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The table looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank2760
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+33
Matching permanent IT job ads35516147
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK5.216 %3.082 %
As % of the Programming Languages category10.79 %6.724 %
Salaries quoted32125495
Average salary£32,000£31,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year+1.580 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3289891422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.32 %45.83 %
Salaries quoted2814877127
Average salary£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£34,000

PHP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing PHP within 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 citing PHP within the UK.

PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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+333479£32,000+1.58 %
LondonUp+261256£37,500+7.14 %
South EastUp+42723£32,500+8.33 %
City of LondonUp+99401£37,500-
East of EnglandUp+15295£30,000-7.69 %
YorkshireUp+25294£27,500-1.78 %
South WestUp+8273£27,500-6.77 %
North WestUp+35244£26,000-5.45 %
West MidlandsUp+49216£26,000-5.45 %
West YorkshireUp+34201£28,250+2.72 %
SurreyUp+42199£36,000+20.00 %
East MidlandsUp+49147£30,000+3.44 %
LeedsUp+23125£27,875+1.36 %
CambridgeshireUp+10119£30,000-9.09 %
West SussexUp+17113£40,000+33.33 %
HampshireUp+41109£30,000-
ManchesterUp+27109£25,000-11.50 %
BerkshireUp+69108£35,000-3.44 %
BristolUp+26100£30,000-
CambridgeUp+1089£30,000-11.76 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4583£30,000-6.25 %
CheshireUp+4268£30,000-
HertfordshireUp+2167£41,500+18.57 %
KentUp+1860£30,000+9.09 %
SomersetUp+656£25,000-16.66 %
DerbyshireUp+4954£30,000+5.26 %
ScotlandUp+1952£26,500+6.00 %
BirminghamUp+4949£26,000-5.45 %
DerbyUp+3848£30,000+20.00 %
WokingUp+2745£40,500+15.71 %

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

14393 (57.19 %)MySQL
23729 (48.55 %)CSS
33407 (44.36 %)JavaScript
43176 (41.35 %)HTML
52796 (36.40 %)Linux
61805 (23.50 %)XML
71782 (23.20 %)XHTML
81642 (21.38 %)AJAX
91550 (20.18 %)OO
101549 (20.17 %)SQL
111518 (19.76 %)Apache
121392 (18.12 %)LAMP
131385 (18.03 %)Web Development
141357 (17.67 %)PHP5
151319 (17.17 %).NET
161154 (15.02 %)Perl
171151 (14.99 %)Java
181127 (14.67 %)SQL Server
19986 (12.84 %)Flash
20962 (12.52 %)UNIX
21930 (12.11 %)Windows
22916 (11.93 %)E-Commerce
23813 (10.58 %)Degree
24772 (10.05 %)ASP.NET
25719 (9.361 %)CMS
26714 (9.296 %)Marketing
27713 (9.283 %)C#
28691 (8.996 %)Python
29679 (8.840 %)OOP
30602 (7.838 %)Photoshop

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13729 (48.55 %)CSS
23176 (41.35 %)HTML
31805 (23.50 %)XML
41782 (23.20 %)XHTML
51642 (21.38 %)AJAX
61392 (18.12 %)LAMP
71319 (17.17 %).NET
8986 (12.84 %)Flash
9772 (10.05 %)ASP.NET
10588 (7.655 %)ASP
11460 (5.989 %)WebServices
12395 (5.143 %)MVC
13338 (4.400 %)Ruby on Rails
14329 (4.283 %)jQuery
15255 (3.320 %)SOAP
16237 (3.086 %)XSLT
17226 (2.942 %)J2EE
18225 (2.929 %)JSP
19195 (2.539 %)Adobe Flex
20191 (2.487 %)Symfony
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11518 (19.76 %)Apache
2719 (9.361 %)CMS
3198 (2.578 %)IIS
4187 (2.435 %)Drupal
5141 (1.836 %)Tomcat
6109 (1.419 %)ColdFusion
7106 (1.380 %)Joomla!
