Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Symfony skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symfony over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkSymfony
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank382555
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+173
Matching contract IT job ads2727
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.079 %0.035 %
As % of the Application Development category0.331 %0.146 %
Daily rates quoted129
Average daily rate£231£250
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.500 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£216£198
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£344£275
UK excluding London average daily rate£220£205
% change on same period last year+7.310 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
814618463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK23.71 %23.98 %
Daily rates quoted32236002
Average daily rate£338£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-3.570 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£345
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
Hourly rates quoted4421034
Average hourly rate£25.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£18.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£33.00
% change on same period last year-24.24 %

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.

Symfony
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Symfony within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Symfony Demand Trend

Symfony
Daily Rate Trend

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

Symfony Daily Rate Trend

Symfony
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symfony within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Symfony Daily Rate Histogram

Symfony
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Symfony Hourly Rate Trend

Symfony
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symfony within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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+18427£231-7.50 %
LondonUp+12817£256+2.50 %
South EastUp+9810£220+10.00 %
BerkshireUp+397£220-
ReadingNew entry-3£250-
City of LondonUp+602£231-15.90 %
HampshireUp+392£215+7.50 %
MaidenheadNew entry-2£220-
East SussexNew entry-1--
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-1--
BasingstokeNew entry-1£215-

Symfony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Symfony 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 Symfony.

148 (100.00 %)PHP
229 (60.42 %)MySQL
324 (50.00 %)CSS
324 (50.00 %)JavaScript
423 (47.92 %)Zend
518 (37.50 %)PHP5
518 (37.50 %)HTML
617 (35.42 %)Linux
617 (35.42 %)OO
617 (35.42 %)MVC
716 (33.33 %)LAMP
814 (29.17 %)Apache
912 (25.00 %)XHTML
912 (25.00 %)AJAX
912 (25.00 %)CodeIgniter
1011 (22.92 %)CakePHP
1110 (20.83 %)Drupal
128 (16.67 %)CMS
128 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
137 (14.58 %)PHP4
137 (14.58 %)jQuery
146 (12.50 %)Web Development
146 (12.50 %)OOP
155 (10.42 %)SQL
155 (10.42 %)WebServices
164 (8.333 %)XML
173 (6.250 %)ActionScript
173 (6.250 %).NET
173 (6.250 %)Flash
173 (6.250 %)SEO

Symfony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Symfony 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 Symfony. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (50.00 %)CSS
218 (37.50 %)HTML
317 (35.42 %)MVC
416 (33.33 %)LAMP
512 (25.00 %)XHTML
512 (25.00 %)AJAX
512 (25.00 %)CodeIgniter
611 (22.92 %)CakePHP
77 (14.58 %)jQuery
85 (10.42 %)WebServices
94 (8.333 %)XML
103 (6.250 %).NET
103 (6.250 %)Adobe Flex
103 (6.250 %)Zend Framework
103 (6.250 %)Flash
112 (4.167 %)WAMP
112 (4.167 %)RESTful
112 (4.167 %)JSON
112 (4.167 %)Spring
112 (4.167 %)XSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (29.17 %)Apache
210 (20.83 %)Drupal
38 (16.67 %)CMS
43 (6.250 %)Magento
43 (6.250 %)Joomla!
51 (2.083 %)TYPO3
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.083 %)Photoshop
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.167 %)DNS
21 (2.083 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (60.42 %)MySQL
21 (2.083 %)PostgreSQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (4.167 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (2.083 %)Government
11 (2.083 %)Health
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
147 (97.92 %)Developer
240 (83.33 %)PHP Developer
310 (20.83 %)Web Developer
47 (14.58 %)PHP Web Developer
55 (10.42 %)LAMP Developer
62 (4.167 %)Web Analyst
62 (4.167 %)Developer Analyst
62 (4.167 %)Analyst
71 (2.083 %)Systems Administrator
71 (2.083 %)Applications Developer
71 (2.083 %)Administrator
71 (2.083 %)JavaScript Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (4.167 %)NHS
12 (4.167 %)W3C
12 (4.167 %)Web 2.0
21 (2.083 %)Social Network
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (35.42 %)Linux
22 (4.167 %)UNIX
31 (2.083 %)Windows
31 (2.083 %)Solaris
31 (2.083 %)Debian
31 (2.083 %)Ubuntu
31 (2.083 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (35.42 %)OO
28 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
36 (12.50 %)Web Development
36 (12.50 %)OOP
43 (6.250 %)SEO
52 (4.167 %)Migration
52 (4.167 %)Web Design
61 (2.083 %)Agile Software Development
61 (2.083 %)TDD
61 (2.083 %)OOA/OOD
61 (2.083 %)CRM
61 (2.083 %)Continuous Integration
61 (2.083 %)Configuration Management
61 (2.083 %)E-business
61 (2.083 %)UML
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
148 (100.00 %)PHP
224 (50.00 %)JavaScript
318 (37.50 %)PHP5
47 (14.58 %)PHP4
55 (10.42 %)SQL
63 (6.250 %)ActionScript
71 (2.083 %)Python
71 (2.083 %)Perl
71 (2.083 %)C++
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.083 %)qmail
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (47.92 %)Zend
22 (4.167 %)Mercator
22 (4.167 %)Microsoft
31 (2.083 %)BMC
31 (2.083 %)Red Hat