The first table below looks at the demand for PHP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP
Rank 22 16 19
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +3
Permanent jobs citing PHP 11 12 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 7.971% 12.50% 8.081%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.19% 22.22% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 8
Average salary £35,000 £22,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+55.55% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £20,000 £25,350
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,500 £31,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
All Programming Languages
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
64 54 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 46.38% 56.25% 24.24%
Number of salaries quoted 60 39 24
Average salary £32,500 £33,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.98% +11.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £20,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £33,400 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP
West Yorkshire

PHP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PHP across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Wakefield PHP Jobs Demand Trend

PHP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PHP across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield PHP Salary Trend

PHP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wakefield PHP Salary Histogram

PHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

1 19 (90.48%) MySQL
2 16 (76.19%) JavaScript
2 16 (76.19%) jQuery
3 14 (66.67%) CSS
3 14 (66.67%) HTML
4 11 (52.38%) LAMP
5 9 (42.86%) Linux
6 8 (38.10%) MVC
6 8 (38.10%) Ajax
7 7 (33.33%) HTML5
8 6 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (23.81%) CSS3
9 5 (23.81%) Web Development
9 5 (23.81%) Publishing
9 5 (23.81%) ERP
10 4 (19.05%) OOP
10 4 (19.05%) OO
10 4 (19.05%) Apache
10 4 (19.05%) Windows
10 4 (19.05%) Git (software)
11 3 (14.29%) Facebook
11 3 (14.29%) Games
12 2 (9.524%) Debian
12 2 (9.524%) XHTML
12 2 (9.524%) SMTP
12 2 (9.524%) VPN
12 2 (9.524%) Nagios
12 2 (9.524%) C++
12 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
12 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET

PHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

Application Development
1 16 (76.19%) jQuery
2 14 (66.67%) CSS
2 14 (66.67%) HTML
3 11 (52.38%) LAMP
4 8 (38.10%) Ajax
5 7 (33.33%) HTML5
6 5 (23.81%) CSS3
7 2 (9.524%) XHTML
7 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET
7 2 (9.524%) .NET
7 2 (9.524%) Symfony
8 1 (4.762%) CodeIgniter
8 1 (4.762%) amfPHP
Application Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) SMTP
1 2 (9.524%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (90.48%) MySQL
2 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Git (software)
2 1 (4.762%) GitHub
General
1 5 (23.81%) Publishing
2 3 (14.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Developer
2 15 (71.43%) PHP Developer
3 8 (38.10%) Web Developer
4 7 (33.33%) PHP Web Developer
5 2 (9.524%) Support Manager
5 2 (9.524%) IT Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Support Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Lead Developer
5 2 (9.524%) IT Technician
5 2 (9.524%) Senior IT Technician
5 2 (9.524%) Linux Support Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Lead Web Developer
5 2 (9.524%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 2 (9.524%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Linux Support
5 2 (9.524%) Lead PHP Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior PHP Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior PHP Web Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Lead Software Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Linux
2 4 (19.05%) Windows
3 2 (9.524%) Debian
3 2 (9.524%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) MVC
2 6 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (23.81%) Web Development
3 5 (23.81%) ERP
4 4 (19.05%) OOP
4 4 (19.05%) OO
Programming Languages
1 16 (76.19%) JavaScript
2 2 (9.524%) C++
2 2 (9.524%) Perl
2 2 (9.524%) VB
3 1 (4.762%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) Nagios
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Facebook
2 1 (4.762%) Zend
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Posted: 21 May 2013
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The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of Windows Servers,Networks, Exchange, SQL Server and VPN's... Any exposure to development technologies such as Visual basic/C++/ASP/...
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Salary: £25000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + Negotiable+Company Benefits
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