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The first part of the table below 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 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 Programming Languages category.

LinkPHP
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank334884
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Up+36
Matching permanent IT job ads380740444774
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.835 %4.001 %2.362 %
As % of the Programming Languages category9.907 %8.603 %5.226 %
Salaries quoted344436974306
Average salary£32,500£32,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£50,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£29,000
% change year-on-year
-+3.440 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
384264700891356
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.80 %46.51 %45.21 %
Salaries quoted331384065375843
Average salary£38,500£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.470 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-

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 9 February 2010 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 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+153676£32,500-
LondonDown-61252£37,500-
South EastUp+23684£32,500+8.33 %
South WestUp+35409£31,500+5.00 %
East of EnglandUp+10377£30,000-5.51 %
City of LondonDown-9354£36,500-30.47 %
North WestUp+11349£27,500+1.85 %
YorkshireUp+3244£29,000-3.33 %
West MidlandsUp+29234£32,500+17.11 %
SurreyUp+39207£35,500+18.33 %
CambridgeshireUp+11190£30,500-12.85 %
ManchesterUp+12177£27,500-
West YorkshireUp+11158£32,500+18.18 %
CambridgeUp+8148£30,000-14.28 %
BerkshireUp+5147£35,500+1.42 %
BristolUp+47112£31,500+5.00 %
East MidlandsUp+3106£25,000-16.66 %
SomersetUp+1894£32,000-5.88 %
HampshireUp+792£25,250-8.18 %
EssexUp+3789£35,000+14.75 %
LancashireUp+1282£28,750+23.65 %
WalesUp+3376£31,500+1.61 %
KentUp+2276£32,500+51.16 %
CheshireDown-168£28,500+3.63 %
DevonUp+4667£30,000-3.22 %
LeedsDown-766£25,000-10.71 %
South WalesUp+2965£31,500-3.07 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2265£32,500+2.36 %
GloucestershireUp+4263£35,000+12.90 %
CardiffUp+2957£31,500+8.62 %

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

14043 (54.53 %)MySQL
23710 (50.04 %)CSS
33555 (47.95 %)JavaScript
43281 (44.25 %)HTML
52181 (29.42 %)Linux
61791 (24.16 %)AJAX
71655 (22.32 %)XML
81619 (21.84 %)SQL
91598 (21.55 %)XHTML
101455 (19.63 %)Web Development
111365 (18.41 %)Apache
121358 (18.32 %)OO
131338 (18.05 %)LAMP
141284 (17.32 %)Java
151271 (17.14 %).NET
161227 (16.55 %)PHP5
171102 (14.86 %)E-Commerce
181014 (13.68 %)Flash
19959 (12.93 %)Perl
20825 (11.13 %)Degree
21791 (10.67 %)C#
22786 (10.60 %)CMS
23766 (10.33 %)OOP
24756 (10.20 %)Zend
25741 (9.995 %)SQL Server
26721 (9.725 %)UNIX
27700 (9.442 %)jQuery
28641 (8.646 %)Content Management
29619 (8.349 %)ASP.NET
30606 (8.174 %)Web Services

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
13710 (50.04 %)CSS
23281 (44.25 %)HTML
31791 (24.16 %)AJAX
41655 (22.32 %)XML
51598 (21.55 %)XHTML
61338 (18.05 %)LAMP
71271 (17.14 %).NET
81014 (13.68 %)Flash
9700 (9.442 %)jQuery
10619 (8.349 %)ASP.NET
11606 (8.174 %)Web Services
12580 (7.823 %)MVC
13506 (6.825 %)ASP
14356 (4.802 %)Zend Framework
15245 (3.305 %)SOAP
16244 (3.291 %)XSLT
16244 (3.291 %)DHTML
17226 (3.048 %)Adobe Flex
18215 (2.900 %)Symfony
19209 (2.819 %)J2EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11365 (18.41 %)Apache
2786 (10.60 %)CMS
3422 (5.692 %)Drupal
4190 (2.563 %)IIS
5179 (2.414 %)Tomcat
6132 (1.780 %)ColdFusion
7125 (1.686 %)WordPress
8113 (1.524 %)Joomla!
