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 22 May 2012 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.

PHP
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank304445
Rank change year-on-year
Up+14Up+1
Matching permanent IT job ads738055834222
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK6.120 %4.553 %4.422 %
As % of the Programming Languages category11.41 %8.672 %8.682 %
Number of salaries quoted680351043772
Average salary£35,500£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42 %+7.69 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£50,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,500£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00 %-
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
646836438048632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK53.64 %52.50 %50.94 %
Number of salaries quoted569875583141348
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£70,700£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

PHP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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+127177£36,000+2.85 %
LondonUp+203602£41,000+2.50 %
South EastUp+41156£34,000+4.61 %
North WestUp+7577£30,000-
City of LondonUp+15529£45,000+12.50 %
East of EnglandUp+5492£32,500-
South WestUp+14421£30,000-
YorkshireUp+7412£31,500+5.00 %
ManchesterUp+3314£31,500+5.00 %
West MidlandsUp+7276£31,500+12.50 %
BerkshireUp+30273£37,500+7.14 %
SurreyUp+10249£35,000-
West YorkshireUp+13248£31,500+5.00 %
East MidlandsUp+9198£27,500-3.50 %
HertfordshireUp+60184£32,000-20.00 %
HampshireDown-19166£30,000-
CheshireUp+17164£30,000-
BristolUp+12157£30,000-
LeedsUp+7155£31,500+5.00 %
CambridgeshireDown-18127£33,500+3.07 %
East SussexDown-2126£30,000-10.44 %
South YorkshireUp+9119£32,500+8.33 %
BuckinghamshireDown-13118£33,000+1.53 %
OxfordshireUp+28117£32,500-
BirminghamUp+28116£32,500+16.07 %
BrightonDown-3116£30,000-10.44 %
CambridgeDown-15112£33,500+3.07 %
ReadingUp+13103£37,000+2.77 %
ScotlandDown-293£31,500-10.00 %
SheffieldUp+780£32,500+8.33 %

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

18144 (57.15 %)JavaScript
27814 (54.84 %)CSS
37481 (52.50 %)MySQL
47284 (51.12 %)HTML
54634 (32.52 %)Linux
63963 (27.81 %)jQuery
73284 (23.05 %)OO
82953 (20.72 %)SQL
92931 (20.57 %)Apache
102675 (18.77 %)XML
112649 (18.59 %)Java
122586 (18.15 %)LAMP
132470 (17.33 %)MVC
142456 (17.24 %)Zend
152443 (17.14 %)PHP5
162430 (17.05 %)Ajax
172420 (16.98 %)Web Development
182131 (14.95 %)E-Commerce
192077 (14.58 %).NET
202026 (14.22 %)Degree
211991 (13.97 %)XHTML
221903 (13.35 %)HTML5
231703 (11.95 %)Subversion
241701 (11.94 %)Python
251607 (11.28 %)CMS
261606 (11.27 %)Perl
271529 (10.73 %)OOP
271529 (10.73 %)Drupal
281512 (10.61 %)Agile Software Development
291488 (10.44 %)SQL Server

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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
17814 (54.84 %)CSS
27284 (51.12 %)HTML
33963 (27.81 %)jQuery
42675 (18.77 %)XML
52586 (18.15 %)LAMP
62430 (17.05 %)Ajax
72077 (14.58 %).NET
81991 (13.97 %)XHTML
91903 (13.35 %)HTML5
101324 (9.291 %)Web Services
11994 (6.975 %)CSS3
12993 (6.968 %)Zend Framework
13992 (6.961 %)ASP.NET
14932 (6.540 %)Flash
15835 (5.860 %)Symfony
16614 (4.309 %)SOAP
17569 (3.993 %)JSON
18555 (3.895 %)ASP
19552 (3.874 %)CodeIgniter
20503 (3.530 %)CakePHP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12931 (20.57 %)Apache
21607 (11.28 %)CMS
31529 (10.73 %)Drupal
4910 (6.386 %)WordPress
5710 (4.982 %)Magento
6468 (3.284 %)Joomla!
