LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Perl/Python) Central London> City of London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring LAMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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 the City of London.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
436
505
729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
25.06%
23.92%
24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted
294
310
483
10th Percentile
£400
£413
£413
25th Percentile
£463
£500
£481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£575
£600
£625
Median % change year-on-year
-4.17%
-4.00%
+4.17%
75th Percentile
£675
£725
£725
90th Percentile
£757
£838
£825
Central London median daily rate
£575
£600
£625
% change year-on-year
-4.17%
-4.00%
+4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted
2
1
1
10th Percentile
£63.75
-
-
25th Percentile
£67.50
£36.75
-
Median hourly rate
£75.00
£38.50
£53.00
Median % change year-on-year
+94.81%
-27.36%
+11.58%
75th Percentile
£82.50
£40.25
-
90th Percentile
£86.25
-
-
Central London median hourly rate
£62.50
£38.50
£53.00
% change year-on-year
+62.34%
-27.36%
+11.58%
LAMP Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LAMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
LAMP Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing LAMP.
LAMP Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing LAMP.
LAMP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, contractor job vacancies citing LAMP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for LAMP.
LAMP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:
