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The table below looks at the demand for Symfony skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Symfony over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSymfony
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank529630
Rank change on same period last yearUp+101
Matching contract IT job ads357
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.217 %0.030 %
Daily rates quoted103
Average minimum daily rate£258£263
Average daily rate£286£297
% change on same period last year-3.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£330
UK excluding London average daily rate-£270
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£27.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50-
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1614623667
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.01 %24.48 %
Daily rates quoted53407183
Average minimum daily rate£349£359
Average daily rate£374£383
% change on same period last year-2.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£406
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted9841442
Average minimum hourly rate£29.16£29.99
Average hourly rate£31.22£32.11
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.29£34.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.79£32.03
% change on same period last year-3.85 %

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.

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 15 October 2008.

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 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+11935£286-3.76 %
LondonUp+9524£286-18.42 %
OxfordshireNew entry-8--
South EastNew entry-8--
South WestNew entry-2--
City of LondonNew entry-2£313-
OxfordNew entry-2--
GloucestershireNew entry-1--
West YorkshireNew entry-1--
YorkshireUp+201--
BristolNew entry-1--

Symfony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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.

160 (95.24 %)PHP
247 (74.60 %)MySQL
341 (65.08 %)PHP5
431 (49.21 %)Zend
529 (46.03 %)CSS
626 (41.27 %)XHTML
725 (39.68 %)AJAX
820 (31.75 %)JavaScript
919 (30.16 %)OO
1016 (25.40 %)Apache
1016 (25.40 %)Linux
1114 (22.22 %)CMS
1212 (19.05 %)HTML
1311 (17.46 %)MVC
1410 (15.87 %)E-Commerce
1410 (15.87 %)PHP4
159 (14.29 %)Social Network
159 (14.29 %)LAMP
159 (14.29 %)Subversion
168 (12.70 %)Red Hat
168 (12.70 %)XML
168 (12.70 %)jQuery
168 (12.70 %)Red Hat Linux
168 (12.70 %)QA
177 (11.11 %)OOP
177 (11.11 %)Construction
186 (9.524 %)Publishing
186 (9.524 %)BMC
186 (9.524 %)Configuration Management
186 (9.524 %)NFS

Symfony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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
129 (46.03 %)CSS
226 (41.27 %)XHTML
325 (39.68 %)AJAX
412 (19.05 %)HTML
511 (17.46 %)MVC
69 (14.29 %)LAMP
78 (12.70 %)XML
78 (12.70 %)jQuery
86 (9.524 %)Drupal
95 (7.937 %)Google Maps API
104 (6.349 %)YUI
104 (6.349 %)Ruby on Rails
104 (6.349 %)Zend Framework
104 (6.349 %).NET
104 (6.349 %)ASP.NET
113 (4.762 %)CodeIgniter
113 (4.762 %)XSLT
121 (1.587 %)CakePHP
121 (1.587 %)script.aculo.us
121 (1.587 %)DOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (25.40 %)Apache
214 (22.22 %)CMS
36 (9.524 %)Joomla!
45 (7.937 %)WordPress
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (3.175 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
147 (74.60 %)MySQL
25 (7.937 %)PostgreSQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (14.29 %)Subversion
24 (6.349 %)Eclipse
31 (1.587 %)Flash
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (11.11 %)Construction
26 (9.524 %)Publishing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
154 (85.71 %)Developer
247 (74.60 %)PHP Developer
35 (7.937 %)Linux Systems Administrator
35 (7.937 %)Linux Administrator
35 (7.937 %)Systems Administrator
35 (7.937 %)Administrator
44 (6.349 %)PHP Web Developer
44 (6.349 %)Web Developer
52 (3.175 %)Senior Developer
61 (1.587 %)Support Engineer
61 (1.587 %)MySQL Developer
61 (1.587 %)Senior PHP Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (14.29 %)Social Network
23 (4.762 %)Web 2.0
32 (3.175 %)W3C
32 (3.175 %)SCORM
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (25.40 %)Linux
28 (12.70 %)Red Hat Linux
36 (9.524 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
36 (9.524 %)Solaris
42 (3.175 %)UNIX
51 (1.587 %)Windows
51 (1.587 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (30.16 %)OO
210 (15.87 %)E-Commerce
37 (11.11 %)OOP
46 (9.524 %)Configuration Management
55 (7.937 %)Performance Testing
62 (3.175 %)Web Development
71 (1.587 %)Scrum
71 (1.587 %)OOD
71 (1.587 %)ITIL
71 (1.587 %)UML
71 (1.587 %)Continuous Integration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
160 (95.24 %)PHP
241 (65.08 %)PHP5
320 (31.75 %)JavaScript
410 (15.87 %)PHP4
55 (7.937 %)Ruby
64 (6.349 %)XPath
64 (6.349 %)C#
64 (6.349 %)XQuery
71 (1.587 %)SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (12.70 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (9.524 %)NFS
25 (7.937 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (49.21 %)Zend
28 (12.70 %)Red Hat
36 (9.524 %)BMC
45 (7.937 %)Google
45 (7.937 %)Mercator
45 (7.937 %)VMware
51 (1.587 %)Yahoo!
51 (1.587 %)Oracle
51 (1.587 %)Apple