994 (1.268 %)SharePoint
1072 (0.971 %)Magento
1151 (0.688 %)Force.com
1249 (0.661 %)MS Exchange
1323 (0.310 %)TYPO3
1417 (0.229 %)ExpressionEngine
1417 (0.229 %)EPiServer
1515 (0.202 %)Moodle
1515 (0.202 %)Exchange Server 2003
1614 (0.189 %)WebLogic
1614 (0.189 %)Apache Solr
1712 (0.162 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1561 (7.567 %)Photoshop
2174 (2.347 %)Adobe Illustrator
3112 (1.511 %)MS Excel
4101 (1.362 %)Fireworks
569 (0.931 %)MS Visio
657 (0.769 %)MS Office
710 (0.135 %)Paint Shop Pro
89 (0.121 %)MATLAB
98 (0.108 %)InDesign
107 (0.094 %)S-PLUS
116 (0.081 %)Acrobat
125 (0.067 %)ImageReady
125 (0.067 %)CA Clarity
134 (0.054 %)3ds Max
143 (0.040 %)MS Project
152 (0.027 %)PrintSoft PReS
152 (0.027 %)MS PowerPoint
152 (0.027 %)Maya
152 (0.027 %)GIMP
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
176 (1.025 %)Google Analytics
237 (0.499 %)Summit
312 (0.162 %)WebTrends
47 (0.094 %)Dynamics CRM
52 (0.027 %)Pivotal CRM
52 (0.027 %)SalesLogix
61 (0.013 %)Microsoft CRM
61 (0.013 %)Navision
61 (0.013 %)Endur
61 (0.013 %)Remedy AR System
61 (0.013 %)AWD
61 (0.013 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
61 (0.013 %)GoldMine
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1604 (8.147 %)Internet
2193 (2.603 %)TCP/IP
3185 (2.495 %)Intranet
4150 (2.023 %)DNS
5120 (1.619 %)Firewall
6119 (1.605 %)HTTP
7104 (1.403 %)SAN
871 (0.958 %)FTP
955 (0.742 %)SMTP
1029 (0.391 %)SSH
1127 (0.364 %)SSL
1127 (0.364 %)VPN
1226 (0.351 %)SMS
1323 (0.310 %)NAS
1422 (0.297 %)SNMP
1520 (0.270 %)VLAN
1520 (0.270 %)Broadband
1520 (0.270 %)iSCSI
1619 (0.256 %)Extranet
1619 (0.256 %)LDAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14043 (54.53 %)MySQL
2741 (9.995 %)SQL Server
3143 (1.929 %)RDBMS
4114 (1.538 %)PostgreSQL
5106 (1.430 %)SQL Server 2005
651 (0.688 %)SQL Server 2008
651 (0.688 %)SQL Server 2000
732 (0.432 %)Oracle 10g
827 (0.364 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
926 (0.351 %)Crystal Reports
1025 (0.337 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1123 (0.310 %)MS Access
1123 (0.310 %)Oracle 8/8i
1221 (0.283 %)Informix
1318 (0.243 %)GIS
1413 (0.175 %)Datawarehouse
1510 (0.135 %)Oracle 11g
169 (0.121 %)Oracle 9i
178 (0.108 %)DTS
178 (0.108 %)Data Cleansing
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1532 (7.176 %)Subversion
2192 (2.590 %)Dreamweaver
3100 (1.349 %)Ant
477 (1.039 %)Visual Studio
566 (0.890 %)JUnit
645 (0.607 %)Eclipse
741 (0.553 %)Selenium
741 (0.553 %)Git (software)
828 (0.378 %)Log4j
925 (0.337 %)JIRA
1019 (0.256 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1116 (0.216 %)JSUnit
1214 (0.189 %)QuickTest Pro
1313 (0.175 %)ClearCase
1412 (0.162 %)PEAR
1511 (0.148 %)Maven
1610 (0.135 %)ClearQuest
1610 (0.135 %)PHPUnit
