LAMP Contract Job Trends in Reading

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading 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 75 78 96
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +1
Contract jobs citing LAMP 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.12% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.68% 0.51% 1.26%
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
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +40.00% -6.25% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 146 195 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 18.09% 24.13% 14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 131 93
10th Percentile £400 £380 £325
25th Percentile £464 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £585 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £653 £685
Berkshire median daily rate £492 £575 £515
% change year-on-year -14.43% +11.65% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile - £72.18 £56.50
25th Percentile - £73.01 £56.58
Median hourly rate £81.00 £75.22 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +29.02% -24.75%
75th Percentile £81.25 £76.61 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.70 £76.96 £60.61
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.00 £75.22 £59.95
% change year-on-year +7.69% +25.47% -23.87%

LAMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

LAMP job vacancy trend in Reading

LAMP
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing LAMP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing LAMP

LAMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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