8103 (1.341 %)SharePoint
949 (0.638 %)MS Exchange
1033 (0.430 %)Magento
1130 (0.391 %)EPiServer
1229 (0.378 %)Exchange Server 2003
1328 (0.365 %)WordPress
1416 (0.208 %)TeamSite
1514 (0.182 %)Exchange Server 2007
1613 (0.169 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1613 (0.169 %)Lotus Domino
1711 (0.143 %)Moodle
1711 (0.143 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1810 (0.130 %)BizTalk Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1602 (7.838 %)Photoshop
2234 (3.046 %)MS Excel
3136 (1.771 %)Adobe Illustrator
4114 (1.484 %)Fireworks
576 (0.989 %)MS Visio
659 (0.768 %)MS Office
714 (0.182 %)InDesign
812 (0.156 %)Acrobat
911 (0.143 %)MS Project
911 (0.143 %)3ds Max
108 (0.104 %)ImageReady
117 (0.091 %)MS PowerPoint
117 (0.091 %)QuarkXPress
117 (0.091 %)Adobe Premiere
125 (0.065 %)MATLAB
125 (0.065 %)Maya
125 (0.065 %)Paint Shop Pro
134 (0.052 %)CA Clarity
134 (0.052 %)CINEMA 4D
143 (0.039 %)Doxygen
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
137 (0.482 %)WebTrends
211 (0.143 %)GoldMine
211 (0.143 %)Google Analytics
38 (0.104 %)Microsoft CRM
38 (0.104 %)Dynamics CRM
46 (0.078 %)Pivotal CRM
54 (0.052 %)Summit
62 (0.026 %)Movex
62 (0.026 %)SAP R/3
62 (0.026 %)Navision
62 (0.026 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
71 (0.013 %)JDE OneWorld
71 (0.013 %)Endur
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1593 (7.720 %)Internet
2205 (2.669 %)DNS
3186 (2.422 %)TCP/IP
4173 (2.252 %)Firewall
5172 (2.239 %)Intranet
6171 (2.226 %)SAN
7141 (1.836 %)HTTP
8115 (1.497 %)NAS
986 (1.120 %)SSH
1084 (1.094 %)FTP
1176 (0.989 %)VLAN
1269 (0.898 %)iSCSI
1357 (0.742 %)SSL
1456 (0.729 %)OSPF
1537 (0.482 %)SMTP
1635 (0.456 %)DHCP
1733 (0.430 %)BGP
1829 (0.378 %)LDAP
1829 (0.378 %)Extranet
1927 (0.352 %)VPN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14393 (57.19 %)MySQL
21127 (14.67 %)SQL Server
3230 (2.994 %)SQL Server 2005
4208 (2.708 %)SQL Server 2000
5154 (2.005 %)PostgreSQL
695 (1.237 %)RDBMS
729 (0.378 %)Crystal Reports
827 (0.352 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
922 (0.286 %)SQL Server Integration Services
922 (0.286 %)SQL Server 2008
1018 (0.234 %)GIS
1018 (0.234 %)MS Access
1018 (0.234 %)Oracle 8/8i
1018 (0.234 %)Data Mining
1114 (0.182 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1211 (0.143 %)DB2
139 (0.117 %)BusinessObjects
139 (0.117 %)Oracle 10g
148 (0.104 %)FileMaker
148 (0.104 %)Datawarehouse
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1371 (4.830 %)Subversion
2258 (3.359 %)Dreamweaver
3107 (1.393 %)Visual Studio
466 (0.859 %)Eclipse
545 (0.586 %)Selenium
624 (0.312 %)Git (software)
723 (0.299 %)JUnit
819 (0.247 %)Oracle APEX
819 (0.247 %)QuickTest Pro
918 (0.234 %)JSUnit
1017 (0.221 %)TeamCity
1017 (0.221 %)Zend Studio
1115 (0.195 %)LoadRunner
