Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 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 Application Development category for the West Yorkshire region.

 LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank88104149
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Up+45
Matching permanent IT job ads282244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire1.340 %0.932 %0.775 %
As % of the Application Development category3.867 %2.689 %1.864 %
Salaries quoted282241
Average salary£31,500£32,500£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.070 %-1.510 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£32,050£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£34,000£37,200
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£30,000
% change year-on-year
-+8.330 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7248182361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire34.66 %34.66 %41.57 %
Salaries quoted6477332114
Average salary£32,500£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
LAMP YorkshireLAMP
Yorkshire

LAMP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing LAMP across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Yorkshire LAMP Demand Trend

LAMP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LAMP across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAMP across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

West Yorkshire LAMP Salary Histogram

LAMP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. 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
HalifaxNew entry-19£31,500-
LeedsUp+108£31,500-7.35 %
BradfordNew entry-1£21,000-
LAMP YorkshireLAMP
Yorkshire

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing LAMP 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 LAMP.

135 (92.11 %)PHP
227 (71.05 %)JavaScript
321 (55.26 %)SQL
419 (50.00 %)PHP5
516 (42.11 %)Migration
615 (39.47 %)CSS
714 (36.84 %)HTML
813 (34.21 %)PHP4
911 (28.95 %)XML
1010 (26.32 %)Linux
118 (21.05 %)AJAX
126 (15.79 %)MySQL
135 (13.16 %)C
135 (13.16 %)Java
135 (13.16 %)Apache
144 (10.53 %)C++
144 (10.53 %)XHTML
144 (10.53 %)SMTP
144 (10.53 %)HTTP
144 (10.53 %)TCP/IP
144 (10.53 %)Education
144 (10.53 %)Debian
144 (10.53 %)Ubuntu
153 (7.895 %).NET
153 (7.895 %)OO
153 (7.895 %)Flash
153 (7.895 %)Dreamweaver
162 (5.263 %)C#
162 (5.263 %)Perl
162 (5.263 %)Photoshop

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing LAMP 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 LAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (39.47 %)CSS
214 (36.84 %)HTML
311 (28.95 %)XML
48 (21.05 %)AJAX
54 (10.53 %)XHTML
63 (7.895 %)Flash
63 (7.895 %).NET
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (13.16 %)Apache
21 (2.632 %)CMS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (5.263 %)Photoshop
12 (5.263 %)Fireworks
12 (5.263 %)Adobe Illustrator
12 (5.263 %)InDesign
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (10.53 %)SMTP
14 (10.53 %)HTTP
14 (10.53 %)TCP/IP
22 (5.263 %)Firewall
31 (2.632 %)Internet
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (15.79 %)MySQL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (7.895 %)Dreamweaver
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (10.53 %)Education
21 (2.632 %)Advertising
21 (2.632 %)Back Office
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
131 (81.58 %)Developer
229 (76.32 %)PHP Developer
312 (31.58 %)Lead Developer
312 (31.58 %)Technical Specialist
312 (31.58 %)Lead PHP Developer
44 (10.53 %)Administrator
44 (10.53 %)Linux Administrator
52 (5.263 %)PHP Web Developer
52 (5.263 %)Photoshop Designer
52 (5.263 %)Web Developer
52 (5.263 %)Web Designer
52 (5.263 %)Designer
61 (2.632 %)Front-End Developer
61 (2.632 %)Capacity Planner
61 (2.632 %)LAMP Developer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (26.32 %)Linux
24 (10.53 %)Debian
24 (10.53 %)Ubuntu
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
116 (42.11 %)Migration
23 (7.895 %)OO
32 (5.263 %)E-Commerce
32 (5.263 %)OOP
32 (5.263 %)SEO
41 (2.632 %)MVC
41 (2.632 %)Web Development
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
135 (92.11 %)PHP
227 (71.05 %)JavaScript
321 (55.26 %)SQL
419 (50.00 %)PHP5
513 (34.21 %)PHP4
65 (13.16 %)C
65 (13.16 %)Java
74 (10.53 %)C++
82 (5.263 %)C#
82 (5.263 %)Perl
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.632 %)OpenView
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (5.263 %)Adobe
12 (5.263 %)Quark
12 (5.263 %)VMware