The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 116 64 114
Rank change year-on-year
-52 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 89 159 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.770% 3.488% 1.582%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.845% 3.640% 1.653%
Number of salaries quoted 84 151 62
Average salary £27,500 £28,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.50% +14.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £23,000 £22,200
10% offered a salary of more than £36,750 £40,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands PHP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands PHP Developer Salary Trend

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands PHP Developer Salary Histogram

PHP Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -27 51 £28,500 -5.00%
Warwickshire -5 17 £27,500 -8.33%
Worcestershire 0 8 £28,750 -11.53%
Staffordshire -2 8 £27,500 -1.78%
Coventry -36 7 £28,000 +14.28%
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £25,000 -
Shropshire -3 4 £30,000 +42.85%
Solihull - 3 £25,000 -
Walsall -19 2 £25,000 +8.69%
Wolverhampton +2 1 £38,500 +20.31%
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 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 PHP Developer in their job title.

1 205 (100.00%) PHP
2 157 (76.59%) MySQL
3 151 (73.66%) CSS
4 131 (63.90%) HTML
5 129 (62.93%) JavaScript
6 126 (61.46%) jQuery
7 84 (40.98%) OO
8 65 (31.71%) MVC
9 53 (25.85%) SQL
10 52 (25.37%) Zend
11 49 (23.90%) PHP5
12 47 (22.93%) LAMP
13 45 (21.95%) OOP
14 44 (21.46%) HTML5
15 38 (18.54%) Linux
16 37 (18.05%) Degree
17 35 (17.07%) Ajax
17 35 (17.07%) Apache
18 30 (14.63%) CSS3
19 29 (14.15%) XML
20 28 (13.66%) Digital Media
21 27 (13.17%) CMS
22 25 (12.20%) Subversion
22 25 (12.20%) Drupal
23 24 (11.71%) WordPress
24 23 (11.22%) Symfony
25 22 (10.73%) Web Development
25 22 (10.73%) Git (software)
26 21 (10.24%) Web Services
26 21 (10.24%) XHTML

