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This section looks at the demand for the Senior PHP Developer role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior PHP Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank647902
Rank change on same period last yearUp+255
Matching permanent IT job ads289113
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.156 %0.047 %
As % of the category below0.172 %0.051 %
Salaries quoted275107
Average minimum salary£34,700£33,652
Average salary£37,868£36,540
% change on same period last year+3.63 %
Average maximum salary£41,036£39,429
UK excluding London average salary£33,189£34,735
% change on same period last year-4.45 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads167999223565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.44 %93.19 %
Salaries quoted138679176982
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,911
Average salary£42,669£44,683
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,315£48,454
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

Senior PHP Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Senior PHP Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior PHP Developer Demand Trend

Senior PHP Developer
Salary Trend

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

Senior PHP Developer Salary Trend

Senior PHP Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior PHP Developer over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Senior PHP Developer Salary Histogram

Senior PHP Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior PHP Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+233285£37,935+3.63 %
LondonUp+196149£43,035+9.97 %
East of EnglandUp+6250£35,090+1.71 %
BedfordUp+1641£35,000+6.87 %
BedfordshireUp+2841£35,000+6.87 %
YorkshireUp+2833£32,783+10.50 %
South YorkshireUp+1526£32,500+6.55 %
SheffieldUp+1722£32,591+5.13 %
East MidlandsUp+2519£31,306-10.55 %
North WestUp+913£29,625-0.62 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-12£30,042-
South EastUp+2611£39,000+5.45 %
NottinghamNew entry-11£30,300-
ManchesterUp+2911£30,182+3.00 %
West MidlandsUp+510£29,102-19.24 %
West YorkshireNew entry-8£33,714-
City of LondonNew entry-7£43,929-
DerbyshireNew entry-6£35,000-
DerbyNew entry-6£36,667-
LeicesterNew entry-5£31,000-
CambridgeshireDown-45£32,600-27.55 %
South WestDown-85£33,800+14.57 %
LeicestershireNew entry-5£30,714-
CambridgeNew entry-4£32,000-
ScotlandUp+294£32,875+11.44 %
BasingstokeNew entry-3£37,500-
NorthamptonDown-43£31,667-9.52 %
HertfordshireNew entry-3£38,000-
NorthamptonshireDown-33£31,667-9.52 %
HampshireDown-43£37,500+18.42 %

Senior PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior PHP Developer in their job title 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 with Senior PHP Developer in their job title.

1493 (100.00 %)PHP
2302 (61.26 %)MySQL
3290 (58.82 %)JavaScript
4263 (53.35 %)AJAX
5260 (52.74 %)XML
6229 (46.45 %)CSS
7173 (35.09 %)HTML
8146 (29.61 %)PHP5
9140 (28.40 %)OOP
10134 (27.18 %)OO
11130 (26.37 %)Linux
12122 (24.75 %)XHTML
1397 (19.68 %)LAMP
1481 (16.43 %)E-Commerce
1481 (16.43 %)Marketing
1572 (14.60 %)Apache
1670 (14.20 %)PHP4
1766 (13.39 %)Internet
1861 (12.37 %)Subversion
1861 (12.37 %)Web Development
1959 (11.97 %)MVC
2056 (11.36 %)Games
2145 (9.128 %)BT
2145 (9.128 %)SQL
2145 (9.128 %)Digital Marketing
2243 (8.722 %)ActionScript
2339 (7.911 %)UNIX
2437 (7.505 %)Agile Software Development
2534 (6.897 %)Photoshop
2633 (6.694 %)Perl

