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The table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Drupal over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDrupal
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank58-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.450 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£309-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25-
% change on same period last year-
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads222221
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.314 %0.224 %
Daily rates quoted3635
Average minimum daily rate£314£308
Average daily rate£325£325
% change on same period last year-0.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted1518
Average minimum hourly rate£28.13£29.06
Average hourly rate£30.85£31.42
% change on same period last year-1.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.57£33.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£31.98
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
Drupal North WestDrupal
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Drupal
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Drupal across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cheshire Drupal Demand Trend

Drupal
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Drupal within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonNew entry-1--
Drupal North WestDrupal
North West

Drupal
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)OO
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
11 (100.00 %)CMS
11 (100.00 %)PHP5
11 (100.00 %)PHP4

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)CMS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)PHP Developer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)OO
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)PHP5
11 (100.00 %)PHP4