The first table below looks at the demand for Zend Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 - 35 -
Contract jobs citing Zend Framework 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent - 0.746% -
As % of the Application Development category - 3.226% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £213 -
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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
67 62 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 22.48% 23.13% 25.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 27 50
Average daily rate £298 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.83% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £11.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Zend Framework
South East

Zend Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Zend Framework Daily Rate Trend

Zend Framework
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) JasperReports
1 1 (100.00%) Zend
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Git (software)
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) PHPUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins

Zend Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 1 (100.00%) jQuery
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) JasperReports
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git (software)
1 1 (100.00%) PHPUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Zend