Senior PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior PHP Developer in their job title 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 with Senior PHP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1263 (53.35 %)AJAX
2260 (52.74 %)XML
3229 (46.45 %)CSS
4173 (35.09 %)HTML
5122 (24.75 %)XHTML
697 (19.68 %)LAMP
759 (11.97 %)MVC
823 (4.665 %).NET
917 (3.448 %)Zend Framework
1016 (3.245 %)WebServices
1114 (2.840 %)ASP
1213 (2.637 %)SOAP
1312 (2.434 %)CakePHP
1312 (2.434 %)Ruby on Rails
1411 (2.231 %)Symfony
159 (1.826 %)XML-RPC
168 (1.623 %)J2EE
177 (1.420 %)Adobe Flex
177 (1.420 %)script.aculo.us
186 (1.217 %)Drupal
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
172 (14.60 %)Apache
228 (5.680 %)CMS
35 (1.014 %)ColdFusion
44 (0.811 %)WordPress
52 (0.406 %)Joomla!
61 (0.203 %)IIS
61 (0.203 %)TYPO3
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
134 (6.897 %)Photoshop
23 (0.609 %)CA Clarity
32 (0.406 %)MS Excel
32 (0.406 %)MS Visio
41 (0.203 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (0.203 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (1.014 %)Bond Adapt
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
166 (13.39 %)Internet
29 (1.826 %)Intranet
38 (1.623 %)VPN
45 (1.014 %)HTTP
54 (0.811 %)SMS
63 (0.609 %)Network Security
72 (0.406 %)Extranet
81 (0.203 %)DNS
81 (0.203 %)SMTP
81 (0.203 %)Broadband
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1302 (61.26 %)MySQL
214 (2.840 %)SQL Server
33 (0.609 %)PostgreSQL
42 (0.406 %)Informix
42 (0.406 %)RDBMS
42 (0.406 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
161 (12.37 %)Subversion
219 (3.854 %)Flash
314 (2.840 %)Dreamweaver
411 (2.231 %)Eclipse
55 (1.014 %)Zend Studio
61 (0.203 %)Oracle Forms
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
181 (16.43 %)Marketing
256 (11.36 %)Games
323 (4.665 %)Finance
411 (2.231 %)Advertising
411 (2.231 %)Publishing
57 (1.420 %)Pensions
66 (1.217 %)Banking
66 (1.217 %)Education
75 (1.014 %)Health
84 (0.811 %)Pharmaceutical
84 (0.811 %)Animation
93 (0.609 %)Back Office
93 (0.609 %)Construction
93 (0.609 %)Insurance
102 (0.406 %)Music
102 (0.406 %)Online Banking
102 (0.406 %)Retail
102 (0.406 %)Multimedia
102 (0.406 %)Automotive
102 (0.406 %)Interactive Media
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (4.665 %)Web 2.0
219 (3.854 %)Social Network
317 (3.448 %)W3C
48 (1.623 %)Computer Science
55 (1.014 %)Client/Server
64 (0.811 %)BBC
64 (0.811 %)RIA
73 (0.609 %)Grid Computing
82 (0.406 %)Data Protection Act
82 (0.406 %)Mathematics
91 (0.203 %)Replication
91 (0.203 %)DTV
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1130 (26.37 %)Linux
239 (7.911 %)UNIX
35 (1.014 %)Windows
42 (0.406 %)Mac OS X
51 (0.203 %)Fedora
51 (0.203 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1140 (28.40 %)OOP
2134 (27.18 %)OO
381 (16.43 %)E-Commerce
461 (12.37 %)Web Development
545 (9.128 %)Digital Marketing
637 (7.505 %)Agile Software Development
727 (5.477 %)E-business
823 (4.665 %)Content Management
917 (3.448 %)Project Management
1015 (3.043 %)Web Design
1112 (2.434 %)SEO
1211 (2.231 %)Unit Testing
1211 (2.231 %)OOD
138 (1.623 %)Scrum
147 (1.420 %)TDD
147 (1.420 %)Software Engineering
156 (1.217 %)Internet Marketing
165 (1.014 %)UML
174 (0.811 %)OOA/OOD
174 (0.811 %)Email Marketing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1493 (100.00 %)PHP
2290 (58.82 %)JavaScript
3146 (29.61 %)PHP5
470 (14.20 %)PHP4
545 (9.128 %)SQL
643 (8.722 %)ActionScript
733 (6.694 %)Perl
829 (5.882 %)Java
924 (4.868 %)Ruby
1018 (3.651 %)DHTML
1111 (2.231 %)C++
1210 (2.028 %)VB
139 (1.826 %)Python
148 (1.623 %)C
156 (1.217 %)Smalltalk
156 (1.217 %)Lisp
165 (1.014 %)Shell Script
174 (0.811 %)C#
181 (0.203 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (2.840 %)Degree
21 (0.203 %)MySQL Certification
21 (0.203 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.203 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (0.811 %)QA
21 (0.203 %)WAI
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.203 %)SCOM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
145 (9.128 %)BT
223 (4.665 %)Zend
35 (1.014 %)Oracle
44 (0.811 %)Adobe
52 (0.406 %)Macromedia
52 (0.406 %)Google
61 (0.203 %)Advent
61 (0.203 %)Red Hat
61 (0.203 %)SAP
61 (0.203 %)Microsoft