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This section looks at the demand for PHP skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank6898
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching permanent IT job ads58534219
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.853 %1.885 %
As % of the category below6.235 %4.036 %
Salaries quoted52803615
Average minimum salary£30,273£29,886
Average salary£33,102£32,440
% change on same period last year+2.04 %
Average maximum salary£35,931£34,993
UK excluding London average salary£30,457£30,863
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads93876104526
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.76 %46.71 %
Salaries quoted7879883765
Average minimum salary£37,769£38,861
Average salary£41,488£42,674
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Average maximum salary£45,208£46,486
UK excluding London average salary£35,429£35,445
% change on same period last year-0.04 %

PHP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing PHP across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

PHP Demand Trend

PHP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing PHP across the UK.

PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the UK over the past 3 months.

PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+315704£33,191+1.92 %
2LondonUp+372170£38,154+8.50 %
3South EastUp+241180£32,525-1.34 %
4YorkshireUp+8519£28,683-7.78 %
5South WestUp+15505£29,384+12.94 %
6East of EnglandUp+12502£33,312+3.10 %
7North WestUp+42407£28,712-2.70 %
8City of LondonUp+85353£38,020+7.03 %
9SurreyUp+27278£34,816+11.26 %
10West YorkshireUp+10276£27,420-8.13 %
11ManchesterUp+66244£28,901+11.75 %
12BerkshireUp+28242£36,033-7.56 %
13West MidlandsDown-14208£27,806-7.04 %
14LeedsUp+6200£27,270-8.85 %
15CambridgeshireUp+14198£33,724+1.74 %
16East MidlandsUp+48184£28,000-3.48 %
17HampshireUp+3171£29,269-7.93 %
18South YorkshireDown-7157£31,274-4.24 %
19HertfordshireUp+12152£34,337-6.16 %
20CambridgeUp+22148£34,572-2.50 %
21BristolUp+4133£31,276+12.24 %
22SheffieldDown-7123£31,734-5.60 %
23KentUp+21114£29,199+17.13 %
24ScotlandUp+28111£27,793+1.39 %
25OxfordshireDown-1197£29,077+3.51 %
26BuckinghamshireUp+490£29,815-9.15 %
26EssexUp+1490£32,734+13.57 %
27GloucestershireUp+2683£31,006+42.43 %
28North YorkshireUp+2182£28,247-11.59 %
29NottinghamshireUp+3875£29,138+16.55 %

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing PHP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PHP.

15481 (51.56 %)MySQL
25014 (47.17 %)JavaScript
34670 (43.93 %)CSS
44389 (41.29 %)HTML
53086 (29.03 %)Linux
62930 (27.56 %)SQL
72797 (26.31 %)XML
82415 (22.72 %).NET
92264 (21.30 %)XHTML
102136 (20.09 %)Java
112126 (20.00 %)Perl
122078 (19.55 %)Apache
132014 (18.95 %)AJAX
141802 (16.95 %)Web Development
151680 (15.80 %)ASP
161531 (14.40 %)SQL Server
171458 (13.72 %)Flash
181430 (13.45 %)OO
191257 (11.83 %)ASP.NET
201255 (11.81 %)C#
211241 (11.67 %)Unix
221178 (11.08 %)LAMP
231168 (10.99 %)Internet
241129 (10.62 %)E-Commerce
251112 (10.46 %)PHP5
261079 (10.15 %)Degree
271053 (9.906 %)Marketing
28974 (9.163 %)Windows
29922 (8.674 %)C++
30883 (8.307 %)Photoshop

