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The table below looks at the demand for Symfony skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Symfony over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSymfony
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank386489
Rank change on same period last yearUp+103
Matching contract IT job ads212
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.249 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted71
Average minimum daily rate£243£350
Average daily rate£282£350
% change on same period last year-19.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£247-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads844512371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.42 %12.20 %
Daily rates quoted38314828
Average minimum daily rate£370£397
Average daily rate£400£425
% change on same period last year-6.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£454
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted265361
Average minimum hourly rate£31.31£29.59
Average hourly rate£33.49£32.63
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.67£35.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Symfony EnglandSymfony
England

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.

Symfony
Demand Trend

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

London Symfony Demand Trend

Symfony
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Symfony Daily Rate Trend

Symfony
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symfony across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Symfony Daily Rate Histogram

Symfony
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonNew entry-3£313-
Symfony EnglandSymfony
England

Symfony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

137 (100.00 %)PHP
232 (86.49 %)MySQL
324 (64.86 %)PHP5
421 (56.76 %)CSS
516 (43.24 %)XHTML
615 (40.54 %)HTML
714 (37.84 %)Linux
714 (37.84 %)AJAX
812 (32.43 %)Zend
910 (27.03 %)OO
910 (27.03 %)Apache
109 (24.32 %)CMS
118 (21.62 %)JavaScript
126 (16.22 %)MVC
126 (16.22 %)Social Network
135 (13.51 %)WordPress
135 (13.51 %)Red Hat Linux
135 (13.51 %)Google
135 (13.51 %)PHP4
135 (13.51 %)Google Maps API
135 (13.51 %)Joomla!
135 (13.51 %)Drupal
135 (13.51 %)Red Hat
144 (10.81 %)OOP
144 (10.81 %)Construction
144 (10.81 %)Subversion
153 (8.108 %)Ruby
153 (8.108 %)Publishing
153 (8.108 %)LAMP
153 (8.108 %)QA

Symfony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (56.76 %)CSS
216 (43.24 %)XHTML
315 (40.54 %)HTML
414 (37.84 %)AJAX
56 (16.22 %)MVC
65 (13.51 %)Drupal
65 (13.51 %)Google Maps API
73 (8.108 %)Ruby on Rails
73 (8.108 %)Zend Framework
73 (8.108 %)CodeIgniter
73 (8.108 %)LAMP
73 (8.108 %)XSLT
73 (8.108 %)XML
82 (5.405 %)Spring
91 (2.703 %)DOM
91 (2.703 %)CakePHP
91 (2.703 %)script.aculo.us
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (27.03 %)Apache
29 (24.32 %)CMS
35 (13.51 %)Joomla!
35 (13.51 %)WordPress
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (8.108 %)Internet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (86.49 %)MySQL
21 (2.703 %)Data Mining
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (10.81 %)Subversion
21 (2.703 %)Flash
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (10.81 %)Construction
23 (8.108 %)Publishing
31 (2.703 %)Music
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
133 (89.19 %)Developer
231 (83.78 %)PHP Developer
33 (8.108 %)Web Developer
33 (8.108 %)PHP Web Developer
42 (5.405 %)Administrator
42 (5.405 %)Systems Administrator
42 (5.405 %)Linux Systems Administrator
42 (5.405 %)Linux Administrator
51 (2.703 %)MySQL Developer
51 (2.703 %)Senior Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (16.22 %)Social Network
22 (5.405 %)Web 2.0
31 (2.703 %)W3C
31 (2.703 %)Streaming Video
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (37.84 %)Linux
25 (13.51 %)Red Hat Linux
33 (8.108 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
33 (8.108 %)Solaris
42 (5.405 %)UNIX
42 (5.405 %)Windows
51 (2.703 %)Mac OS X
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (27.03 %)OO
24 (10.81 %)OOP
33 (8.108 %)Configuration Management
42 (5.405 %)Performance Testing
51 (2.703 %)Continuous Integration
51 (2.703 %)Web Mining
51 (2.703 %)SEO
51 (2.703 %)ITIL
51 (2.703 %)E-Commerce
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (100.00 %)PHP
224 (64.86 %)PHP5
38 (21.62 %)JavaScript
45 (13.51 %)PHP4
53 (8.108 %)Ruby
61 (2.703 %)SQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (8.108 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (8.108 %)NFS
22 (5.405 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (32.43 %)Zend
25 (13.51 %)Google
25 (13.51 %)Red Hat
33 (8.108 %)BMC
42 (5.405 %)Mercator
42 (5.405 %)VMware
51 (2.703 %)Apple