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 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 PHP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 151 (73.66%) CSS
2 131 (63.90%) HTML
3 126 (61.46%) jQuery
4 47 (22.93%) LAMP
5 44 (21.46%) HTML5
6 35 (17.07%) Ajax
7 30 (14.63%) CSS3
8 29 (14.15%) XML
9 23 (11.22%) Symfony
10 21 (10.24%) Web Services
10 21 (10.24%) XHTML
11 18 (8.780%) Yii
12 14 (6.829%) REST
13 13 (6.341%) RESTful
13 13 (6.341%) CakePHP
13 13 (6.341%) Zend Framework
14 10 (4.878%) Apache Flex
15 9 (4.390%) CodeIgniter
16 5 (2.439%) Grails
17 4 (1.951%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 35 (17.07%) Apache
2 27 (13.17%) CMS
3 25 (12.20%) Drupal
4 24 (11.71%) WordPress
5 17 (8.293%) Magento
6 13 (6.341%) Joomla!
7 12 (5.854%) nginx
8 4 (1.951%) Amazon AWS
9 3 (1.463%) IIS
10 2 (0.976%) lighttpd
10 2 (0.976%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.976%) Moodle
10 2 (0.976%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.488%) SilverStripe
11 1 (0.488%) Facebook Platform
Applications
1 11 (5.366%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.951%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (0.488%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.341%) Internet
2 1 (0.488%) DNS
2 1 (0.488%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (76.59%) MySQL
2 9 (4.390%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (4.390%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.976%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.488%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.488%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (12.20%) Subversion
2 22 (10.73%) Git (software)
3 7 (3.415%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.415%) Hudson
4 6 (2.927%) Selenium
5 3 (1.463%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.976%) Zend Studio
6 2 (0.976%) NetBeans
6 2 (0.976%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.488%) Appcelerator Titanium
7 1 (0.488%) Phing
General
1 10 (4.878%) Music
1 10 (4.878%) Music Industry
2 9 (4.390%) Marketing
3 6 (2.927%) Retail
4 2 (0.976%) Billing
4 2 (0.976%) Back Office
5 1 (0.488%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.66%) Digital Media
2 16 (7.805%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.366%) Computer Science
4 5 (2.439%) Graphic Design
4 5 (2.439%) Open Source
4 5 (2.439%) Social Media
5 4 (1.951%) SaaS
6 3 (1.463%) New Media
7 2 (0.976%) W3C
8 1 (0.488%) iPhone
8 1 (0.488%) iPad
8 1 (0.488%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.54%) Linux
2 5 (2.439%) Windows
3 2 (0.976%) Solaris
4 1 (0.488%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (0.488%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (40.98%) OO
2 65 (31.71%) MVC
3 45 (21.95%) OOP
4 22 (10.73%) Web Development
5 20 (9.756%) CRM
6 19 (9.268%) E-Commerce
7 18 (8.780%) Web Design
8 17 (8.293%) Content Management
9 12 (5.854%) Software Engineering
9 12 (5.854%) Agile Software Development
9 12 (5.854%) Mobile Application Development
10 11 (5.366%) Unit Testing
11 10 (4.878%) Migration
11 10 (4.878%) Refactoring
12 9 (4.390%) TDD
13 8 (3.902%) Scrum
14 7 (3.415%) SOA
15 6 (2.927%) User Experience Design
15 6 (2.927%) Continuous Integration
16 5 (2.439%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 205 (100.00%) PHP
2 129 (62.93%) JavaScript
3 53 (25.85%) SQL
4 49 (23.90%) PHP5
5 20 (9.756%) Java
6 10 (4.878%) Perl
6 10 (4.878%) Ruby
7 9 (4.390%) T-SQL
8 7 (3.415%) C++
9 6 (2.927%) Python
10 3 (1.463%) PHP4
10 3 (1.463%) XPath
11 1 (0.488%) C#
11 1 (0.488%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.488%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 37 (18.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.488%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.488%) Plesk
Vendors
1 52 (25.37%) Zend
2 11 (5.366%) Adobe
3 10 (4.878%) Facebook
4 5 (2.439%) Oracle
5 3 (1.463%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.976%) Google
6 2 (0.976%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (0.488%) Sage
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills Needed: PHP / Drupal / MySQL Robert Walters are working with a leading digital agency based in Birmingham who are looking to recruit a PHP Developer with strong experience...
Robert Walters
Salary: £220 - £250 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The company operate an E-commerce website, providing systems and services to promoters of events, concerts and and festivals with capacities of twenty thousand plus... Continually improve code...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Roc Search, PHP Developer, Backend, Symfony, Zend, LAMP,Birmingham,£35k) Roc Search is working alongside their client, a digital based organisation, to source a solid Backend Developer to...
Roc Search
Salary: £31 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced PHP Developer to join a vibrant and dynamic team of 35 within a highly successful e-Commerce digital media agency...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Robert Walters are working with a leading organisation to recruit a PHP Developer / Junior PHP Developer to join an expanding team. You will be required to have commercial...
Robert Walters
Salary: £16000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Additionally a good grounding in OOP, Web Services, MySQL and JavaScript is required. On top of this if you have knowledge of some of the following areas it...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Senior PHP Developer / Team Lead A great opportunity to bring your experience to a successful software house operating in a niche market with a great deal of success...
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 7 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
To perform this role you will ideally have a strong grasp of the following: -Full LAMP stack development with PHP and MySQL. -Linux. -Frameworks such as Zend, Cake,...
Foresight Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £48,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Your skills and experience: - Must have strong knowledge of PHP 5 / OOP and MySQL- Some experience of the Bootstrap CSS Framework and Codeigniter / MVC would be preferred but...
Salary: £22000 - £26000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
This really is a fantastic opportunity with great benefits based in the city centre, close to public transport links. The ideal candidate will have lots of commercial experience...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Halesowen, West Midlands (County)
Skills You should have skills in PHP5 and ideally Zend / Yii / ecommerce Magento. You will follow modern web standards and hand code HTML, CSS & JavaScript / jQuery... Projects tend...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + benefits (shares, pension etc)
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
OOP, MVC, Node.JS, NoSQL, MongoDB, Ruby... OOP, MVC, Node.JS, NoSQL, MongoDB, Ruby A software developer / PHP Developer is required by my client an exciting new venture...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £50000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
PHP Developer / Software Developer- Tech Lead- OOP, MVC, Node-JS, NoSQL, MongoDB, Ruby-Key words: Software Developer, PHP Developer, Tech Lead- OOP, MVC, Node-JS, NoSQL, MongoDB, Ruby...
OPUS
Salary: GBP50000 to GBP60000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Ideally you'll have knowledge of Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, XML, HTML, Apache, Linux and WML... - Zend Smarty, Symfony MVC framework exposure - Knowledge of PHP 5 Object Orientated PHP,...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,000 per annum plus bens
Posted: 24 May 2013