Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Symfony skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symfony over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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.

LinkSymfony
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank514591927
Rank change year-on-year
Up+77Up+336
Matching permanent IT job ads1647937
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.191 %0.093 %0.018 %
As % of the Application Development category0.524 %0.268 %0.056 %
Salaries quoted1377234
Average salary£36,500£36,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.380 %+20.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,900£30,000£23,750
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£36,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,500£33,250
% change year-on-year
+1.440 %+3.750 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

Symfony
Demand Trend

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

Symfony Demand Trend

Symfony
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Symfony within the UK.

Symfony Salary Trend

Symfony
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Symfony over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Symfony Salary Histogram

Symfony
Top 26 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Symfony within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+74161£37,000+2.77 %
LondonUp+49139£37,500-11.76 %
City of LondonDown-4020£37,500-21.05 %
South EastUp+617£40,000-17.94 %
KentNew entry-6£40,000-
SurreyUp+105£50,000-6.97 %
East of EnglandDown-53£25,500-27.14 %
South WalesNew entry-3£35,000-
WalesNew entry-3£35,000-
CardiffNew entry-3£35,000-
Milton KeynesNew entry-3£30,000-
WeybridgeNew entry-3--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-3£30,000-
BerkshireNo change02£41,500+37.19 %
NorfolkNew entry-2£25,500-
NorwichNew entry-2£25,500-
HampshireNew entry-2£45,000-
South WestUp+51£27,500-15.38 %
East MidlandsUp+31£25,000-21.87 %
FarnboroughNew entry-1£40,000-
WiltshireNew entry-1£27,500-
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1£25,000-
CambridgeshireNew entry-1£27,500-
SloughNew entry-1£33,000-
MaidstoneNew entry-1£35,000-
CambridgeNew entry-1£27,500-

Symfony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Symfony.

1278 (94.24 %)PHP
2191 (64.75 %)MySQL
3166 (56.27 %)MVC
4157 (53.22 %)CSS
5146 (49.49 %)PHP5
6143 (48.47 %)OO
7139 (47.12 %)JavaScript
8121 (41.02 %)Zend
9118 (40.00 %)HTML
1095 (32.20 %)Drupal
1185 (28.81 %)Linux
1277 (26.10 %)Web Development
1376 (25.76 %)jQuery
1474 (25.08 %)Agile Software Development
1572 (24.41 %)XHTML
1667 (22.71 %)Subversion
1765 (22.03 %)AJAX
1861 (20.68 %)LAMP
1960 (20.34 %)Apache
1960 (20.34 %)CakePHP
2045 (15.25 %)E-Commerce
2144 (14.92 %)XML
2242 (14.24 %)YUI
2340 (13.56 %)UNIX
2439 (13.22 %)SEO
2536 (12.20 %)CMS
2635 (11.86 %)OOP
2733 (11.19 %)Scrum
2829 (9.831 %)Publishing
2829 (9.831 %)SOA

