The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Zend products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Zend 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 Vendors for the 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Zend Technologies Ltd.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Zend
Rank 267 269 337
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +68
Contract jobs citing Zend 120 155 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.546% 0.567% 0.313%
As % of the Vendors category 1.207% 1.273% 0.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 118 68
Average daily rate £325 £350 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +27.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £250 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £412 £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £288 £228
% change year-on-year
+3.47% +26.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £21.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 £111.25 -
% change year-on-year
-74.38% -
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9944 12176 13868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.21% 44.54% 45.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6264 7379 8380
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £270 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 302 402
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Zend
England

Zend
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Zend Jobs Demand Trend

Zend
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Zend Daily Rate Trend

Zend
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Zend Daily Rate Histogram

Zend
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Zend Hourly Rate Trend

Zend
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Zend within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London +13 33 £325 -7.14%
Docklands, London - 1 £240 -
Croydon - 1 - -
Uxbridge - 1 £338 -
Zend
England

Zend
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 224 (98.25%) PHP
2 126 (55.26%) MySQL
3 124 (54.39%) CSS
4 110 (48.25%) JavaScript
5 96 (42.11%) HTML
6 76 (33.33%) PHP5
7 70 (30.70%) jQuery
7 70 (30.70%) Zend Framework
8 67 (29.39%) OO
9 65 (28.51%) MVC
9 65 (28.51%) Symfony
10 63 (27.63%) Git (software)
11 49 (21.49%) HTML5
12 47 (20.61%) Subversion
13 46 (20.18%) Apache
14 45 (19.74%) XML
15 44 (19.30%) Linux
16 43 (18.86%) Web Services
17 37 (16.23%) LAMP
18 36 (15.79%) Scrum
19 35 (15.35%) RESTful
20 31 (13.60%) Magento
20 31 (13.60%) Digital Media
21 29 (12.72%) SOA
22 27 (11.84%) Agile Software Development
22 27 (11.84%) CSS3
23 26 (11.40%) CodeIgniter
23 26 (11.40%) TDD
24 24 (10.53%) OOP
25 23 (10.09%) E-Commerce

