The first table below looks at the demand for Zend Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 74 87 67
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -20
Contract jobs citing Zend Framework 1 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.106% 0.076% 0.195%
As % of the Application Development category 0.344% 0.255% 0.697%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £300 £400 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +88.23%
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
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
291 392 287
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 30.89% 29.86% 28.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 230 156
Average daily rate £290 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 12
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -36.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £15.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £160.50 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Zend Framework
North West

Zend Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Zend Framework Daily Rate Trend

Zend Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Zend Framework Hourly Rate Trend

Zend Framework
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (100.00%) PHP
1 3 (100.00%) Zend
2 2 (66.67%) Magento
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) MySQL
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development

Zend Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Magento
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) PHP Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Zend