177 (0.094 %)NUnit
186 (0.081 %)WATIR
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1544 (7.337 %)Marketing
2347 (4.680 %)Finance
3256 (3.453 %)Education
4255 (3.439 %)Pensions
5217 (2.927 %)Health
6214 (2.886 %)Games
7156 (2.104 %)Advertising
8147 (1.983 %)Retail
9136 (1.834 %)Insurance
10125 (1.686 %)Telecoms
11115 (1.551 %)Publishing
12103 (1.389 %)Graphic Design
1381 (1.093 %)Multimedia
1472 (0.971 %)Banking
1563 (0.850 %)Online Games
1659 (0.796 %)Music
1752 (0.701 %)Construction
1847 (0.634 %)Government
1936 (0.486 %)Back Office
2035 (0.472 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15524 (74.51 %)Developer
22879 (38.83 %)PHP Developer
31994 (26.90 %)Web Developer
4701 (9.455 %)PHP Web Developer
5698 (9.415 %)Senior Developer
6372 (5.018 %)Senior PHP Developer
7283 (3.817 %)Analyst
8274 (3.696 %)Administrator
9256 (3.453 %)Designer
10255 (3.439 %)Senior Web Developer
11250 (3.372 %)Programmer
12223 (3.008 %)LAMP Developer
12223 (3.008 %)Junior
13219 (2.954 %).NET Developer
13219 (2.954 %)Front-End Developer
14211 (2.846 %)Java Developer
15208 (2.806 %)Lead Developer
16206 (2.779 %)Web Designer
17200 (2.698 %)Junior Developer
18192 (2.590 %)Systems Administrator
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1453 (6.110 %)Open Source
2325 (4.384 %)W3C
3233 (3.143 %)Computer Science
4175 (2.360 %)Web 2.0
4175 (2.360 %)Social Network
5130 (1.753 %)Client/Server
685 (1.146 %)iPhone
784 (1.133 %)Mathematics
858 (0.782 %)SaaS
955 (0.742 %)Blackberry
1050 (0.674 %)Clustering
1143 (0.580 %)Management Information System
1239 (0.526 %)E-Learning
1332 (0.432 %)Visualisation
1431 (0.418 %)Blog
1530 (0.405 %)Derivative
1627 (0.364 %)N-Tier
1726 (0.351 %)RIA
1726 (0.351 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1726 (0.351 %)Cloud Computing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12181 (29.42 %)Linux
2721 (9.725 %)UNIX
3513 (6.919 %)Windows
4224 (3.021 %)Red Hat Linux
5128 (1.726 %)Solaris
6101 (1.362 %)Windows Server 2003
778 (1.052 %)CentOS
865 (0.877 %)Ubuntu
963 (0.850 %)Debian
1052 (0.701 %)Windows Server 2008
1144 (0.593 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1239 (0.526 %)AIX
1337 (0.499 %)FreeBSD
1435 (0.472 %)Windows XP
1527 (0.364 %)SUSE
1625 (0.337 %)Fedora
1721 (0.283 %)Android
1813 (0.175 %)Gentoo
1911 (0.148 %)Windows 2000 Server
1911 (0.148 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11455 (19.63 %)Web Development
21358 (18.32 %)OO
31102 (14.86 %)E-Commerce
4766 (10.33 %)OOP
5641 (8.646 %)Content Management
6514 (6.933 %)SEO
7381 (5.139 %)Agile Software Development
8322 (4.343 %)Project Management
9295 (3.979 %)Scrum
10281 (3.790 %)Web Design
11190 (2.563 %)CRM
12158 (2.131 %)SOA
13134 (1.807 %)Migration
