LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Perl/Python)
South West > Dorset
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring LAMP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 43 | 37 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -10 | +53 |
| Permanent jobs citing LAMP | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset | 0.41% | 3.39% | 7.67% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 4.65% | 10.14% | 20.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £30,125 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £31,250 | £40,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £53,750 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.93% | +2.38% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £58,750 | £59,375 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £63,750 |
| South West median annual salary | £65,000 | £60,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +14.29% | +20.00% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Dorset
LAMP falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Dorset.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 43 | 138 | 124 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset | 8.76% | 33.41% | 36.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 84 | 120 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £39,050 | £32,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £41,250 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £56,250 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £74,750 | £60,875 | £75,250 |
| South West median annual salary | £55,000 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +4.35% | +4.77% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LAMP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
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Salary Trend in Dorset
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing LAMP.
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Job Locations in Dorset
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | -7 | 2 | £65,000 | +23.81% | |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:
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