Symfony Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Symfony skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symfony over the 3 months to 17 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 England 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symfony
Rank 431 453 527
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +74
Contract jobs citing Symfony 79 105 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.190% 0.197% 0.080%
As % of the Application Development category 0.695% 0.748% 0.283%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 75 33
Average daily rate £310 £350 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.42% +15.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £440 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £230 £350
% change year-on-year
+19.56% -34.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 11360 14029 15876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.33% 26.29% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7272 8431 9356
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 351 353 555
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £18.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Symfony
UK

Symfony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Symfony Jobs Demand Trend

Symfony
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Symfony across the England region.

England Symfony Daily Rate Trend

Symfony
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symfony across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Symfony Daily Rate Histogram

Symfony
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Symfony across the England region.

England Symfony Hourly Rate Trend

Symfony
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symfony within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -3 55 £325 -7.14%
South East +16 7 £220 -26.66%
South West +21 5 £260 +14.28%
Yorkshire +3 5 £275 -31.25%
East of England - 4 £325 -
North West +15 1 £275 +1.85%
East Midlands - 1 £338 -
West Midlands - 1 £330 -
Symfony
UK

Symfony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Symfony 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 Symfony.

1 158 (96.34%) PHP
2 92 (56.10%) MySQL
3 89 (54.27%) Zend
4 84 (51.22%) CSS
5 77 (46.95%) HTML
6 73 (44.51%) JavaScript
7 71 (43.29%) MVC
8 64 (39.02%) jQuery
9 53 (32.32%) OO
10 51 (31.10%) HTML5
11 46 (28.05%) Linux
12 44 (26.83%) PHP5
13 40 (24.39%) Agile Software Development
14 37 (22.56%) Git (software)
15 33 (20.12%) PHPUnit
16 32 (19.51%) LAMP
17 30 (18.29%) Apache
18 28 (17.07%) CodeIgniter
18 28 (17.07%) CSS3
19 25 (15.24%) Subversion
20 24 (14.63%) CakePHP
21 22 (13.41%) XML
22 21 (12.80%) RESTful
23 19 (11.59%) Web Development
23 19 (11.59%) TDD
24 18 (10.98%) Scrum
24 18 (10.98%) SQL
25 17 (10.37%) Marketing
26 16 (9.756%) Web Services
26 16 (9.756%) SOA