1214 (0.182 %)WebSpeed
1214 (0.182 %)Ant
1312 (0.156 %)NUnit
148 (0.104 %)WinRunner
157 (0.091 %)OpenDeploy
157 (0.091 %)VSS/SourceSafe
157 (0.091 %)Xcode
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1714 (9.296 %)Marketing
2566 (7.369 %)Finance
3361 (4.700 %)Education
4317 (4.127 %)Games
5249 (3.242 %)Telecoms
6209 (2.721 %)Pensions
7165 (2.148 %)Health
8147 (1.914 %)Publishing
9142 (1.849 %)Retail
10140 (1.823 %)Advertising
1190 (1.172 %)Online Games
1289 (1.159 %)Insurance
1378 (1.015 %)Multimedia
1474 (0.963 %)Back Office
1568 (0.885 %)Banking
1663 (0.820 %)Graphic Design
1745 (0.586 %)Music
1839 (0.508 %)Government
1927 (0.352 %)Animation
2026 (0.338 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15487 (71.44 %)Developer
22910 (37.89 %)PHP Developer
31942 (25.28 %)Web Developer
4719 (9.361 %)Senior Developer
5665 (8.658 %)PHP Web Developer
6422 (5.494 %)Senior PHP Developer
7283 (3.684 %)Administrator
8282 (3.671 %)Programmer
9273 (3.554 %)LAMP Developer
10262 (3.411 %).NET Developer
11232 (3.020 %)Web Designer
12225 (2.929 %)Systems Administrator
13221 (2.877 %)Analyst
14205 (2.669 %)Team Leader
15204 (2.656 %)Software Developer
16203 (2.643 %)Junior
17186 (2.422 %)MySQL Developer
18184 (2.396 %)Java Developer
19178 (2.317 %)Software Engineer
20175 (2.278 %)Lead Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1351 (4.570 %)W3C
2249 (3.242 %)Web 2.0
3213 (2.773 %)Computer Science
4147 (1.914 %)Social Network
592 (1.198 %)Replication
685 (1.107 %)BBC
765 (0.846 %)Mathematics
861 (0.794 %)IVR
960 (0.781 %)Blog
1040 (0.521 %)Fixed Income
1138 (0.495 %)iPhone
1237 (0.482 %)Derivative
1237 (0.482 %)Client/Server
1333 (0.430 %)E-Learning
1427 (0.352 %)Speech Recognition
1427 (0.352 %)RIA
1523 (0.299 %)Interactive TV
1523 (0.299 %)Clustering
1622 (0.286 %)Physics
1720 (0.260 %)VLE
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12796 (36.40 %)Linux
2962 (12.52 %)UNIX
3930 (12.11 %)Windows
4176 (2.291 %)Red Hat Linux
5147 (1.914 %)Solaris
6131 (1.706 %)Windows Server 2003
750 (0.651 %)Ubuntu
842 (0.547 %)CentOS
939 (0.508 %)Debian
1036 (0.469 %)Windows XP
1128 (0.365 %)FreeBSD
1224 (0.312 %)Windows Vista
1323 (0.299 %)Fedora
1422 (0.286 %)HPUX
1422 (0.286 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1520 (0.260 %)Mac OS X
1520 (0.260 %)Embedded Linux
1619 (0.247 %)AIX
1717 (0.221 %)Windows 2000 Server
1717 (0.221 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11550 (20.18 %)OO
21385 (18.03 %)Web Development
3916 (11.93 %)E-Commerce
4679 (8.840 %)OOP
5495 (6.444 %)SEO
6415 (5.403 %)Web Design
7394 (5.130 %)Content Management
8349 (4.544 %)Agile Software Development
9239 (3.112 %)Electronic Trading
10236 (3.073 %)Project Management
11178 (2.317 %)Scrum
12133 (1.732 %)Internet Marketing
13129 (1.679 %)Digital Marketing
