PHP Developers Are In Demand

I keep seeing ads for PHP developers floating about, and am getting increasing numbers of calls from people looking for good PHP bunnies. The following is a spec for a job in the Midrand region one of my mates has available. If you qualify and are interested email me and I’ll pass you on to him.

Proactive individual with min 3 years experience in:

Linux server environment
Apache
PHP
MySQL
Asterisk an advantage

Be able to fine tune application for performance.
Problem finding and resolving on production servers.
Be able to install & manage software from source level.

3 Responses to “PHP Developers Are In Demand”
  1. Chris M 12 July 2007 at 8:31 pm #

    So very true! I am a PHP developer, with a decent number of years of experience, and I find myself receiving a number of calls out of the blue from companies asking me to come in for interviews. What I have noticed is that companies are trying to ‘buy’ up developers, secure them on a contractual basis, as out sourcing development work is getting far too expensive.

    Freelance developers are charging huge amounts, and are making a fortune, because they know they are in need. This in turn is increasing the want for companies to hire permanent staff.

    I find the whole movement absolutely fascinating! Thanks for publishing an article on this Mike.

  2. Miguel dos Santos 12 July 2007 at 9:13 pm #

    Telling me.
    Funny thing happened when we had Cape Town PHP Meetup group. I joined up and went there looking for possibly extra developers to help with some development, and turns out all of the other developers who attended also had a lot of work on their plate, which is why they attended hoping to find other php developers to help them :)

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