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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Zend products and/or services in IT contracts within the North West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Zend over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkZend
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3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
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Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£243-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
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% change on same period last year-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00-
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North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
North West
Matching contract IT job ads15031923
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.125 %1.947 %
Daily rates quoted312413
Average minimum daily rate£337£320
Average daily rate£354£339
% change on same period last year+4.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£354
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted215197
Average minimum hourly rate£21.52£20.05
Average hourly rate£22.88£21.53
% change on same period last year+6.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.25£23.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.41£24.34
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Zend Technologies Ltd.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

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Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

14 (100.00 %)PHP
23 (75.00 %)Zend Framework
23 (75.00 %)ColdFusion
32 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (50.00 %)DTS
32 (50.00 %)SQL
32 (50.00 %)C#
32 (50.00 %)HTML
32 (50.00 %).NET
32 (50.00 %)MySQL
32 (50.00 %)SQL Server
32 (50.00 %)PHP5
32 (50.00 %)Adobe
32 (50.00 %).NET Framework
41 (25.00 %)VB6
41 (25.00 %)AJAX
41 (25.00 %)XML
41 (25.00 %)Linux
41 (25.00 %)OO
41 (25.00 %)CRM
41 (25.00 %)VB
41 (25.00 %)Migration
41 (25.00 %)E-Commerce

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)Zend Framework
22 (50.00 %).NET Framework
22 (50.00 %)HTML
22 (50.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)ColdFusion
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)MySQL
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
12 (50.00 %)DTS
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %)PHP Developer
22 (50.00 %)SQL Developer
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)OO
11 (25.00 %)CRM
11 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (25.00 %)Migration
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)PHP
22 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)C#
22 (50.00 %)PHP5
31 (25.00 %)VB
31 (25.00 %)VB6
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Adobe