The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CakePHP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CakePHP over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

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.

Cake Software Foundation CakePHP (PHP Framework)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank537552518
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Down-34
Matching contract IT job ads422918
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.071 %0.047 %0.033 %
As % of the Application Development category0.277 %0.172 %0.117 %
Number of daily rates quoted211412
Average daily rate£240£280£233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28 %+20.43 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£186£201
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£350£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£236£225£205
% change year-on-year
+5.00 %+9.75 %
Number of hourly rates quoted200
Average hourly rate£20.75--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00--
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
151651690115437
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK25.62 %27.54 %28.04 %
Number of daily rates quoted891698148183
Average daily rate£350£400£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %+9.58 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£300
% change year-on-year
-+8.33 %
Number of hourly rates quoted380573441
Average hourly rate£32.50£36.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.72 %+20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£19.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£47.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.00£36.50£28.50
% change year-on-year
-12.32 %+28.07 %

CakePHP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CakePHP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

CakePHP Demand Trend

CakePHP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CakePHP within the UK.

CakePHP Daily Rate Trend

CakePHP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CakePHP within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

CakePHP Daily Rate Histogram

CakePHP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CakePHP within the UK.

CakePHP Hourly Rate Trend

CakePHP
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CakePHP within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+2239£250-10.71 %
South EastUp+1121£244+8.33 %
HampshireNew entry-9£225-
LondonUp+246£365+21.66 %
SurreyUp+16£243+1.57 %
BasingstokeNew entry-5--
North WestDown-14£238+35.71 %
ManchesterNew entry-4£238-
BerkshireNew entry-3--
ScotlandNew entry-3£200-
YorkshireDown-102£241-19.58 %
West YorkshireDown-172£241-19.58 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-2£306-
SloughNew entry-2--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2£306-
West MidlandsNew entry-2£240-
LeedsDown-211£283-5.83 %
AberdeenNew entry-1£200-
MaidenheadNew entry-1--
BrightonNew entry-1£238-
CamberleyNew entry-1--
EdinburghNew entry-1£200-
GlasgowNew entry-1£200-
SouthamptonNew entry-1£250-
PortsmouthNew entry-1--
WorcestershireNew entry-1--
East SussexNew entry-1£238-

CakePHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CakePHP 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 CakePHP.

198 (98.99 %)PHP
284 (84.85 %)HTML
376 (76.77 %)CSS
467 (67.68 %)Zend
556 (56.57 %)MySQL
655 (55.56 %)MVC
742 (42.42 %)Symfony
838 (38.38 %)JavaScript
934 (34.34 %)HTML5
1033 (33.33 %)Zend Framework
1131 (31.31 %)jQuery
1131 (31.31 %)Agile Software Development
1131 (31.31 %)SQL Server
1131 (31.31 %)Photoshop
1230 (30.30 %)CSS3
1326 (26.26 %)LAMP
1419 (19.19 %)XHTML
1517 (17.17 %)CodeIgniter
1615 (15.15 %)OO
1713 (13.13 %)PHP5
1812 (12.12 %)Google Maps API
1812 (12.12 %)Google
1812 (12.12 %)Linux
1911 (11.11 %)Joomla!
2010 (10.10 %)CMS
2010 (10.10 %)E-Commerce
2010 (10.10 %)Intranet
219 (9.091 %)Apache
219 (9.091 %)Marketing
219 (9.091 %)WordPress

CakePHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CakePHP 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 CakePHP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
184 (84.85 %)HTML
276 (76.77 %)CSS
342 (42.42 %)Symfony
434 (34.34 %)HTML5
533 (33.33 %)Zend Framework
631 (31.31 %)jQuery
730 (30.30 %)CSS3
826 (26.26 %)LAMP
919 (19.19 %)XHTML
1017 (17.17 %)CodeIgniter
1112 (12.12 %)Google Maps API
128 (8.081 %)Yii
137 (7.071 %)Ajax
143 (3.030 %)WAMP
143 (3.030 %)RESTful
143 (3.030 %)JSON
143 (3.030 %)FFmpeg
152 (2.020 %)REST
152 (2.020 %).NET
152 (2.020 %)XSLT
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (11.11 %)Joomla!
210 (10.10 %)CMS
39 (9.091 %)Apache
39 (9.091 %)WordPress
48 (8.081 %)Moodle
48 (8.081 %)Drupal
52 (2.020 %)SilverStripe
52 (2.020 %)nginx
61 (1.010 %)Magento
61 (1.010 %)Amazon EC2
61 (1.010 %)Amazon S3
61 (1.010 %)ExpressionEngine
61 (1.010 %)Apache Solr
61 (1.010 %)ColdFusion
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
131 (31.31 %)Photoshop
22 (2.020 %)MS Excel
22 (2.020 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (10.10 %)Intranet
23 (3.030 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (56.57 %)MySQL
231 (31.31 %)SQL Server
39 (9.091 %)MongoDB
47 (7.071 %)Data Mining
51 (1.010 %)Apache Cassandra
51 (1.010 %)PostgreSQL
51 (1.010 %)Mahout
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (4.040 %)Git (software)
23 (3.030 %)PHPUnit
32 (2.020 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (9.091 %)Marketing
23 (3.030 %)Telecoms
32 (2.020 %)Finance
41 (1.010 %)Spanish Language
41 (1.010 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
196 (96.97 %)Developer
284 (84.85 %)PHP Developer
313 (13.13 %)LAMP Developer
49 (9.091 %)Web Developer
58 (8.081 %)PHP Web Developer
67 (7.071 %)PHP MySQL Developer
76 (6.061 %)Applications Developer
76 (6.061 %)Web Applications Developer
76 (6.061 %)Front-End Developer
83 (3.030 %)PHP Joomla! Developer
83 (3.030 %)Architect
91 (1.010 %)Designer
91 (1.010 %)Lead PHP Developer
91 (1.010 %)Drupal Developer
91 (1.010 %)PHP Programmer
91 (1.010 %)Senior PHP Developer
91 (1.010 %)Web Programmer
91 (1.010 %)JavaScript Developer
91 (1.010 %)UI Designer
91 (1.010 %)Oracle Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (9.091 %)Open Source
23 (3.030 %)Replication
32 (2.020 %)Digital Media
32 (2.020 %)New Media
41 (1.010 %)iPhone
41 (1.010 %)Video on Demand
41 (1.010 %)SaaS
41 (1.010 %)PaaS
41 (1.010 %)Online Games
41 (1.010 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (12.12 %)Linux
23 (3.030 %)Ubuntu
23 (3.030 %)Windows
31 (1.010 %)Embedded Linux
31 (1.010 %)FreeBSD
31 (1.010 %)Solaris
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
155 (55.56 %)MVC
231 (31.31 %)Agile Software Development
315 (15.15 %)OO
410 (10.10 %)E-Commerce
57 (7.071 %)OOP
66 (6.061 %)Migration
66 (6.061 %)Content Management
66 (6.061 %)Web Application Development
75 (5.051 %)Web Development
83 (3.030 %)Network Architecture
92 (2.020 %)CRM
92 (2.020 %)SEO
92 (2.020 %)Unit Testing
92 (2.020 %)TDD
101 (1.010 %)Scrum-ban
101 (1.010 %)Digital Marketing
101 (1.010 %)Scrum
101 (1.010 %)SOA
101 (1.010 %)B2B
101 (1.010 %)Mobile Commerce
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
198 (98.99 %)PHP
238 (38.38 %)JavaScript
313 (13.13 %)PHP5
47 (7.071 %)SQL
53 (3.030 %)Perl
62 (2.020 %)Python
62 (2.020 %)PHP4
62 (2.020 %)Ruby
71 (1.010 %)ActionScript
71 (1.010 %)PL/SQL
71 (1.010 %)Java
71 (1.010 %)C
71 (1.010 %)C#
71 (1.010 %)C++
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (4.040 %)Security Cleared
21 (1.010 %)BC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.010 %)Varnish
11 (1.010 %)Squid
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
167 (67.68 %)Zend
212 (12.12 %)Google
32 (2.020 %)Adobe
41 (1.010 %)BT
41 (1.010 %)Dell
41 (1.010 %)Oracle