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing PHP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PHP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
14670 (43.93 %)CSS
24389 (41.29 %)HTML
32797 (26.31 %)XML
42415 (22.72 %).NET
52264 (21.30 %)XHTML
62014 (18.95 %)AJAX
71680 (15.80 %)ASP
81257 (11.83 %)ASP.NET
91178 (11.08 %)LAMP
10557 (5.240 %)JSP
11501 (4.713 %)WebServices
12480 (4.516 %)J2EE
13452 (4.252 %)XSLT
14405 (3.810 %)SOAP
15349 (3.283 %)Ruby on Rails
16168 (1.580 %)XSL
17159 (1.496 %)Adobe Flex
18155 (1.458 %)Spring
19149 (1.402 %).NET Framework
20146 (1.373 %)DOM
Application Platforms
12078 (19.55 %)Apache
2622 (5.851 %)CMS
3507 (4.770 %)IIS
4487 (4.581 %)ColdFusion
5303 (2.850 %)Tomcat
6157 (1.477 %)JBoss
7127 (1.195 %)MS Exchange
8119 (1.119 %)SharePoint
974 (0.696 %)Exchange Server 2003
1067 (0.630 %)ColdFusion MX
1163 (0.593 %)Joomla!
1236 (0.339 %)Exchange Server 2000
1236 (0.339 %)WebLogic
1334 (0.320 %)Resin
1425 (0.235 %)DOC1
1425 (0.235 %)Papyrus
1523 (0.216 %)Documentum
1622 (0.207 %)Lotus Notes
1721 (0.198 %)StreamWeaver
1818 (0.169 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
1883 (8.307 %)Photoshop
2289 (2.719 %)MS Excel
3189 (1.778 %)Adobe Illustrator
4175 (1.646 %)Fireworks
5134 (1.261 %)MS Office
660 (0.564 %)MS Visio
737 (0.348 %)ImageReady
737 (0.348 %)MS Project
832 (0.301 %)MATLAB
927 (0.254 %)Acrobat
1024 (0.226 %)PrintSoft PReS
1123 (0.216 %)S-PLUS
1221 (0.198 %)3ds Max
1314 (0.132 %)InDesign
1412 (0.113 %)Paint Shop Pro
1511 (0.103 %)Quicktime
168 (0.075 %)MS PowerPoint
177 (0.066 %)Maya
186 (0.056 %)FreeHand
195 (0.047 %)Shockwave
Business Applications
144 (0.414 %)Summit
227 (0.254 %)WebTrends
326 (0.245 %)Google Analytics
45 (0.047 %)Bond Adapt
54 (0.038 %)Dynamics AX
63 (0.028 %)Line 50
63 (0.028 %)ENOVIA
63 (0.028 %)Navision
63 (0.028 %)SMARTEAM
63 (0.028 %)Teamcenter
72 (0.019 %)Microsoft CRM
72 (0.019 %)Pegasus Opera
72 (0.019 %)Oracle Applications
81 (0.009 %)FRONT ARENA
81 (0.009 %)Dynamics CRM
81 (0.009 %)SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
11168 (10.99 %)Internet
2356 (3.349 %)TCP/IP
3323 (3.039 %)Intranet
4290 (2.728 %)DNS
5216 (2.032 %)Firewall
6153 (1.439 %)HTTP
795 (0.894 %)FTP
795 (0.894 %)VoIP
888 (0.828 %)SAN
985 (0.800 %)SMTP
1079 (0.743 %)LDAP
1079 (0.743 %)LAN
1174 (0.696 %)DHCP
1174 (0.696 %)VPN
1271 (0.668 %)Extranet
1365 (0.611 %)SMS
1459 (0.555 %)SSH
1557 (0.536 %)ISDN
1656 (0.527 %)Ethernet
1755 (0.517 %)WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
15481 (51.56 %)MySQL
21531 (14.40 %)SQL Server
3242 (2.277 %)SQL Server 2000
4223 (2.098 %)SQL Server 2005
5183 (1.722 %)PostgreSQL
6139 (1.308 %)RDBMS
799 (0.931 %)SQL Server 7
859 (0.555 %)Informix
954 (0.508 %)Crystal Reports
954 (0.508 %)MS Access
1047 (0.442 %)Data Mining
1133 (0.310 %)DB2
1230 (0.282 %)Oracle Reports
1329 (0.273 %)DTS
1427 (0.254 %)Oracle 10g