14125 (1.627 %)Software Engineering
15124 (1.614 %)TDD
16118 (1.536 %)UML
17112 (1.458 %)CRM
18111 (1.445 %)OOD
19109 (1.419 %)Disaster Recovery
20100 (1.302 %)Unit Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13407 (44.36 %)JavaScript
21549 (20.17 %)SQL
31357 (17.67 %)PHP5
41154 (15.02 %)Perl
51151 (14.99 %)Java
6713 (9.283 %)C#
7691 (8.996 %)Python
8580 (7.551 %)ActionScript
9527 (6.861 %)C++
10441 (5.741 %)Ruby
11424 (5.520 %)PHP4
12349 (4.544 %)C
13293 (3.815 %)VB
14205 (2.669 %)VB.NET
15161 (2.096 %)VBScript
16106 (1.380 %)Shell Script
1767 (0.872 %)VB6
1858 (0.755 %)T-SQL
1951 (0.664 %)Tcl
2035 (0.456 %)XPath
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1813 (10.58 %)Degree
254 (0.703 %)Microsoft Certification
337 (0.482 %)MCSE
429 (0.378 %)Cisco Certification
527 (0.352 %)CCNA
625 (0.325 %)MCTS
717 (0.221 %)Security Cleared
816 (0.208 %)PMI Certification
915 (0.195 %)RHCE
915 (0.195 %)CCNP
1011 (0.143 %)MCP
1110 (0.130 %)PhD
1110 (0.130 %)ISEB
129 (0.117 %)MCSD
138 (0.104 %)SC Cleared
147 (0.091 %)PMP
156 (0.078 %)CISA
156 (0.078 %)CISM
156 (0.078 %)SSCP
156 (0.078 %)MCDBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1209 (2.721 %)QA
239 (0.508 %)WAI
321 (0.273 %)ISO9001
415 (0.195 %)SLA
59 (0.117 %)WCAG
65 (0.065 %)HL7
65 (0.065 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
72 (0.026 %)GCP
72 (0.026 %)COBIT
72 (0.026 %)PCI DSS
72 (0.026 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1143 (1.862 %)VMware Infrastructure
283 (1.081 %)NFS
363 (0.820 %)NetBackup
454 (0.703 %)Active Directory
548 (0.625 %)Postfix
639 (0.508 %)Xen
735 (0.456 %)Sendmail
829 (0.378 %)qmail
920 (0.260 %)ISA Server
1019 (0.247 %)Squid
1117 (0.221 %)Veritas Volume Manager
1215 (0.195 %)Samba
1314 (0.182 %)OpenLDAP
148 (0.104 %)MSMQ
148 (0.104 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
157 (0.091 %)Backup Exec
166 (0.078 %)VMware ESX
166 (0.078 %)Terminal Services
173 (0.039 %)Snort
173 (0.039 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1100 (1.302 %)Nagios
216 (0.208 %)Cacti
36 (0.078 %)CONTROL-M
44 (0.052 %)BMC PATROL
53 (0.039 %)Tivoli
62 (0.026 %)Cisco IPCC
62 (0.026 %)MOM
62 (0.026 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
62 (0.026 %)AutoSys
62 (0.026 %)EMC NetWorker
62 (0.026 %)Munin
62 (0.026 %)SCCM
62 (0.026 %)SCOM
71 (0.013 %)WSUS
71 (0.013 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1474 (6.171 %)Zend
2409 (5.325 %)Microsoft
3308 (4.010 %)Oracle
4255 (3.320 %)Adobe
5195 (2.539 %)Cisco
6179 (2.330 %)Red Hat
7177 (2.304 %)VMware
882 (1.068 %)NetApp
981 (1.055 %)Dell
981 (1.055 %)Google
1078 (1.015 %)Sybase
1171 (0.924 %)Progress
1270 (0.911 %)Brocade
1339 (0.508 %)BT
1433 (0.430 %)IBM
1529 (0.378 %)JBoss
1529 (0.378 %)Perforce
1628 (0.365 %)HP
1726 (0.338 %)Macromedia
1825 (0.325 %)Sun