LAMP Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Perl/Python)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring LAMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 65 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LAMP 0 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham - 0.58% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 2.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 -
West Midlands median daily rate - £350 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 133 156 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 18.47% 22.61% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 97 106
10th Percentile £400 £375 £289
25th Percentile £468 £443 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -6.17%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £575
90th Percentile £688 £750 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £550 £463
% change year-on-year -4.55% +18.92% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £25.80 - -
25th Percentile £34.13 - -
Median hourly rate £48.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.13 - -
90th Percentile £71.60 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £50.00 £27.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +57.14% +16.67%

LAMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

LAMP job vacancy trend in Birmingham

LAMP
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing LAMP

LAMP
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing LAMP