Symfony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Symfony. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1157 (53.22 %)CSS
2118 (40.00 %)HTML
376 (25.76 %)jQuery
472 (24.41 %)XHTML
565 (22.03 %)AJAX
661 (20.68 %)LAMP
760 (20.34 %)CakePHP
844 (14.92 %)XML
942 (14.24 %)YUI
1023 (7.797 %)Spring
1122 (7.458 %)SOAP
1216 (5.424 %)Flash
1216 (5.424 %)Hibernate
1315 (5.085 %)CodeIgniter
1315 (5.085 %)J2EE
1413 (4.407 %)Web Services
1413 (4.407 %)JSON
1511 (3.729 %)J2SE
168 (2.712 %).NET
177 (2.373 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
195 (32.20 %)Drupal
260 (20.34 %)Apache
336 (12.20 %)CMS
420 (6.780 %)Joomla!
511 (3.729 %)Apache Solr
66 (2.034 %)Magento
75 (1.695 %)Alfresco
83 (1.017 %)WordPress
83 (1.017 %)Tomcat
92 (0.678 %)SharePoint
92 (0.678 %)Sitecore CMS
101 (0.339 %)nginx
101 (0.339 %)ExpressionEngine
101 (0.339 %)ColdFusion
101 (0.339 %)ColdFusion MX
101 (0.339 %)IIS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
114 (4.746 %)Photoshop
22 (0.678 %)MS Excel
22 (0.678 %)MS Visio
31 (0.339 %)Fireworks
31 (0.339 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.339 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (5.424 %)Internet
27 (2.373 %)HTTP
34 (1.356 %)Extranet
34 (1.356 %)Intranet
42 (0.678 %)DNS
42 (0.678 %)HTTPS
42 (0.678 %)FTP
51 (0.339 %)SMS
51 (0.339 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.339 %)SSH
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1191 (64.75 %)MySQL
25 (1.695 %)SQL Server
25 (1.695 %)PostgreSQL
34 (1.356 %)RDBMS
42 (0.678 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
167 (22.71 %)Subversion
210 (3.390 %)Git (software)
38 (2.712 %)PHPUnit
44 (1.356 %)Selenium
52 (0.678 %)Bugzilla
61 (0.339 %)Eclipse
61 (0.339 %)Firebug
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (9.831 %)Publishing
228 (9.492 %)Multimedia
311 (3.729 %)Pensions
410 (3.390 %)Finance
410 (3.390 %)Education
59 (3.051 %)Music
68 (2.712 %)Health
77 (2.373 %)Insurance
86 (2.034 %)Marketing
92 (0.678 %)Telecoms
92 (0.678 %)Social Media
92 (0.678 %)Games
92 (0.678 %)Construction
101 (0.339 %)Retail
101 (0.339 %)Graphic Design
101 (0.339 %)Online Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1283 (95.93 %)Developer
2215 (72.88 %)PHP Developer
342 (14.24 %)Web Developer
435 (11.86 %)Front-End Developer
533 (11.19 %)Senior Developer
627 (9.153 %)Senior PHP Developer
716 (5.424 %)Lead Developer
814 (4.746 %)Front-End Web Developer
911 (3.729 %)PHP Web Developer
108 (2.712 %)LAMP Developer
108 (2.712 %)Lead PHP Developer
115 (1.695 %)Project Manager
124 (1.356 %)Administrator
133 (1.017 %)Support Consultant
133 (1.017 %)Consultant
133 (1.017 %)Lead Web Developer
142 (0.678 %)Web Manager
142 (0.678 %)Programmer
142 (0.678 %)Technical Support
142 (0.678 %)Technical Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (5.763 %)Web 2.0
211 (3.729 %)W3C
211 (3.729 %)Social Network
39 (3.051 %)Computer Science
48 (2.712 %)Mathematics
56 (2.034 %)Open Source
63 (1.017 %)Client/Server
72 (0.678 %)Wiki
72 (0.678 %)Blog
81 (0.339 %)iPhone
81 (0.339 %)Streaming Video
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
185 (28.81 %)Linux
240 (13.56 %)UNIX
33 (1.017 %)Ubuntu
42 (0.678 %)Red Hat Linux
42 (0.678 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
42 (0.678 %)Windows
42 (0.678 %)Solaris
51 (0.339 %)Mac OS X
51 (0.339 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1166 (56.27 %)MVC
2143 (48.47 %)OO
377 (26.10 %)Web Development
474 (25.08 %)Agile Software Development
545 (15.25 %)E-Commerce
639 (13.22 %)SEO
735 (11.86 %)OOP
833 (11.19 %)Scrum
929 (9.831 %)SOA
1023 (7.797 %)Content Management
1122 (7.458 %)Unit Testing
1217 (5.763 %)Migration
1314 (4.746 %)TDD
1413 (4.407 %)Continuous Integration
159 (3.051 %)Project Management
167 (2.373 %)Software Architecture
175 (1.695 %)Web Design
184 (1.356 %)RAD
184 (1.356 %)Web Usability
184 (1.356 %)Online Marketing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1278 (94.24 %)PHP
2146 (49.49 %)PHP5
3139 (47.12 %)JavaScript
423 (7.797 %)Java
516 (5.424 %)SQL
613 (4.407 %)Perl
711 (3.729 %)ActionScript
86 (2.034 %)C
94 (1.356 %)Python
94 (1.356 %)PL/SQL
94 (1.356 %)Ruby
103 (1.017 %)XPath
103 (1.017 %)PHP4
103 (1.017 %)ActionScript 3.0
112 (0.678 %)C#
121 (0.339 %)Objective-C
121 (0.339 %)ActionScript 2.0
121 (0.339 %)Bash shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
123 (7.797 %)Degree
22 (0.678 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (0.678 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.712 %)QA
23 (1.017 %)WAI
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.678 %)NFS
12 (0.678 %)VMware Infrastructure
12 (0.678 %)qmail
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1121 (41.02 %)Zend
219 (6.441 %)Mercator
39 (3.051 %)Yahoo!
43 (1.017 %)Oracle
43 (1.017 %)Adobe
52 (0.678 %)BMC
52 (0.678 %)Red Hat
52 (0.678 %)Microsoft
52 (0.678 %)VMware
52 (0.678 %)Sitecore
61 (0.339 %)Apple