14124 (1.673 %)UML
15114 (1.538 %)ITIL
16113 (1.524 %)Unit Testing
1798 (1.322 %)OOD
1897 (1.308 %)TDD
1995 (1.281 %)Software Engineering
2091 (1.227 %)Pay per click
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13555 (47.95 %)JavaScript
21619 (21.84 %)SQL
31284 (17.32 %)Java
41227 (16.55 %)PHP5
5959 (12.93 %)Perl
6791 (10.67 %)C#
7592 (7.985 %)ActionScript
8493 (6.650 %)C++
9491 (6.623 %)C
10439 (5.921 %)Python
11356 (4.802 %)PHP4
12333 (4.492 %)Ruby
13303 (4.087 %)ActionScript 3.0
14238 (3.210 %)VB
15204 (2.752 %)Bash shell
16179 (2.414 %)VB.NET
17152 (2.050 %)ActionScript 2.0
18143 (1.929 %)Shell Script
19107 (1.443 %)Delphi
2085 (1.146 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1825 (11.13 %)Degree
245 (0.607 %)PhD
330 (0.405 %)RHCE
429 (0.391 %)ITIL Certification
527 (0.364 %)CCNA
527 (0.364 %)Cisco Certification
624 (0.324 %)ISEB
723 (0.310 %)Security Cleared
821 (0.283 %)Microsoft Certification
915 (0.202 %)MCSE
1013 (0.175 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1013 (0.175 %)CCNP
1013 (0.175 %)RHCT
1111 (0.148 %)PMI Certification
1111 (0.148 %)HND
1210 (0.135 %)MCSA
139 (0.121 %)SC Cleared
147 (0.094 %)A+ Certification
156 (0.081 %)MCP
165 (0.067 %)MCDST
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1107 (1.443 %)QA
222 (0.297 %)SLA
319 (0.256 %)WAI
417 (0.229 %)WCAG
52 (0.027 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.013 %)ISO8583
61 (0.013 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
168 (0.917 %)Active Directory
244 (0.593 %)VMware Infrastructure
333 (0.445 %)NFS
420 (0.270 %)Xen
420 (0.270 %)Samba
513 (0.175 %)Postfix
69 (0.121 %)ISA Server
77 (0.094 %)VMware ESX
86 (0.081 %)Nmap
86 (0.081 %)Squid
86 (0.081 %)XenServer
95 (0.067 %)OpenLDAP
95 (0.067 %)Oracle RAC
104 (0.054 %)AquaLogic
104 (0.054 %)Sendmail
104 (0.054 %)Veritas Volume Manager
104 (0.054 %)Hyper-V
113 (0.040 %)qmail
113 (0.040 %)Backup Exec
122 (0.027 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
151 (0.688 %)Nagios
218 (0.243 %)Tivoli
311 (0.148 %)Cacti
49 (0.121 %)Plesk
56 (0.081 %)Zenoss
65 (0.067 %)SCOM
74 (0.054 %)ZENworks
83 (0.040 %)OpenView
92 (0.027 %)Ganglia
101 (0.013 %)Munin
101 (0.013 %)CiscoWorks
101 (0.013 %)Netcool
101 (0.013 %)MSI
101 (0.013 %)Netcool/Proviso
101 (0.013 %)Nessus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1756 (10.20 %)Zend
2484 (6.528 %)Oracle
3324 (4.370 %)Microsoft
4222 (2.994 %)Red Hat
5221 (2.981 %)Adobe
6143 (1.929 %)Google
782 (1.106 %)JBoss
873 (0.985 %)Cisco
970 (0.944 %)Sybase
970 (0.944 %)Yahoo!
1067 (0.904 %)VMware
1160 (0.809 %)Salesforce.com
1233 (0.445 %)IBM
1329 (0.391 %)HP
1427 (0.364 %)Sun
1525 (0.337 %)Apple
1624 (0.324 %)Percussion
1717 (0.229 %)Mercator
1717 (0.229 %)Sage
1816 (0.216 %)Symbian