The first table below looks at the demand for Zend Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Zend Framework over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Zend Framework
Rank 193 204 231
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +27
Contract jobs citing Zend Framework 12 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.187% 0.138% 0.103%
As % of the Application Development category 0.653% 0.537% 0.372%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 10
Average daily rate £325 £315 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% +14.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £360 £339
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £301 £206
% change year-on-year
+3.73% +46.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1838 2048 2689
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.59% 25.67% 27.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1451 1521 2090
Average daily rate £413 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 27 22
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £43.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -42.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.58 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.50 £119.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Zend Framework
London

Zend Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Zend Framework across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

City of London Zend Framework Jobs Demand Trend

Zend Framework
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Zend Framework across the City of London region.

City of London Zend Framework Daily Rate Trend

Zend Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Zend Framework across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London Zend Framework Daily Rate Histogram

Zend Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Zend Framework 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 Framework.

1 18 (100.00%) PHP
1 18 (100.00%) Zend
2 8 (44.44%) HTML
2 8 (44.44%) CSS
3 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
4 6 (33.33%) MySQL
5 5 (27.78%) REST
6 4 (22.22%) OO
6 4 (22.22%) Scrum
6 4 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (22.22%) PHP5
7 3 (16.67%) Drupal
7 3 (16.67%) WordPress
7 3 (16.67%) HTML5
7 3 (16.67%) TDD
7 3 (16.67%) LAMP
7 3 (16.67%) OOP
7 3 (16.67%) Apache
7 3 (16.67%) Web Services
8 2 (11.11%) XML
8 2 (11.11%) Linux
8 2 (11.11%) SOAP
8 2 (11.11%) SQL
8 2 (11.11%) MVC
8 2 (11.11%) SOA
8 2 (11.11%) CMS
8 2 (11.11%) Subversion
8 2 (11.11%) Web Development
8 2 (11.11%) JSON
8 2 (11.11%) BDD

Zend Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Zend Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (44.44%) HTML
1 8 (44.44%) CSS
2 5 (27.78%) REST
3 3 (16.67%) HTML5
3 3 (16.67%) LAMP
3 3 (16.67%) Web Services
4 2 (11.11%) XML
4 2 (11.11%) SOAP
4 2 (11.11%) JSON
4 2 (11.11%) RESTful
4 2 (11.11%) Symfony
4 2 (11.11%) CSS3
4 2 (11.11%) Gherkin
5 1 (5.556%) Yii
5 1 (5.556%) Underscore.js
5 1 (5.556%) Modernizr
5 1 (5.556%) Backbone.js
5 1 (5.556%) jQuery
5 1 (5.556%) Smarty
5 1 (5.556%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Drupal
1 3 (16.67%) WordPress
1 3 (16.67%) Apache
2 2 (11.11%) CMS
2 2 (11.11%) Magento
3 1 (5.556%) MediaWiki
3 1 (5.556%) Moodle
3 1 (5.556%) Confluence
3 1 (5.556%) SilverStripe
3 1 (5.556%) Joomla!
3 1 (5.556%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (11.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Subversion
1 2 (11.11%) Behat
1 2 (11.11%) GitHub
2 1 (5.556%) Firebug
2 1 (5.556%) Git (software)
2 1 (5.556%) Flash Builder
2 1 (5.556%) PHPUnit
2 1 (5.556%) JIRA
General
1 1 (5.556%) Finance
1 1 (5.556%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (94.44%) Developer
2 11 (61.11%) PHP Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Programmer
4 2 (11.11%) Lead Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior PHP Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Drupal Developer
5 1 (5.556%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (5.556%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Flash Developer
5 1 (5.556%) MySQL Developer
5 1 (5.556%) PHP Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) OO
1 4 (22.22%) Scrum
1 4 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (16.67%) TDD
2 3 (16.67%) OOP
3 2 (11.11%) MVC
3 2 (11.11%) SOA
3 2 (11.11%) Web Development
3 2 (11.11%) BDD
4 1 (5.556%) Refactoring
4 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.556%) SEO
4 1 (5.556%) UML
4 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) PHP
2 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
3 4 (22.22%) PHP5
4 2 (11.11%) SQL
5 1 (5.556%) ActionScript 3.0
5 1 (5.556%) Ruby
5 1 (5.556%) ActionScript
5 1 (5.556%) Java
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Zend
2 1 (5.556%) Atlassian
City of London
The successful candidate will work on several exciting projects over the 6 month period and liaise with some exciting clients. The agency is rapidly growing and they enjoy...
Interquest Group PLC
Rate: £275 - £350 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
City, London
Key Skills & Background *Highly skilled in OO PHP programming around 5-7+ years of experience required. *Must be skilled in using Zend framework 2+ years of experience. *Experienced...
Eutopia Solutions Ltd
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
The skill set is for the PHP developer : - Zend framework ( 1.11 ) or Doctrine ( 2.2 ) or Symfony - PHP ( 5.3 ) - REST - SOA - PHPUnit - Scrum Anyone showing evidence...
Vertical IT
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013