1526 (0.245 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1625 (0.235 %)InterSystems Cache
1719 (0.179 %)FileMaker
1818 (0.169 %)GIS
1916 (0.151 %)Datawarehouse
Development Applications
11458 (13.72 %)Flash
2453 (4.262 %)Dreamweaver
3370 (3.481 %)Subversion
4220 (2.070 %)Visual Studio
596 (0.903 %)Eclipse
694 (0.884 %)Ant
735 (0.329 %)VSS/SourceSafe
830 (0.282 %)CodeWarrior
928 (0.263 %)CruiseControl
928 (0.263 %)Firebug
1022 (0.207 %)FrontPage
1022 (0.207 %)JUnit
1120 (0.188 %)Bugzilla
1215 (0.141 %)Zend Studio
1312 (0.113 %)WebSpeed
1411 (0.103 %)IntelliJ
1510 (0.094 %)Oracle Forms
169 (0.085 %)WinRunner
178 (0.075 %)ClearCase
178 (0.075 %)JMeter
General
11053 (9.906 %)Marketing
2737 (6.933 %)Finance
3424 (3.989 %)Pensions
4324 (3.048 %)Games
5294 (2.766 %)Education
6293 (2.756 %)Advertising
7278 (2.615 %)Health
8227 (2.135 %)Telecoms
9202 (1.900 %)Banking
10168 (1.580 %)Retail
11156 (1.468 %)Publishing
12145 (1.364 %)Insurance
13142 (1.336 %)Graphic Design
14130 (1.223 %)Multimedia
1562 (0.583 %)Animation
1661 (0.574 %)Back Office
1751 (0.480 %)Manufacturing
1845 (0.423 %)Government
1944 (0.414 %)Financial Institution
2040 (0.376 %)Online Banking
Job Titles
17686 (72.30 %)Developer
23290 (30.95 %)Web Developer
32985 (28.08 %)PHP Developer
4895 (8.420 %)PHP Web Developer
5882 (8.297 %)Senior Developer
6522 (4.911 %).NET Developer
7459 (4.318 %)Junior
8451 (4.243 %)Administrator
9429 (4.036 %)Analyst
10425 (3.998 %)Programmer
11402 (3.782 %)Junior Developer
12376 (3.537 %)Web Designer
13360 (3.387 %)Java Developer
14352 (3.311 %)Senior PHP Developer
15349 (3.283 %)Software Developer
16343 (3.227 %)Software Engineer
17341 (3.208 %)Systems Administrator
18273 (2.568 %)Senior Web Developer
19262 (2.465 %)MySQL Developer
20255 (2.399 %)C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1408 (3.838 %)Computer Science
2396 (3.725 %)W3C
3295 (2.775 %)Web 2.0
4162 (1.524 %)Social Network
5145 (1.364 %)Mathematics
6132 (1.242 %)Client/Server
766 (0.621 %)E-Learning
847 (0.442 %)Clustering
847 (0.442 %)Derivative
944 (0.414 %)iDTV
1042 (0.395 %)Asset Management
1139 (0.367 %)Statistics
1139 (0.367 %)PDA
1234 (0.320 %)IVR
1333 (0.310 %)Replication
1333 (0.310 %)Physics
1431 (0.292 %)Speech Recognition
1431 (0.292 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1431 (0.292 %)N-Tier
1530 (0.282 %)Smartphone
Operating Systems
13086 (29.03 %)Linux
21241 (11.67 %)Unix
3974 (9.163 %)Windows
4275 (2.587 %)Solaris
5145 (1.364 %)Debian
6100 (0.941 %)Windows NT
783 (0.781 %)Windows 2000
878 (0.734 %)Windows Server 2003
878 (0.734 %)Windows XP
964 (0.602 %)FreeBSD
1047 (0.442 %)Ubuntu
1143 (0.405 %)SUSE
1234 (0.320 %)Mac OS X
1333 (0.310 %)Windows CE
1432 (0.301 %)Fedora
1525 (0.235 %)MVS
1623 (0.216 %)AIX
1722 (0.207 %)HPUX
189 (0.085 %)Embedded Linux
196 (0.056 %)Gentoo
Processes & Methodologies
11802 (16.95 %)Web Development
21430 (13.45 %)OO
31129 (10.62 %)E-Commerce
