LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Perl/Python)
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring LAMP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LAMP over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 162 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing LAMP | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | - | - | 0.074% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | - | 0.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £400 |
| UK median daily rate | £413 | £503 | £456 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.91% | +10.14% | -8.75% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland
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 Scotland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 380 | 432 | 638 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 23.36% | 20.19% | 23.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 268 | 283 | 477 |
| 10th Percentile | £316 | £325 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £485 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.06% | +2.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £532 | £550 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £599 | £675 | £650 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £535 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.87% | -2.73% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £36.10 | £23.53 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £51.25 | £39.09 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | £53.38 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +3.03% | +13.57% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £57.50 | £61.77 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £66.71 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £47.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.84% | -26.92% | +30.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing LAMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAMP in Scotland.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAMP in Scotland.