7341 (2.393 %)Tomcat
8337 (2.365 %)IIS
9228 (1.600 %)SharePoint
10165 (1.158 %)nginx
11163 (1.144 %)Amazon AWS
12155 (1.088 %)Amazon EC2
13153 (1.074 %)ColdFusion
14113 (0.793 %)WebLogic
15109 (0.765 %)Facebook Platform
1699 (0.695 %)Apache Solr
1795 (0.667 %)Umbraco
1888 (0.618 %)MS Exchange
1960 (0.421 %)Amazon S3
2056 (0.393 %)ExpressionEngine
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1826 (5.796 %)Photoshop
2428 (3.004 %)MS Excel
3229 (1.607 %)Adobe Illustrator
4197 (1.382 %)MS Visio
5141 (0.989 %)Fireworks
6111 (0.779 %)MS Office
738 (0.267 %)InDesign
831 (0.218 %)MS PowerPoint
928 (0.196 %)MATLAB
928 (0.196 %)MS Project
1016 (0.112 %)Adobe Premiere
1115 (0.105 %)GIMP
1212 (0.084 %)Google Apps
139 (0.063 %)OmniGraffle
139 (0.063 %)Adobe After Effects
148 (0.056 %)SketchUp
154 (0.028 %)MicroStation
154 (0.028 %)Spreadsheet
154 (0.028 %)FreeHand
163 (0.021 %)Doxygen
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1181 (1.270 %)Google Analytics
240 (0.281 %)WebTrends
339 (0.274 %)Dynamics CRM
432 (0.225 %)Summit
529 (0.204 %)SiteCatalyst
624 (0.168 %)Optimost
78 (0.056 %)Dynamics AX
87 (0.049 %)Movex
96 (0.042 %)Maximo
105 (0.035 %)Dynamics NAV
105 (0.035 %)Oracle Applications
105 (0.035 %)Tridion
114 (0.028 %)Oracle EBS
114 (0.028 %)SAP R/3
114 (0.028 %)Pivotal CRM
114 (0.028 %)GoldMine
123 (0.021 %)Visualfiles
123 (0.021 %)Agresso
132 (0.014 %)Dynamics GP
132 (0.014 %)SAP SRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1971 (6.814 %)Internet
2461 (3.235 %)HTTP
3405 (2.842 %)DNS
4396 (2.779 %)TCP/IP
5234 (1.642 %)Intranet
6228 (1.600 %)Firewall
7149 (1.046 %)SAN
8147 (1.032 %)SSL
9131 (0.919 %)FTP
10112 (0.786 %)SMTP
11107 (0.751 %)LDAP
1288 (0.618 %)VPN
1387 (0.611 %)SSH
1475 (0.526 %)VoIP
1568 (0.477 %)DHCP
1568 (0.477 %)Extranet
1663 (0.442 %)NAS
1752 (0.365 %)HTTPS
1850 (0.351 %)Broadband
1946 (0.323 %)WAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17481 (52.50 %)MySQL
21488 (10.44 %)SQL Server
3390 (2.737 %)PostgreSQL
4268 (1.881 %)NoSQL
5208 (1.460 %)MongoDB
6132 (0.926 %)RDBMS
7125 (0.877 %)SQL Server 2008
8123 (0.863 %)Hadoop
9120 (0.842 %)Apache Cassandra
9120 (0.842 %)Redis
10113 (0.793 %)SQL Server 2005
11105 (0.737 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1293 (0.653 %)Data Warehouse
1369 (0.484 %)Informix
1459 (0.414 %)Crystal Reports
1558 (0.407 %)GIS
1558 (0.407 %)Oracle 10g
1653 (0.372 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1750 (0.351 %)Oracle 11g
1844 (0.309 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11703 (11.95 %)Subversion
2913 (6.407 %)Git (software)
3331 (2.323 %)Selenium
4302 (2.119 %)PHPUnit
5230 (1.614 %)Visual Studio
6209 (1.467 %)Dreamweaver
7188 (1.319 %)Eclipse
8142 (0.996 %)JIRA
8142 (0.996 %)Mercurial
9128 (0.898 %)Ant
10121 (0.849 %)Hudson
1169 (0.484 %)JUnit
1261 (0.428 %)Maven
1358 (0.407 %)Bugzilla
1457 (0.400 %)Cucumber
1547 (0.330 %)WebDriver
1645 (0.316 %)Behat
