LAMP Contract Job Trends in the South East

LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Perl/Python)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring LAMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 140 180
Rank change year-on-year -66 +40 -
Contract jobs citing LAMP 1 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.017% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.12% 1.19% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £339 £388
25th Percentile - £341 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 £474
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -26.12% -
75th Percentile - £359 £531
90th Percentile - £361 £591
England median daily rate £525 £413 £503
% change year-on-year +27.27% -17.91% +8.65%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 855 503 698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.40% 16.69% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 326 461
10th Percentile £321 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £588 £619
90th Percentile £700 £663 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 19 39
10th Percentile £44.78 £25.85 £36.40
25th Percentile £47.19 £43.90 £56.65
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -10.71% -12.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.81 £70.00
90th Percentile - £66.44 £75.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

LAMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

LAMP job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing LAMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing LAMP

LAMP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing LAMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing LAMP

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 1 £525 -
Thames Valley - 1 £525 - 1
LAMP
England

LAMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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