The first table below looks at the demand for the Drupal Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Drupal Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Drupal Developer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Drupal Developer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
422 591 448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 93.78% 95.02% 91.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 321 251
Average daily rate £339 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 37 29
Average hourly rate £16.25 £14.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £33.00 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Drupal Developer
West Midlands

Drupal Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Drupal Developer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Drupal Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Drupal Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Drupal Developer across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Drupal Developer Daily Rate Trend

Drupal Developer
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Drupal Developer in their job title 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 with Drupal Developer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Git (software)
1 1 (100.00%) Pressflow

Drupal Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Drupal Developer in their job title 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 with Drupal Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
1 1 (100.00%) Pressflow
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git (software)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will be involved in developing leading edge web based applications using PHP and a variety of web tools. Ideally you will be able to demonstrate commercial experience...
Applause IT Ltd
Rate: £220 - £260 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Main skill sought - PHP/Web Development, Drupal, MySQL, CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript Experienced PHP contractor sought by this prestigious advertising agency. You will be involved in developing leading edge...
Applause IT Innovation
Rate: £220 - £260 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013