1744 (0.309 %)Team Foundation Server
1842 (0.295 %)RSpec
1842 (0.295 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11361 (9.551 %)Marketing
21048 (7.354 %)Finance
3562 (3.944 %)Games
4492 (3.453 %)Retail
5343 (2.407 %)Advertising
6286 (2.007 %)Publishing
7279 (1.958 %)Telecoms
8167 (1.172 %)Back Office
9103 (0.723 %)Music
1098 (0.688 %)Multimedia
1164 (0.449 %)Automotive
1262 (0.435 %)Banking
1353 (0.372 %)Law
1451 (0.358 %)Manufacturing
1546 (0.323 %)French Language
1642 (0.295 %)German Language
1741 (0.288 %)Billing
1837 (0.260 %)Legal
1931 (0.218 %)Pharmaceutical
2025 (0.175 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110608 (74.44 %)Developer
25462 (38.33 %)PHP Developer
33170 (22.25 %)Web Developer
41298 (9.109 %)Senior Developer
51080 (7.579 %)PHP Web Developer
6819 (5.747 %)PHP MySQL Developer
7700 (4.912 %)Senior PHP Developer
8693 (4.863 %)Front-End Developer
9624 (4.379 %)Administrator
10536 (3.761 %)Junior
11529 (3.712 %)Systems Administrator
12449 (3.151 %)Graduate
12449 (3.151 %)Junior Developer
13430 (3.018 %)Software Engineer
14405 (2.842 %)Analyst
15398 (2.793 %)Linux Administrator
16396 (2.779 %)Lead Developer
17386 (2.709 %)Software Developer
18350 (2.456 %).NET Developer
19340 (2.386 %)Drupal Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11406 (9.867 %)Open Source
21027 (7.207 %)Computer Science
3856 (6.007 %)Social Media
4520 (3.649 %)iPhone
5508 (3.565 %)Digital Media
6357 (2.505 %)W3C
7309 (2.168 %)Social Network
8297 (2.084 %)SaaS
9229 (1.607 %)iPad
10208 (1.460 %)Blackberry
11196 (1.375 %)Mathematics
12194 (1.361 %)Web 2.0
13191 (1.340 %)Online Games
14182 (1.277 %)Replication
15164 (1.151 %)Management Information System
16134 (0.940 %)New Media
17114 (0.800 %)Clustering
18113 (0.793 %)Cloud Computing
1999 (0.695 %)Client/Server
2083 (0.582 %)Graphic Design
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14634 (32.52 %)Linux
21167 (8.189 %)UNIX
31040 (7.298 %)Windows
4637 (4.470 %)Android
5428 (3.004 %)Apple iOS
6395 (2.772 %)CentOS
7389 (2.730 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8275 (1.930 %)Debian
9230 (1.614 %)Ubuntu
10146 (1.025 %)Solaris
11127 (0.891 %)Windows Server 2008
12118 (0.828 %)Windows Server 2003
13101 (0.709 %)Mac OS X
1450 (0.351 %)Fedora
1542 (0.295 %)Windows 7
1632 (0.225 %)Windows XP
1730 (0.211 %)Mac OS
1829 (0.204 %)SUSE
1926 (0.182 %)AIX
2024 (0.168 %)webOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13284 (23.05 %)OO
22470 (17.33 %)MVC
32420 (16.98 %)Web Development
42131 (14.95 %)E-Commerce
51529 (10.73 %)OOP
61512 (10.61 %)Agile Software Development
7963 (6.758 %)SEO
8817 (5.733 %)Content Management
9796 (5.586 %)Scrum
10630 (4.421 %)TDD
11588 (4.126 %)Project Management
12485 (3.404 %)Web Design
13458 (3.214 %)Continuous Integration
14383 (2.688 %)Unit Testing
15329 (2.309 %)CRM
16294 (2.063 %)Software Engineering
17291 (2.042 %)Digital Marketing
18277 (1.944 %)ITIL