4554 (5.212 %)OOP
5506 (4.760 %)SEO
6495 (4.657 %)Content Management
7478 (4.497 %)Web Design
8348 (3.274 %)Project Management
9211 (1.985 %)Internet Marketing
10181 (1.703 %)Agile Software Development
11178 (1.675 %)MVC
12175 (1.646 %)Software Engineering
13150 (1.411 %)UML
14135 (1.270 %)OOD
15118 (1.110 %)Pay per click
16106 (0.997 %)Digital Marketing
17105 (0.988 %)CRM
1899 (0.931 %)Scrum
1899 (0.931 %)Unit Testing
1994 (0.884 %)Time Management
Programming Languages
15014 (47.17 %)JavaScript
22930 (27.56 %)SQL
32136 (20.09 %)Java
42126 (20.00 %)Perl
51255 (11.81 %)C#
61112 (10.46 %)PHP5
7922 (8.674 %)C++
8764 (7.187 %)ActionScript
9680 (6.397 %)C
10655 (6.162 %)Python
11622 (5.851 %)DHTML
12548 (5.155 %)PHP4
12548 (5.155 %)Ruby
13542 (5.099 %)VB
14502 (4.722 %)VB.NET
15296 (2.785 %)Shell Script
16214 (2.013 %)VBScript
17160 (1.505 %)PL/SQL
18137 (1.289 %)VB6
19120 (1.129 %)VBA
Qualifications
11079 (10.15 %)Degree
282 (0.771 %)Microsoft Certification
329 (0.273 %)MCSD
329 (0.273 %)MCSE
424 (0.226 %)ITIL Certification
521 (0.198 %)Cisco Certification
620 (0.188 %)RHCE
719 (0.179 %)PhD
719 (0.179 %)MCP
818 (0.169 %)HND
818 (0.169 %)CCNA
914 (0.132 %)MCSA
1013 (0.122 %)ISEB
1112 (0.113 %)MCAD
126 (0.056 %)PRINCE2 Certification
126 (0.056 %)RHCA
126 (0.056 %)ISTQB
135 (0.047 %)A+ Certification
135 (0.047 %)HNC
144 (0.038 %)Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1191 (1.797 %)QA
2126 (1.185 %)WAI
338 (0.357 %)SLA
433 (0.310 %)WCAG
54 (0.038 %)ISO9001
61 (0.009 %)TickIT
61 (0.009 %)ISO27001
61 (0.009 %)HL7
61 (0.009 %)PCI DSS
System Software
1101 (0.950 %)Active Directory
243 (0.405 %)NFS
323 (0.216 %)Squid
414 (0.132 %)Samba
512 (0.113 %)Nmap
610 (0.094 %)Backup Exec
79 (0.085 %)MSMQ
88 (0.075 %)ISA Server
88 (0.075 %)NetBackup
97 (0.066 %)Xen
97 (0.066 %)Terminal Server
104 (0.038 %)MetaFrame
104 (0.038 %)Snort
104 (0.038 %)Oracle RAC
113 (0.028 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
122 (0.019 %)Terminal Services
131 (0.009 %)VMware ESX
131 (0.009 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
162 (0.583 %)SCOM
245 (0.423 %)Nagios
39 (0.085 %)OpenView
48 (0.075 %)CONTROL-M
48 (0.075 %)NNM
48 (0.075 %)OVOW
57 (0.066 %)EMC NetWorker
65 (0.047 %)Norton AntiVirus
73 (0.028 %)AppManager
82 (0.019 %)MOM
82 (0.019 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
82 (0.019 %)Unicenter
91 (0.009 %)Tivoli
91 (0.009 %)CiscoWorks
91 (0.009 %)Netcool
Vendors
1673 (6.331 %)Oracle
2615 (5.786 %)Microsoft
3379 (3.565 %)Red Hat
4285 (2.681 %)Adobe
5182 (1.712 %)Zend
6161 (1.515 %)Cisco
7138 (1.298 %)Macromedia
8134 (1.261 %)Google
967 (0.630 %)HP
1065 (0.611 %)Sun
1159 (0.555 %)Yahoo!
1257 (0.536 %)Sybase
1356 (0.527 %)VMware
1444 (0.414 %)Reuters
1531 (0.292 %)IBM
1531 (0.292 %)Symbian
1625 (0.235 %)Sony
1625 (0.235 %)InterSystems
1723 (0.216 %)Quark
1723 (0.216 %)Lotus
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