LEMP Stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Perl/Python)
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring LEMP Stack skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LEMP Stack over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 535 | 647 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +112 | +118 |
| Contract jobs citing LEMP Stack | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | - | 0.014% | 0.016% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 0.067% | 0.071% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £346 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £416 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -5.34% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £594 |
| UK median daily rate | - | - | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -9.72% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England
LEMP Stack 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 England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 5,426 | 7,501 | 11,330 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 22.32% | 20.39% | 23.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,762 | 5,331 | 8,394 |
| 10th Percentile | £365 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £430 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £560 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -1.79% | -0.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £668 | £675 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £788 | £788 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £534 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.69% | -2.91% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 103 | 226 | 138 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.25 | £22.12 | £28.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £51.25 | £43.00 | £50.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £47.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.84% | -26.92% | +30.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £65.00 | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.95 | £75.00 | £80.25 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £47.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.84% | -26.92% | +30.65% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing LEMP Stack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LEMP Stack in England.