PHP Zend Developer Contract Job Trends

PHP Zend Developer
UK

The median PHP Zend Developer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Zend Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 45,859 27,036 40,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.35% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,926 17,399 25,887
10th Percentile £325 £287 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,063 1,119 2,897
10th Percentile £15.15 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.84 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.61 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.73% -25.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.47 £61.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -5.88%

PHP Zend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PHP Zend Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PHP Zend Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

PHP Zend Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PHP Zend Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PHP Zend Developer job vacancies in the UK

PHP Zend Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PHP Zend Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PHP Zend Developer job vacancies in the UK

PHP Zend Developer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, PHP Zend Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring PHP Zend Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Doctrine
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Virgin Media
1 1 (100.00%) Zend

PHP Zend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Doctrine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Virgin Media
1 1 (100.00%) Zend