The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Zend products and/or services 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 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 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.

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 113 96 115
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +19
Contract jobs citing Zend 10 34 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.425% 1.071% 0.365%
As % of the Vendors category 0.940% 2.061% 0.792%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 24 11
Average daily rate £288 £290 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.86% +36.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £426 £368 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £288 £228
% change year-on-year
+3.47% +26.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 £111.25 -
% change year-on-year
-74.38% -
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1064 1650 1389
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.20% 51.95% 46.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 756 673
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 81 97
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.50 £36.00
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West 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
Merseyside - 6 - -
Manchester -2 4 £288 +4.54%
Zend
England

Zend
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 34 (100.00%) PHP
2 21 (61.76%) MySQL
2 21 (61.76%) MVC
3 19 (55.88%) CSS
4 18 (52.94%) JavaScript
5 16 (47.06%) OO
6 15 (44.12%) HTML5
7 14 (41.18%) jQuery
8 13 (38.24%) Mobile App
9 12 (35.29%) Magento
9 12 (35.29%) CSS3
9 12 (35.29%) CodeIgniter
10 11 (32.35%) XML
10 11 (32.35%) OOP
11 9 (26.47%) JSON
11 9 (26.47%) Zend Framework
12 8 (23.53%) Git (software)
12 8 (23.53%) Retail
13 7 (20.59%) CMS
13 7 (20.59%) Web Development
13 7 (20.59%) E-Commerce
13 7 (20.59%) WordPress
13 7 (20.59%) Android
14 6 (17.65%) Apple iOS
14 6 (17.65%) Apple
14 6 (17.65%) Java
14 6 (17.65%) Web Services
14 6 (17.65%) SQL Server
14 6 (17.65%) Ajax
14 6 (17.65%) CakePHP

Zend
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 19 (55.88%) CSS
2 15 (44.12%) HTML5
3 14 (41.18%) jQuery
4 12 (35.29%) CSS3
4 12 (35.29%) CodeIgniter
5 11 (32.35%) XML
6 9 (26.47%) JSON
6 9 (26.47%) Zend Framework
7 6 (17.65%) Web Services
7 6 (17.65%) Ajax
7 6 (17.65%) CakePHP
8 5 (14.71%) ASP.NET
8 5 (14.71%) .NET
8 5 (14.71%) HTML
8 5 (14.71%) XSD
8 5 (14.71%) XSLT
8 5 (14.71%) Razor View Engine
8 5 (14.71%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (14.71%) RESTful
8 5 (14.71%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 12 (35.29%) Magento
2 7 (20.59%) CMS
2 7 (20.59%) WordPress
3 5 (14.71%) Umbraco
4 3 (8.824%) Drupal
5 2 (5.882%) Joomla!
5 2 (5.882%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (61.76%) MySQL
2 6 (17.65%) SQL Server
3 5 (14.71%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (14.71%) RDBMS
4 2 (5.882%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 8 (23.53%) Git (software)
2 5 (14.71%) NetBeans
2 5 (14.71%) Visual Studio
3 3 (8.824%) QUnit
4 2 (5.882%) PHPUnit
4 2 (5.882%) Subversion
4 2 (5.882%) Ant
5 1 (2.941%) Cucumber
General
1 8 (23.53%) Retail
2 1 (2.941%) Finance
2 1 (2.941%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (100.00%) Developer
2 16 (47.06%) PHP Developer
3 7 (20.59%) Web Developer
4 6 (17.65%) Android Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Technical Leader
5 5 (14.71%) Lead Developer
5 5 (14.71%) .NET Developer
5 5 (14.71%) ASP.NET Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Technical Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Lead PHP Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Front-End Developer
6 3 (8.824%) JavaScript Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Front-End Web Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Mobile Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Programmer
8 1 (2.941%) PHP Web Developer
8 1 (2.941%) PHP Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (38.24%) Mobile App
2 3 (8.824%) BBC
2 3 (8.824%) Social Media
3 2 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.882%) Semantic Web
3 2 (5.882%) Linked Data
3 2 (5.882%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.59%) Android
2 6 (17.65%) Apple iOS
3 5 (14.71%) Windows
3 5 (14.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) MVC
2 16 (47.06%) OO
3 11 (32.35%) OOP
4 7 (20.59%) Web Development
4 7 (20.59%) E-Commerce
5 5 (14.71%) Business Development
5 5 (14.71%) SEO
5 5 (14.71%) OOD
6 4 (11.76%) BDD
6 4 (11.76%) Web Application Development
6 4 (11.76%) TDD
7 3 (8.824%) Scrum
7 3 (8.824%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (8.824%) Content Management
7 3 (8.824%) Kanban
7 3 (8.824%) Mobile Application Development
8 2 (5.882%) Unit Testing
8 2 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (5.882%) Progressive Enhancement
8 2 (5.882%) Test-First Development
Programming Languages
1 34 (100.00%) PHP
2 18 (52.94%) JavaScript
3 6 (17.65%) Java
4 5 (14.71%) XPath
4 5 (14.71%) C#
4 5 (14.71%) PHP5
5 4 (11.76%) Objective-C
6 1 (2.941%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) Sun Certification
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Apple
2 5 (14.71%) Google
2 5 (14.71%) Oracle
2 5 (14.71%) Facebook
2 5 (14.71%) Twitter
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