The first table below looks at the demand for Zend Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Zend Framework over the 3 months to 17 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 North West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Zend Framework
Rank 113 126 128
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +2
Contract jobs citing Zend Framework 4 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.174% 0.189% 0.130%
As % of the Application Development category 0.638% 0.638% 0.535%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
Average daily rate £300 £300 £199
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +50.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £206
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +45.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £21.50
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
627 940 748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 27.30% 29.68% 24.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 521 431
Average daily rate £302 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 24
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -29.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £145.42 £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
England

Zend Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Merseyside - 3 - -
Manchester +11 1 £300 -25.00%
Zend Framework
England

Zend Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 10 (100.00%) PHP
1 10 (100.00%) Zend
2 9 (90.00%) MySQL
3 7 (70.00%) Retail
3 7 (70.00%) Magento
4 6 (60.00%) PHP5
5 5 (50.00%) E-Commerce
5 5 (50.00%) RDBMS
6 3 (30.00%) OO
6 3 (30.00%) CSS
6 3 (30.00%) HTML
6 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
7 2 (20.00%) OOP
8 1 (10.00%) C#
8 1 (10.00%) Python
8 1 (10.00%) MVC
8 1 (10.00%) SEO
8 1 (10.00%) LAMP
8 1 (10.00%) SQL
8 1 (10.00%) UNIX
8 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
8 1 (10.00%) W3C
8 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (10.00%) Ruby
8 1 (10.00%) Google
8 1 (10.00%) WAI
8 1 (10.00%) Drupal
8 1 (10.00%) jQuery
8 1 (10.00%) Google Maps API
8 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing

Zend Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 3 (30.00%) HTML
1 3 (30.00%) CSS
2 1 (10.00%) LAMP
2 1 (10.00%) jQuery
2 1 (10.00%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 7 (70.00%) Magento
2 1 (10.00%) Drupal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) MySQL
2 5 (50.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (70.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (70.00%) PHP Developer
3 5 (50.00%) Technical Leader
3 5 (50.00%) Lead PHP Developer
3 5 (50.00%) Lead Developer
3 5 (50.00%) Technical Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Drupal Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) W3C
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (30.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) OOP
4 1 (10.00%) MVC
4 1 (10.00%) SEO
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) PHP
2 6 (60.00%) PHP5
3 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) Python
4 1 (10.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) WAI
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Zend
2 1 (10.00%) Twitter
2 1 (10.00%) Google