838 %)DB2
613 (0.838 %)Oracle 8/8i
710 (0.644 %)SQL Server 2000
88 (0.515 %)Informix
97 (0.451 %)SQL Server 2008
102 (0.129 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1133 (8.570 %)Subversion
222 (1.418 %)Ant
316 (1.031 %)JUnit
316 (1.031 %)Log4j
410 (0.644 %)PEAR
59 (0.580 %)FlexUnit
59 (0.580 %)Git (software)
68 (0.515 %)Visual Studio
76 (0.387 %)Eclipse
76 (0.387 %)JIRA
85 (0.322 %)Dreamweaver
94 (0.258 %)TestDirector
94 (0.258 %)LoadRunner
94 (0.258 %)WATIR
103 (0.193 %)Firebug
103 (0.193 %)Mercurial
103 (0.193 %)FrontPage
103 (0.193 %)Maven
103 (0.193 %)JMeter
112 (0.129 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
196 (6.186 %)Marketing
286 (5.541 %)Pensions
372 (4.639 %)Health
461 (3.930 %)Finance
547 (3.028 %)Telecoms
643 (2.771 %)Insurance
739 (2.513 %)Games
830 (1.933 %)Retail
928 (1.804 %)Education
1026 (1.675 %)Publishing
1112 (0.773 %)Music
1211 (0.709 %)Advertising
1310 (0.644 %)Billing
148 (0.515 %)Manufacturing
148 (0.515 %)Online Games
156 (0.387 %)Automotive
156 (0.387 %)Multimedia
165 (0.322 %)Interactive Media
165 (0.322 %)Government
165 (0.322 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11137 (73.26 %)Developer
2679 (43.75 %)PHP Developer
3294 (18.94 %)Web Developer
4227 (14.63 %)LAMP Developer
5151 (9.729 %)Senior Developer
6141 (9.085 %)PHP Web Developer
779 (5.090 %)Senior PHP Developer
874 (4.768 %)Administrator
958 (3.737 %)Development Manager
1057 (3.673 %)Systems Administrator
1156 (3.608 %)Lead Developer
1156 (3.608 %)Perl Developer
1251 (3.286 %)Java Developer
1347 (3.028 %)Programmer
1347 (3.028 %)Architect
1446 (2.964 %)Analyst
1545 (2.899 %)Linux Administrator
1644 (2.835 %)Applications Developer
1743 (2.771 %)Project Manager
1743 (2.771 %)Senior Web Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1186 (11.98 %)Open Source
277 (4.961 %)Web 2.0
356 (3.608 %)W3C
446 (2.964 %)Social Network
446 (2.964 %)Computer Science
545 (2.899 %)Client/Server
626 (1.675 %)iPhone
721 (1.353 %)Management Information System
819 (1.224 %)Blog
917 (1.095 %)N-Tier
1015 (0.966 %)Amazon AWS
1114 (0.902 %)SaaS
1114 (0.902 %)Streaming Media
1212 (0.773 %)Replication
1310 (0.644 %)Dependency Injection
147 (0.451 %)Cloud Computing
147 (0.451 %)Clustering
156 (0.387 %)Speech Recognition
156 (0.387 %)Mathematics
156 (0.387 %)Data Protection Act
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1749 (48.26 %)Linux
2115 (7.410 %)UNIX
374 (4.768 %)Windows
466 (4.253 %)Red Hat Linux
534 (2.191 %)Debian
625 (1.611 %)SUSE
721 (1.353 %)Windows Server 2003
819 (1.224 %)Ubuntu
819 (1.224 %)Solaris
819 (1.224 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
99 (0.580 %)FreeBSD
108 (0.515 %)Oracle Enterprise Linux
115 (0.322 %)Windows XP
124 (0.258 %)Android
133 (0.193 %)Fedora
133 (0.193 %)Gentoo
142 (0.129 %)Windows Server 2008
142 (0.129 %)CentOS
151 (0.064 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1402 (25.90 %)OO
2293 (18.88 %)Web Development
3241 (15.53 %)E-Commerce
4208 (13.40 %)OOP
5119 (7.668 %)Project Management
6118 (7.603 %)Agile Software Development
7116 (7.474 %)Scrum
8107 (6.894 %)Content Management
961 (3.930 %)SOA
1054 (3.479 %)SEO
1141 (2.642 %)Web Design
1238 (2.448 %)TDD
1332 (2.062 %)CRM
1332 (2.062 %)Information Architecture
1427 (1.740 %)Unit Testing
1526 (1.675 %)Business Analysis
1526 (1.675 %)Software Engineering
1624 (1.546 %)OOD
1624 (1.546 %)B2B
1722 (1.418 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11338 (86.21 %)PHP
2689 (44.39 %)JavaScript
3357 (23.00 %)PHP5
4263 (16.95 %)Java
5242 (15.59 %)Perl
6198 (12.76 %)SQL
7116 (7.474 %)Python
8107 (6.894 %)PHP4
9101 (6.508 %)Ruby
1089 (5.735 %)C++
1182 (5.284 %)C#
1269 (4.446 %)ActionScript
1367 (4.317 %)C
1441 (2.642 %)Shell Script
1540 (2.577 %)ActionScript 3.0
1636 (2.320 %)Bash shell
1721 (1.353 %)ActionScript 2.0
1814 (0.902 %)VB
1912 (0.773 %)Objective-C
1912 (0.773 %)AWK
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1161 (10.37 %)Degree
210 (0.644 %)ISEB
35 (0.322 %)Cisco Certification
35 (0.322 %)CCNA
44 (0.258 %)RHCE
53 (0.193 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (0.193 %)MCSE
61 (0.064 %)PMP
61 (0.064 %)PMI Certification
61 (0.064 %)CISSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (1.675 %)QA
23 (0.193 %)PCI DSS
32 (0.129 %)WCAG
32 (0.129 %)WAI
41 (0.064 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
123 (1.482 %)Postfix
218 (1.160 %)Sendmail
316 (1.031 %)Active Directory
49 (0.580 %)VMware Infrastructure
56 (0.387 %)Samba
65 (0.322 %)NFS
74 (0.258 %)OpenLDAP
83 (0.193 %)Backup Exec
92 (0.129 %)AquaLogic
92 (0.129 %)Xen
92 (0.129 %)Hyper-V
92 (0.129 %)qmail
101 (0.064 %)vSphere
101 (0.064 %)NetBackup
101 (0.064 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
125 (1.611 %)Nagios
27 (0.451 %)Cacti
34 (0.258 %)Plesk
41 (0.064 %)BMC Marimba
41 (0.064 %)OpenView
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1245 (15.79 %)Zend
275 (4.832 %)Oracle
374 (4.768 %)Red Hat
444 (2.835 %)Microsoft
542 (2.706 %)Adobe
639 (2.513 %)Cisco
723 (1.482 %)Percussion
820 (1.289 %)VMware
918 (1.160 %)Juniper
1014 (0.902 %)JBoss
116 (0.387 %)Sun
116 (0.387 %)BT
124 (0.258 %)WatchGuard
133 (0.193 %)Yahoo!
133 (0.193 %)Atlassian
133 (0.193 %)Mercator
133 (0.193 %)Symantec
133 (0.193 %)BMC
133 (0.193 %)Veritas
133 (0.193 %)HP