The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Zend products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Zend over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the West Midlands region.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Zend Technologies Ltd.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Zend
Rank 93 92 90
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing Zend 3 17 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.178% 0.757% 0.215%
As % of the Vendors category 0.347% 1.533% 0.496%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 4
Average daily rate - £225 £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £294 £290 £225
% change year-on-year
+1.29% +28.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £28.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 £190.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-85.00% +783.72%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
865 1109 807
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.46% 49.35% 43.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 456 325
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 99 87
Average hourly rate £19.50 £16.85 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.70% +14.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Zend
England

Zend
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Zend across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands Zend Jobs Demand Trend

Zend
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Zend across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Zend Daily Rate Trend

Zend
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Zend within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Coventry 0 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Zend
England

Zend
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 6 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (83.33%) Zend Framework
3 4 (66.67%) MySQL
4 3 (50.00%) LAMP
5 2 (33.33%) REST
5 2 (33.33%) OO
6 1 (16.67%) Apache
6 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
6 1 (16.67%) Automotive
6 1 (16.67%) TDD
6 1 (16.67%) Retail
6 1 (16.67%) Data Management
6 1 (16.67%) Subversion
6 1 (16.67%) Ajax
6 1 (16.67%) JSON
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 1 (16.67%) SOAP
6 1 (16.67%) Web Services
6 1 (16.67%) XML
6 1 (16.67%) Linux
6 1 (16.67%) OOP
6 1 (16.67%) SQL
6 1 (16.67%) HTML
6 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 1 (16.67%) WebKit
6 1 (16.67%) Web Application Development
6 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
6 1 (16.67%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (16.67%) jQuery
6 1 (16.67%) Time Management

Zend
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) Zend Framework
2 3 (50.00%) LAMP
3 2 (33.33%) REST
4 1 (16.67%) Ajax
4 1 (16.67%) JSON
4 1 (16.67%) SOAP
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) WebKit
4 1 (16.67%) CodeIgniter
4 1 (16.67%) jQuery
4 1 (16.67%) Smarty
4 1 (16.67%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Apache
1 1 (16.67%) Magento
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Subversion
General
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) PHP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) OOP
2 1 (16.67%) Web Application Development
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript