Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Zend Framework 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 Zend Framework over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the England region.

 Zend Framework
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank442408595
Rank change year-on-year
Down-34Up+187
Matching contract IT job ads35312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England0.078 %0.084 %0.003 %
As % of the Application Development category0.284 %0.376 %0.011 %
Daily rates quoted1671
Average daily rate£250£350£255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57 %+37.25 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£213-£255
Hourly rates quoted320
Average hourly rate£17.00£26.25-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.23 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.00£26.25-
% change year-on-year
-35.23 %-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12306825118788
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England27.27 %22.44 %24.54 %
Daily rates quoted640029676233
Average daily rate£380£350£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.570 %-4.100 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4054651215
Average hourly rate£30.00£28.50£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-10.93 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.25£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
Zend Framework UKZend Framework
UK

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.

Zend Framework
Demand Trend

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

England Zend Framework Demand Trend

Zend Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Zend Framework Daily Rate Trend

Zend Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Zend Framework across the England region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

England Zend Framework Daily Rate Histogram

Zend Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Zend Framework Hourly Rate Trend

Zend Framework
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Zend Framework within the England region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
LondonDown-7116£300-14.28 %
YorkshireUp+105£200-
North WestDown-65£188-
South WestUp+14--
South EastDown-74£250-
MidlandsNew entry-1£450-
Zend Framework UKZend Framework
UK

Zend Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1108 (100.00 %)PHP
1108 (100.00 %)Zend
260 (55.56 %)MySQL
348 (44.44 %)CSS
445 (41.67 %)JavaScript
445 (41.67 %)PHP5
537 (34.26 %)OO
635 (32.41 %)HTML
734 (31.48 %)AJAX
831 (28.70 %)Agile Software Development
929 (26.85 %)Subversion
1028 (25.93 %)XML
1126 (24.07 %)XHTML
1222 (20.37 %)Web Services
1319 (17.59 %)Oracle
1319 (17.59 %)Unit Testing
1415 (13.89 %)Continuous Integration
1513 (12.04 %)SOAP
1513 (12.04 %)Apache
1513 (12.04 %)CMS
1612 (11.11 %)TDD
1612 (11.11 %)DOM
1612 (11.11 %)JSON
1612 (11.11 %)JIRA
1612 (11.11 %)RESTful
1612 (11.11 %)memcached
1612 (11.11 %)Zend_Cache
1711 (10.19 %)Drupal
1711 (10.19 %)LAMP
1810 (9.259 %)Linux

Zend Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
148 (44.44 %)CSS
235 (32.41 %)HTML
334 (31.48 %)AJAX
428 (25.93 %)XML
526 (24.07 %)XHTML
622 (20.37 %)Web Services
713 (12.04 %)SOAP
812 (11.11 %)DOM
812 (11.11 %)JSON
812 (11.11 %)RESTful
812 (11.11 %)memcached
812 (11.11 %)Zend_Cache
911 (10.19 %)LAMP
105 (4.630 %)jQuery
105 (4.630 %)Symfony
113 (2.778 %).NET
113 (2.778 %).NET Framework
113 (2.778 %)CakePHP
122 (1.852 %)Smarty
122 (1.852 %)Silverlight
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (12.04 %)Apache
113 (12.04 %)CMS
211 (10.19 %)Drupal
38 (7.407 %)Magento
43 (2.778 %)IIS
51 (0.926 %)TYPO3
51 (0.926 %)Joomla!
51 (0.926 %)WordPress
England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (0.926 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (4.630 %)HTTP
15 (4.630 %)SMTP
23 (2.778 %)DNS
23 (2.778 %)Internet
23 (2.778 %)FTP
32 (1.852 %)SMPP
32 (1.852 %)SNMP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
160 (55.56 %)MySQL
23 (2.778 %)SQL Server
32 (1.852 %)CouchDB
32 (1.852 %)Datawarehouse
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
129 (26.85 %)Subversion
212 (11.11 %)JIRA
35 (4.630 %)Maven
41 (0.926 %)CruiseControl
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (3.704 %)Interactive Media
22 (1.852 %)Social Media
22 (1.852 %)Finance
22 (1.852 %)Manufacturing
22 (1.852 %)Publishing
22 (1.852 %)Retail
31 (0.926 %)Education
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1103 (95.37 %)Developer
279 (73.15 %)PHP Developer
312 (11.11 %)Web Developer
49 (8.333 %)PHP Web Developer
56 (5.556 %)MySQL Developer
65 (4.630 %)Website Developer
72 (1.852 %)Drupal Developer
72 (1.852 %)Front-End Developer
72 (1.852 %)Senior PHP Developer
72 (1.852 %)Senior Developer
72 (1.852 %)Programmer
72 (1.852 %)Software Developer
81 (0.926 %)Technical Leader
81 (0.926 %)HTML Developer
81 (0.926 %)Graduate Developer
81 (0.926 %).NET Developer
81 (0.926 %)Team Leader
81 (0.926 %)Consultant
81 (0.926 %)Lead Developer
81 (0.926 %)Graduate
England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (5.556 %)Client/Server
24 (3.704 %)Web 2.0
33 (2.778 %)Open Source
42 (1.852 %)Social Network
42 (1.852 %)BBC
51 (0.926 %)Computer Science
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (9.259 %)Linux
21 (0.926 %)UNIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
137 (34.26 %)OO
231 (28.70 %)Agile Software Development
319 (17.59 %)Unit Testing
415 (13.89 %)Continuous Integration
512 (11.11 %)TDD
610 (9.259 %)E-Commerce
76 (5.556 %)MVC
84 (3.704 %)Content Management
93 (2.778 %)Scrum
93 (2.778 %)SEO
102 (1.852 %)User Experience Design
102 (1.852 %)OOD
111 (0.926 %)B2B
111 (0.926 %)OOP
111 (0.926 %)OOA/OOD
111 (0.926 %)Technical Architecture
111 (0.926 %)Web Development
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1108 (100.00 %)PHP
245 (41.67 %)JavaScript
245 (41.67 %)PHP5
38 (7.407 %)PHP4
46 (5.556 %)SQL
55 (4.630 %)Java
55 (4.630 %)Python
63 (2.778 %)C#
63 (2.778 %)C++
63 (2.778 %)Delphi
72 (1.852 %)Perl
81 (0.926 %)ActionScript
81 (0.926 %)Ruby
81 (0.926 %)ActionScript 3.0
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (0.926 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.630 %)PCI DSS
England IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (2.778 %)VMware Infrastructure
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (1.852 %)Zenoss
England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1108 (100.00 %)Zend
219 (17.59 %)Oracle
33 (2.778 %)VMware
42 (1.852 %)Kerridge