Berkshire Zend Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Zend products and/or services in IT contracts within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Zend over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Belfast Berkshire Cheshire City of London County Antrim England Hampshire Leeds London Luton North West Northern Ireland Oxford Oxfordshire Reading South East South West Thames Valley UK Walsall West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	113	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	4	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.281 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	4	0
Average minimum daily rate	£190	-
Average daily rate	£233	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£275	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£240	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1421	1894
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.238 %	2.029 %
Daily rates quoted	341	542
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£342
Average daily rate	£394	£360
% change on same period last year	+9.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£415	£377
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	78	239
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.81	£28.13
Average hourly rate	£25.69	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-14.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.57	£31.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Zend Technologies Ltd.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Zend across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Zend across the Berkshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Zend across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Zend across the Berkshire region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Zend within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-	4	£233	-

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Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Zend also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Zend.

1 4 (100.00 %) PHP 1 4 (100.00 %) MySQL 1 4 (100.00 %) Linux 1 4 (100.00 %) OO 1 4 (100.00 %) Apache 1 4 (100.00 %) Web Design 1 4 (100.00 %) Zend Framework 1 4 (100.00 %) PHP5 1 4 (100.00 %) Unit Testing 2 2 (50.00 %) OOP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Zend also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Zend. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (100.00 %) Zend Framework	Application Platforms 1 4 (100.00 %) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (100.00 %) MySQL	Job Titles 1 4 (100.00 %) Developer 1 4 (100.00 %) PHP Developer 2 2 (50.00 %) MySQL Developer
Operating Systems 1 4 (100.00 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (100.00 %) OO 1 4 (100.00 %) Web Design 1 4 (100.00 %) Unit Testing 2 2 (50.00 %) OOP
Programming Languages 1 4 (100.00 %) PHP 1 4 (100.00 %) PHP5