The first table below looks at the demand for WordPress skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WordPress over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WordPress
Rank 41 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing WordPress 6 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.240% 0.156% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.897% 0.909% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £225 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £213 £275 £225
% change year-on-year
-22.72% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £83.31 £24.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+247.12% +6.66%
All Application Platforms
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
87 110 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 17.98% 17.19% 23.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 58 68
Average daily rate £363 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £183 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £400 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
Average hourly rate £12.00 £30.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% +172.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
WordPress
West Midlands

WordPress
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WordPress across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Birmingham WordPress Jobs Demand Trend

WordPress
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham WordPress Daily Rate Trend

WordPress
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WordPress across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Birmingham WordPress Daily Rate Histogram

WordPress
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing WordPress 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 WordPress.

1 4 (57.14%) PHP
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) CMS
3 2 (28.57%) Publishing
3 2 (28.57%) MySQL
3 2 (28.57%) Photoshop
3 2 (28.57%) Joomla!
3 2 (28.57%) Drupal
3 2 (28.57%) Google
3 2 (28.57%) Social Media
4 1 (14.29%) Facebook
4 1 (14.29%) Twitter
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
4 1 (14.29%) Internet Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Online Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Open Source
4 1 (14.29%) Web Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) SEO
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) Ajax

WordPress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing WordPress 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 WordPress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) CMS
2 2 (28.57%) Joomla!
2 2 (28.57%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MySQL
General
1 2 (28.57%) Publishing
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Web Developer
3 2 (28.57%) PHP Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Web Editor
4 1 (14.29%) PHP Web Developer
4 1 (14.29%) PHP Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) Web Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) Drupal Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Joomla! Developer
4 1 (14.29%) PHP Joomla! Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Web Marketing Specialist
4 1 (14.29%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Social Media
2 1 (14.29%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) SEO
2 1 (14.29%) Web Development
2 1 (14.29%) Internet Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Online Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Web Marketing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PHP
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Facebook
2 1 (14.29%) Twitter
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