zsh (Z shell)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for zsh skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited zsh over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 586 688 858
Rank change year-on-year +102 +170 -
Contract jobs citing zsh 4 15 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.025% 0.002%
As % of the System Software category 0.085% 0.19% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £485 £464 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £525 £504 -
90th Percentile £570 £515 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 -
% change year-on-year -1.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.50 -

All System Software Skills
UK

zsh is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,687 7,820 12,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.80% 13.20% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,208 5,587 8,621
10th Percentile £200 £204 £200
25th Percentile £340 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% - +8.47%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -4.17% +6.67% +6.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 276 319
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.23 £13.22
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -
75th Percentile £60.75 £66.00 £45.13
90th Percentile £79.60 £75.25 £60.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.98 £43.75 £18.12
% change year-on-year -52.06% +141.51% +2.93%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing zsh as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for zsh in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing zsh.

Daily rate trend for zsh in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing zsh over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for zsh in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing zsh.

Hourly rate trend for zsh in the UK

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Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing zsh within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +116 4 £493 -1.50% 2
UK excluding London +47 4 £493 -1.50%
East of England +9 4 £493 -1.50%
Work from Home +121 3 £485 -3.48% 2

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) GCP
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (75.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce Developer
3 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) GCP Developer
3 2 (50.00%) GCP Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) GCP Software Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) JavaScript Developer
3 2 (50.00%) JavaScript Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
4 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (25.00%) Java Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Java Software Developer
4 1 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 4 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 4 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) B2B
2 3 (75.00%) B2C
3 1 (25.00%) Mob Programming
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bash
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (25.00%) Java
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Google