19274 (1.923 %)Web Application Development
20218 (1.530 %)OOD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18144 (57.15 %)JavaScript
22953 (20.72 %)SQL
32649 (18.59 %)Java
42443 (17.14 %)PHP5
51701 (11.94 %)Python
61606 (11.27 %)Perl
71418 (9.951 %)C#
81266 (8.884 %)Ruby
91005 (7.053 %)C++
10683 (4.793 %)C
11627 (4.400 %)Bash shell
12522 (3.663 %)ActionScript
13393 (2.758 %)Shell Script
14285 (2.000 %)Objective-C
15245 (1.719 %)VB
16207 (1.453 %)PL/SQL
17202 (1.418 %)VB.NET
18190 (1.333 %)ActionScript 3.0
19156 (1.095 %)T-SQL
20141 (0.989 %)PHP4
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12026 (14.22 %)Degree
283 (0.582 %)RHCE
381 (0.568 %)ISEB
479 (0.554 %)Security Cleared
566 (0.463 %)ITIL Certification
651 (0.358 %)Cisco Certification
745 (0.316 %)RHCT
842 (0.295 %)CCNA
842 (0.295 %)PhD
940 (0.281 %)SC Cleared
1036 (0.253 %)Microsoft Certification
1126 (0.182 %)ISTQB
1224 (0.168 %)CISSP
1317 (0.119 %)MySQL Certification
1416 (0.112 %)HND
1515 (0.105 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1612 (0.084 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1711 (0.077 %)PMI Certification
1711 (0.077 %)CISA
1711 (0.077 %)CISM
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1518 (3.635 %)QA
271 (0.498 %)WAI
370 (0.491 %)SLA
445 (0.316 %)WCAG
542 (0.295 %)ISO 9001
640 (0.281 %)PCI DSS
723 (0.161 %)Data Quality
822 (0.154 %)ISO/IEC 27001
98 (0.056 %)COBIT
107 (0.049 %)ISO/IEC 17799
111 (0.007 %)HL7
111 (0.007 %)Solvency II
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1228 (1.600 %)VMware Infrastructure
2119 (0.835 %)Active Directory
379 (0.554 %)Varnish
472 (0.505 %)NFS
566 (0.463 %)Xen
566 (0.463 %)Postfix
566 (0.463 %)vSphere
653 (0.372 %)Samba
745 (0.316 %)Squid
837 (0.260 %)Hyper-V
930 (0.211 %)VMware ESX
1025 (0.175 %)Sendmail
1114 (0.098 %)VirtualBox
1212 (0.084 %)VMware ESXi
1311 (0.077 %)LiteSpeed
147 (0.049 %)qmail
147 (0.049 %)Terminal Server
156 (0.042 %)Oracle RMAN
156 (0.042 %)Nmap
156 (0.042 %)FreeRADIUS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1259 (1.818 %)Puppet
2170 (1.193 %)Nagios
362 (0.435 %)Cacti
452 (0.365 %)ZABBIX
547 (0.330 %)Ganglia
642 (0.295 %)Plesk
730 (0.211 %)Munin
822 (0.154 %)Red Hat Satellite
920 (0.140 %)NetBackup
1019 (0.133 %)Nessus
1118 (0.126 %)Backup Exec
1216 (0.112 %)Splunk
1315 (0.105 %)SCCM
1414 (0.098 %)vCenter
1511 (0.077 %)Tivoli
169 (0.063 %)OpenView
178 (0.056 %)Unicenter
178 (0.056 %)HP SIM
187 (0.049 %)WMI
196 (0.042 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12456 (17.24 %)Zend
2849 (5.958 %)Oracle
3724 (5.081 %)Microsoft
4673 (4.723 %)Facebook
5638 (4.477 %)Red Hat
6511 (3.586 %)Google
7375 (2.632 %)Adobe
8318 (2.232 %)VMware
9248 (1.740 %)Twitter
10192 (1.347 %)Cisco
11153 (1.074 %)JBoss
12111 (0.779 %)Salesforce.com
13102 (0.716 %)Symbian
1497 (0.681 %)IBM
1587 (0.611 %)Apple
1680 (0.561 %)SAP
1775 (0.526 %)HP
1870 (0.491 %)ATG
1965 (0.456 %)Omniture
2063 (0.442 %)Percona