Zend
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 124 (54.39%) CSS
2 96 (42.11%) HTML
3 70 (30.70%) jQuery
3 70 (30.70%) Zend Framework
4 65 (28.51%) Symfony
5 49 (21.49%) HTML5
6 45 (19.74%) XML
7 43 (18.86%) Web Services
8 37 (16.23%) LAMP
9 35 (15.35%) RESTful
10 27 (11.84%) CSS3
11 26 (11.40%) CodeIgniter
12 19 (8.333%) CakePHP
13 18 (7.895%) REST
14 17 (7.456%) XHTML
15 13 (5.702%) Ajax
16 11 (4.825%) JSON
17 8 (3.509%) Backbone.js
18 7 (3.070%) Smarty
18 7 (3.070%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 46 (20.18%) Apache
2 31 (13.60%) Magento
3 21 (9.211%) Drupal
4 18 (7.895%) CMS
4 18 (7.895%) WordPress
5 12 (5.263%) Apache Solr
6 6 (2.632%) nginx
6 6 (2.632%) Confluence
7 3 (1.316%) Joomla!
7 3 (1.316%) SilverStripe
8 2 (0.877%) IIS
9 1 (0.439%) Moodle
9 1 (0.439%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.439%) Amazon AWS
9 1 (0.439%) ExpressionEngine
9 1 (0.439%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.439%) MediaWiki
9 1 (0.439%) concrete5
9 1 (0.439%) Zope
9 1 (0.439%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.439%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.439%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.439%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.386%) HTTP
2 6 (2.632%) Internet
3 3 (1.316%) Asterisk PBX
3 3 (1.316%) DNS
4 2 (0.877%) Intranet
4 2 (0.877%) Extranet
5 1 (0.439%) SSH
5 1 (0.439%) Firewall
5 1 (0.439%) VoIP
5 1 (0.439%) SMTP
5 1 (0.439%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.439%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (55.26%) MySQL
2 4 (1.754%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.316%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.316%) Redis
4 1 (0.439%) Big Data
4 1 (0.439%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.439%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.439%) MS Access
4 1 (0.439%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.439%) DB2
Development Applications
1 63 (27.63%) Git (software)
2 47 (20.61%) Subversion
3 16 (7.018%) PHPUnit
4 14 (6.140%) Jenkins
5 7 (3.070%) Cucumber
5 7 (3.070%) JIRA
6 6 (2.632%) Behat
7 5 (2.193%) GitHub
8 4 (1.754%) Maven
8 4 (1.754%) Trac
8 4 (1.754%) Mercurial
8 4 (1.754%) Hudson
9 3 (1.316%) Capistrano
9 3 (1.316%) Redmine
9 3 (1.316%) Phing
9 3 (1.316%) FogBugz
10 2 (0.877%) Firebug
10 2 (0.877%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.439%) RSpec
11 1 (0.439%) Flash Builder
General
1 14 (6.140%) Marketing
2 10 (4.386%) Retail
3 9 (3.947%) Finance
4 8 (3.509%) Publishing
5 3 (1.316%) Games
6 1 (0.439%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 205 (89.91%) Developer
2 163 (71.49%) PHP Developer
3 31 (13.60%) Senior Developer
4 28 (12.28%) Senior PHP Developer
5 23 (10.09%) Web Developer
6 12 (5.263%) PHP MySQL Developer
7 9 (3.947%) JavaScript Developer
7 9 (3.947%) PHP Web Developer
8 8 (3.509%) Lead Developer
9 6 (2.632%) Software Engineer
9 6 (2.632%) Drupal Developer
10 4 (1.754%) PHP Drupal Developer
10 4 (1.754%) Lead PHP Developer
11 3 (1.316%) Front-End Developer
11 3 (1.316%) Junior PHP Developer
11 3 (1.316%) Junior Developer
11 3 (1.316%) Junior
11 3 (1.316%) Programmer
12 2 (0.877%) Software Developer
12 2 (0.877%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.60%) Digital Media
2 7 (3.070%) Computer Science
3 6 (2.632%) Open Source
4 3 (1.316%) Social Media
4 3 (1.316%) Replication
5 2 (0.877%) N-Tier
5 2 (0.877%) Streaming Video
5 2 (0.877%) IPTV
6 1 (0.439%) Semantic Web
6 1 (0.439%) iPhone
6 1 (0.439%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.439%) iPad
6 1 (0.439%) Video on Demand
6 1 (0.439%) SaaS
6 1 (0.439%) Linked Data
Operating Systems
1 44 (19.30%) Linux
2 6 (2.632%) UNIX
3 4 (1.754%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.316%) VMS
5 2 (0.877%) Windows
5 2 (0.877%) CentOS
6 1 (0.439%) Android
6 1 (0.439%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.439%) Gentoo
6 1 (0.439%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.439%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (29.39%) OO
2 65 (28.51%) MVC
3 36 (15.79%) Scrum
4 29 (12.72%) SOA
5 27 (11.84%) Agile Software Development
6 26 (11.40%) TDD
7 24 (10.53%) OOP
8 23 (10.09%) E-Commerce
9 16 (7.018%) BDD
10 14 (6.140%) Continuous Integration
11 12 (5.263%) Web Development
12 10 (4.386%) Unit Testing
13 8 (3.509%) Refactoring
14 6 (2.632%) Waterfall
15 4 (1.754%) B2B
15 4 (1.754%) Content Management
16 3 (1.316%) Kanban
16 3 (1.316%) Creative Marketing
16 3 (1.316%) Software Engineering
16 3 (1.316%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 224 (98.25%) PHP
2 110 (48.25%) JavaScript
3 76 (33.33%) PHP5
4 19 (8.333%) SQL
5 13 (5.702%) Ruby
6 9 (3.947%) Java
7 8 (3.509%) Shell Script
8 7 (3.070%) XPath
9 4 (1.754%) Python
10 3 (1.316%) Perl
11 2 (0.877%) Bash shell
12 1 (0.439%) Groovy
12 1 (0.439%) PHP4
12 1 (0.439%) tcsh
12 1 (0.439%) ActionScript 3.0
12 1 (0.439%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.439%) XQuery
12 1 (0.439%) VB
12 1 (0.439%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 6 (2.632%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.439%) QA
System Software
1 4 (1.754%) Varnish
2 1 (0.439%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (1.316%) Puppet
1 3 (1.316%) Nagios
Vendors
1 11 (4.825%) Red Hat
2 8 (3.509%) Oracle
3 3 (1.316%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.316%) Salesforce.com
4 2 (0.877%) HP
4 2 (0.877%) Cisco
4 2 (0.877%) IBM
4 2 (0.877%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.877%) Facebook
4 2 (0.877%) Akamai
5 1 (0.439%) Twitter
5 1 (0.439%) Google
5 1 (0.439%) Adobe
5 1 (0.439%) BMC
London
The Zend PHP Developer role requires the following Knowledge, Skills & Experience *Zend *PHP5 *Some Frontend Exp *HTML5 / CSS3/ Jquery (Advantageous) The PHP Developer will need to have experience...
Purple Consultancy
Rate: £300 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
South East London
PHP/Zend developer (PHP/Zend/MySQL/MVC)Opus Recruitment Solutions are seeking an experienced PHP/Zend developer (PHP/Zend/MySQL/MVC) for a 3 month contract in West...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
Web Open technologies such as PHP, CSS, HTML, MySQL, Git, Zend The Magento Developer will need to have good written and verbal communication skills as regular client contact...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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
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
London
My client, a London based Digital Agency is looking for a PHP Zend developer to start Asap for an initial 6 week period.
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City Of London
2x PHP developer (PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS) Opus Recruitment Solutions are urgently seeking 2 experienced PHP developers (PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS) for a leading agency in Central London-...
OPUS
Rate: GBP200 to GBP300 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
UK Central London
My client, a London based Digital Agency is looking for a PHP Zend developer to start Asap for an initial 6 week period.
Premier Group
Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
South West London
The successful applicant will have the following skills with at least 4 years proven experience in: PHP OOP, ZEND, OS/Custom CMS, Developing using frameworks, Oracle, XPath, SQL,...
Conex Europe Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
A highly recognizable brand within the marketing world, has a contract requirement for a PHP Developer, for at least six months. Based in the heart of Central London,...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £250 - £290 per day
Posted: 21 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
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; *...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £280 - £290 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Over 4 years commercial experience with Java, OO, PHP, Zend, MySQL and Apache programming OO system design experience... Key Words: - Web Services - Java - OO - PHP - MySQL - Apache - Relational...
Gregory James
Rate: £300 to £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Knowledge and experience in implementing software (end to end development) using a range of software tools and languages such as PHP Perl, Python, Mysql, HTML, CSS, Javascript and...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Dagenham, Essex
The ASP.Net C# Developer will get the opportunity to work with MVC4 and SQL Server 2012. Ideally the ASP.Net C# Developer will have previous experience with...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013