LAMP Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Perl/Python)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring LAMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 98 123
Rank change year-on-year -11 +25 -2
Contract jobs citing LAMP 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.063% 0.077% 0.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.34% 0.38% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £378
25th Percentile - - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -6.25% -
75th Percentile - - £419
90th Percentile - - £423
South East median daily rate £525 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +40.00% -6.25% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Berkshire

LAMP falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 296 261 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 18.57% 19.98% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 172 142
10th Percentile £365 £382 £316
25th Percentile £413 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £575 £515
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +11.65% -6.36%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £608
90th Percentile £648 £653 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 14
10th Percentile - £72.18 £56.50
25th Percentile - £73.01 £56.65
Median hourly rate £81.00 £75.22 £59.95
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +25.47% -23.87%
75th Percentile £81.25 £76.61 £62.00
90th Percentile £81.70 £76.96 £90.25
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +0.81% -4.62%

LAMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LAMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

LAMP job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing LAMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing LAMP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing LAMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing LAMP

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +3 1 £525 +40.00%
LAMP
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared