The first table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Drupal over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Cambridge 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Drupal
Rank 30 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Drupal 6 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.824% - 0.391%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.219% - 3.125%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £253 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £231
% change year-on-year
- +18.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.75 £12.50
% change year-on-year
- +202.00%
All Application Platforms
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
73 86 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.19% 20.28% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 30 14
Average daily rate £280 £300 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £145 £175 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +159.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £35.00 £12.37
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £41.25 £19.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Drupal
Cambridgeshire

Drupal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Drupal Jobs Demand Trend

Drupal
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Drupal Daily Rate Trend

Drupal
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Drupal across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge Drupal Daily Rate Histogram

Drupal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Drupal 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 Drupal.

1 14 (87.50%) PHP
2 13 (81.25%) CSS
3 12 (75.00%) MySQL
4 11 (68.75%) JavaScript
5 10 (62.50%) CMS
6 9 (56.25%) HTML
6 9 (56.25%) jQuery
7 7 (43.75%) PHP5
8 5 (31.25%) Git (software)
8 5 (31.25%) WordPress
8 5 (31.25%) Subversion
8 5 (31.25%) Web Development
8 5 (31.25%) OO
9 4 (25.00%) Linux
9 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
9 4 (25.00%) Degree
9 4 (25.00%) Open Source
10 3 (18.75%) Redis
10 3 (18.75%) concrete5
10 3 (18.75%) Memcached
10 3 (18.75%) MongoDB
10 3 (18.75%) Node.js
10 3 (18.75%) RESTful
10 3 (18.75%) Magento
10 3 (18.75%) JSON
10 3 (18.75%) Symfony
10 3 (18.75%) Zend
10 3 (18.75%) CodeIgniter
10 3 (18.75%) Ajax
10 3 (18.75%) Java EE

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Drupal 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 Drupal. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (81.25%) CSS
2 9 (56.25%) HTML
2 9 (56.25%) jQuery
3 3 (18.75%) Memcached
3 3 (18.75%) Node.js
3 3 (18.75%) RESTful
3 3 (18.75%) JSON
3 3 (18.75%) Symfony
3 3 (18.75%) CodeIgniter
3 3 (18.75%) Ajax
3 3 (18.75%) Java EE
3 3 (18.75%) SOAP
3 3 (18.75%) XML
4 2 (12.50%) XHTML
4 2 (12.50%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 10 (62.50%) CMS
2 5 (31.25%) WordPress
3 3 (18.75%) concrete5
3 3 (18.75%) Magento
3 3 (18.75%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (75.00%) MySQL
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (18.75%) Redis
3 3 (18.75%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Git (software)
1 5 (31.25%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Developer
2 8 (50.00%) PHP Developer
3 5 (31.25%) Web Developer
4 4 (25.00%) PHP Web Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Trainer
6 1 (6.250%) Drupal Developer
6 1 (6.250%) PHP Drupal Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Open Source
2 2 (12.50%) W3C
3 1 (6.250%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Web Development
1 5 (31.25%) OO
2 3 (18.75%) MVC
2 3 (18.75%) SEO
2 3 (18.75%) OOP
2 3 (18.75%) E-Commerce
3 2 (12.50%) OOD
3 2 (12.50%) Web Design
3 2 (12.50%) Information Architecture
4 1 (6.250%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) PHP
2 11 (68.75%) JavaScript
3 7 (43.75%) PHP5
4 3 (18.75%) Java
4 3 (18.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Zend