The first table below looks at the demand for PHP5 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP5 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP 5
Rank 172 134 139
Rank change year-on-year
-38 +5
Permanent jobs citing PHP5 30 60 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.569% 1.255% 0.716%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.150% 2.345% 1.582%
Number of salaries quoted 30 58 24
Average salary £27,000 £27,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £21,400 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,600 £44,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2608 2559 1959
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.45% 53.52% 45.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2292 2304 1749
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PHP5
England

PHP5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PHP5 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Midlands PHP5 Jobs Demand Trend

PHP5
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PHP5 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands PHP5 Salary Trend

PHP5
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PHP5 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands PHP5 Salary Histogram

PHP5
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP5 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham -21 13 £27,500 -15.38% 4
Worcestershire +15 11 £32,500 +54.76%
Solihull - 4 £25,000 -
Warwickshire -1 3 £25,000 -10.71%
Shropshire -3 3 £30,000 +42.85%
Sutton Coldfield - 3 £25,000 -
Coventry - 3 £25,000 -
Staffordshire -5 1 £30,000 +9.09% 1
PHP5
England

PHP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing PHP5 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 PHP5.

1 65 (100.00%) PHP
2 48 (73.85%) MySQL
3 41 (63.08%) CSS
3 41 (63.08%) HTML
4 39 (60.00%) JavaScript
4 39 (60.00%) jQuery
5 36 (55.38%) OO
6 30 (46.15%) MVC
7 24 (36.92%) LAMP
8 21 (32.31%) Linux
9 20 (30.77%) XML
10 19 (29.23%) Apache
11 18 (27.69%) Python
11 18 (27.69%) SQL
12 16 (24.62%) C++
13 15 (23.08%) OOP
14 12 (18.46%) Web Development
14 12 (18.46%) Degree
14 12 (18.46%) HTML5
14 12 (18.46%) CSS3
14 12 (18.46%) Mobile App
14 12 (18.46%) Java
15 11 (16.92%) Web Services
16 10 (15.38%) Software Engineering
16 10 (15.38%) Mobile Application Development
16 10 (15.38%) Computer Science
16 10 (15.38%) nginx
17 9 (13.85%) Git (software)
18 8 (12.31%) Ajax
18 8 (12.31%) SOAP

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing PHP5 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 PHP5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 41 (63.08%) CSS
1 41 (63.08%) HTML
2 39 (60.00%) jQuery
3 24 (36.92%) LAMP
4 20 (30.77%) XML
5 12 (18.46%) HTML5
5 12 (18.46%) CSS3
6 11 (16.92%) Web Services
7 8 (12.31%) Ajax
7 8 (12.31%) SOAP
8 7 (10.77%) .NET
8 7 (10.77%) soapUI
9 6 (9.231%) Zend Framework
10 5 (7.692%) Flash
10 5 (7.692%) Django
11 2 (3.077%) XHTML
11 2 (3.077%) Silverlight
11 2 (3.077%) Yii
12 1 (1.538%) REST
12 1 (1.538%) Smarty
Application Platforms
1 19 (29.23%) Apache
2 10 (15.38%) nginx
3 6 (9.231%) WordPress
3 6 (9.231%) CMS
3 6 (9.231%) IIS
4 4 (6.154%) Drupal
5 2 (3.077%) Magento
6 1 (1.538%) Moodle
6 1 (1.538%) Joomla!
Applications
1 5 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.615%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (6.154%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.231%) Internet
2 1 (1.538%) LDAP
2 1 (1.538%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (73.85%) MySQL
2 5 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.692%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (13.85%) Git (software)
2 7 (10.77%) Subversion
3 1 (1.538%) PEAR
General
1 6 (9.231%) Marketing
2 1 (1.538%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.538%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (90.77%) Developer
2 44 (67.69%) PHP Developer
3 22 (33.85%) Web Developer
4 19 (29.23%) PHP Web Developer
5 15 (23.08%) LAMP Developer
6 5 (7.692%) Software Engineer
6 5 (7.692%) PHP MySQL Developer
7 3 (4.615%) MySQL Developer
8 2 (3.077%) .NET Developer
8 2 (3.077%) Programmer
9 1 (1.538%) Graduate PHP Developer
9 1 (1.538%) Drupal Developer
9 1 (1.538%) PHP Drupal Developer
9 1 (1.538%) Junior PHP Developer
9 1 (1.538%) Graduate
9 1 (1.538%) Administrator
9 1 (1.538%) Junior
9 1 (1.538%) Systems Administrator
9 1 (1.538%) Senior Developer
9 1 (1.538%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.46%) Mobile App
2 10 (15.38%) Computer Science
3 7 (10.77%) Digital Media
4 5 (7.692%) VLE
4 5 (7.692%) Graphic Design
4 5 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (6.154%) Social Media
6 1 (1.538%) Open Source
6 1 (1.538%) SaaS
6 1 (1.538%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 21 (32.31%) Linux
2 2 (3.077%) Windows
2 2 (3.077%) Android
2 2 (3.077%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.538%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.538%) CentOS
3 1 (1.538%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (55.38%) OO
2 30 (46.15%) MVC
3 15 (23.08%) OOP
4 12 (18.46%) Web Development
5 10 (15.38%) Software Engineering
5 10 (15.38%) Mobile Application Development
6 7 (10.77%) Business Analysis
6 7 (10.77%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (7.692%) Web Design
7 5 (7.692%) SEO
8 4 (6.154%) Analytics
8 4 (6.154%) Online Marketing
8 4 (6.154%) Pay per click
8 4 (6.154%) CRM
9 2 (3.077%) E-Commerce
9 2 (3.077%) Refactoring
9 2 (3.077%) Unit Testing
9 2 (3.077%) Continuous Integration
10 1 (1.538%) Time Management
10 1 (1.538%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 65 (100.00%) PHP
2 39 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 18 (27.69%) Python
3 18 (27.69%) SQL
4 16 (24.62%) C++
5 12 (18.46%) Java
6 7 (10.77%) C#
6 7 (10.77%) VB.NET
7 6 (9.231%) Perl
8 5 (7.692%) PHP4
9 3 (4.615%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 12 (18.46%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.538%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (9.231%) Zend
1 6 (9.231%) Google
2 5 (7.692%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.538%) Adobe
3 1 (1.538%) Red Hat
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Additionally a good OOP, Web Services, MySQL and JavaScript is required. On top of this if you have knowledge of some of the following areas would be highly...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Very Good Salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Tamworth, Staffordshire
You should have a good understanding of the development process and lifecycle and have commercial experience of coding in OO PHP 5, MySQL 5, XML, LAMP and a...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The role will provide exposure to the following technologies: PHP 5 Strong understanding of OOP Source code management - SVN HTML 5, CSS 3 XML Strong MySQL JavaScript - jQuery...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Keywords: php, php developer, php web developer, php 5, application development, application developer, object oriented, mvc, mvc framework, jQuery, apache, Microsoft, Microsoft iis, JavaScript, unit testing, ZEND, framework,...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Keywords: php, php developer, php web developer, php 5, application development, application developer, object oriented, mvc, mvc framework, jQuery, apache, Microsoft, Microsoft iis, JavaScript, unit testing, ZEND, framework,...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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