Symfony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Symfony 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 Symfony. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 84 (51.22%) CSS
2 77 (46.95%) HTML
3 64 (39.02%) jQuery
4 51 (31.10%) HTML5
5 32 (19.51%) LAMP
6 28 (17.07%) CSS3
6 28 (17.07%) CodeIgniter
7 24 (14.63%) CakePHP
8 22 (13.41%) XML
9 21 (12.80%) RESTful
10 16 (9.756%) Web Services
11 13 (7.927%) JSON
12 11 (6.707%) XHTML
13 8 (4.878%) Ajax
14 7 (4.268%) XSLT
14 7 (4.268%) Memcached
14 7 (4.268%) Yii
15 6 (3.659%) SOAP
15 6 (3.659%) Zend Framework
16 5 (3.049%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 30 (18.29%) Apache
2 14 (8.537%) Drupal
3 12 (7.317%) Magento
3 12 (7.317%) CMS
4 11 (6.707%) WordPress
5 8 (4.878%) Apache Solr
6 4 (2.439%) Joomla!
7 3 (1.829%) concrete5
7 3 (1.829%) nginx
8 2 (1.220%) ExpressionEngine
9 1 (0.610%) SilverStripe
9 1 (0.610%) MediaWiki
9 1 (0.610%) Moodle
9 1 (0.610%) Amazon AWS
9 1 (0.610%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.610%) Plone
9 1 (0.610%) TYPO3
9 1 (0.610%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.610%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.610%) MS Excel
1 1 (0.610%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (0.610%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.659%) Internet
2 3 (1.829%) Intranet
3 2 (1.220%) Extranet
4 1 (0.610%) Broadband
4 1 (0.610%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (56.10%) MySQL
2 6 (3.659%) Redis
3 4 (2.439%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.829%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.220%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.610%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.610%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.610%) SQLite
6 1 (0.610%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 37 (22.56%) Git (software)
2 33 (20.12%) PHPUnit
3 25 (15.24%) Subversion
4 7 (4.268%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.220%) Selenium
6 1 (0.610%) Cactus
6 1 (0.610%) Appcelerator Titanium
6 1 (0.610%) Behat
6 1 (0.610%) JsTestDriver
6 1 (0.610%) Phing
General
1 17 (10.37%) Marketing
2 6 (3.659%) Finance
3 5 (3.049%) Publishing
3 5 (3.049%) Retail
4 3 (1.829%) Games
5 1 (0.610%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.610%) Advertising
5 1 (0.610%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 151 (92.07%) Developer
2 131 (79.88%) PHP Developer
3 13 (7.927%) Web Developer
4 12 (7.317%) Senior Developer
5 10 (6.098%) PHP Web Developer
5 10 (6.098%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 8 (4.878%) Senior PHP Developer
7 7 (4.268%) Software Engineer
8 4 (2.439%) Software Developer
9 3 (1.829%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (1.829%) JavaScript Developer
9 3 (1.829%) Drupal Developer
9 3 (1.829%) PHP Drupal Developer
9 3 (1.829%) Front-End Developer
10 2 (1.220%) LAMP Developer
10 2 (1.220%) Lead PHP Developer
10 2 (1.220%) Trainee
10 2 (1.220%) Lead Developer
10 2 (1.220%) Web Applications Developer
10 2 (1.220%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.268%) Open Source
1 7 (4.268%) Digital Media
2 4 (2.439%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (2.439%) Social Media
3 3 (1.829%) iPhone
4 2 (1.220%) IPTV
4 2 (1.220%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.220%) Video on Demand
5 1 (0.610%) SaaS
5 1 (0.610%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.610%) NHS
5 1 (0.610%) W3C
5 1 (0.610%) Streaming Video
5 1 (0.610%) Visualisation
5 1 (0.610%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 46 (28.05%) Linux
2 2 (1.220%) Android
2 2 (1.220%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.610%) UNIX
3 1 (0.610%) VMS
3 1 (0.610%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.610%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (43.29%) MVC
2 53 (32.32%) OO
3 40 (24.39%) Agile Software Development
4 19 (11.59%) TDD
4 19 (11.59%) Web Development
5 18 (10.98%) Scrum
6 16 (9.756%) SOA
7 12 (7.317%) E-Commerce
7 12 (7.317%) Unit Testing
8 11 (6.707%) OOP
9 8 (4.878%) Continuous Integration
10 5 (3.049%) BDD
11 4 (2.439%) Creative Marketing
11 4 (2.439%) SEO
11 4 (2.439%) B2B
12 2 (1.220%) Data Modelling
12 2 (1.220%) OOD
12 2 (1.220%) Content Management
12 2 (1.220%) Refactoring
12 2 (1.220%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 158 (96.34%) PHP
2 73 (44.51%) JavaScript
3 44 (26.83%) PHP5
4 18 (10.98%) SQL
5 8 (4.878%) Java
6 4 (2.439%) Ruby
7 3 (1.829%) PHP4
8 2 (1.220%) C#
8 2 (1.220%) ActionScript
8 2 (1.220%) Python
8 2 (1.220%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.610%) PowerHouse
9 1 (0.610%) Perl
9 1 (0.610%) ActionScript 3.0
9 1 (0.610%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.610%) tcsh
9 1 (0.610%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.610%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (1.220%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (5.488%) Varnish
Vendors
1 89 (54.27%) Zend
2 9 (5.488%) Oracle
3 6 (3.659%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.829%) Twitter
5 2 (1.220%) Adobe
6 1 (0.610%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.610%) Appcelerator
6 1 (0.610%) Google
6 1 (0.610%) Microsoft
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Bristol, Avon
The successful PHP developer will be working for an established agency on a couple of different web based projects... Requirements OOPHP MySQL HTML, CSS, Javascript (jQuery) Ideally web...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £150 to £200 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
PHP - Zend Developer
City, London
Essential skills & experience - Strong OO PHP & MySQL - MVC code separation (Zend, Symfony, CakePHP, CodeIgniter) - Digital agency experience would be ideal but not essential This is a brilliant time...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
PHP Developer
London
A leading Digital Media organisation based in Central London are looking for a talented PHP developer with a strong background in Zend frameworks OR CSS and HTML to...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Symfony Developer
London
The technology is based on the LAMP stack and they are using Symfony2 as their core framework... Requires Skills: * 4 years or more commercial experience with PHP5 * Experience...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
PHP Developer - Contract
City, London
My client, a financial services company in London requires a PHP developer for a 6-12 month contract... Key skills: PHP 5, OOP / MVC, knowledge of frameworks - Symfony /...
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Rate: Market
Posted: 13 May 2013
2x PHP developer (PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS)
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OPUS
Rate: GBP200 to GBP300 per day
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PHP web applications developer (PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Bath, South West
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OPUS
Rate: GBP200 to GBP320 per day
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London
My client a global Retail organisation looking for a PHP with Doctrine for a excellent 6 month contract: Required Skills: * RESTful service API in line Zend coding standards; *...
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Rate: £280 - £290 per day
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Senior Developer - JavaScript Symfony2 HTML5 - London
London
Austin Fraser Digital are currently working with an new and exciting Marketing start up that are looking for a Senior Developer to join their development team.
Austin Fraser
Rate: £400 - £450 per day + DOE
Posted: 13 May 2013
PHP Developer - Contract - London - Financial news source
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...
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
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Drupal Engineer - Ecommerce Company
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Rate: From £300 to £450 per day
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