The first table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Drupal over the 3 months to 17 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 East of England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Drupal
Rank 81 127 129
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +2
Contract jobs citing Drupal 34 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.578% 0.068% 0.114%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.673% 0.433% 0.619%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 0 2
Average daily rate £300 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £236
% change year-on-year
- +16.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £37.75 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-50.99% +202.00%
All Application Platforms
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
392 462 485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.20% 15.68% 18.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 225 222
Average daily rate £315 £362 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.86% +4.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £209 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 44 53
Average hourly rate £23.50 £20.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.50% +42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £34.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Drupal
England

Drupal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Drupal Daily Rate Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Norfolk - 17 £300 -
Cambridgeshire - 13 £300 -
Bedfordshire - 3 £200 -
Suffolk - 1 £250 -
Drupal
England

Drupal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 72 (92.31%) PHP
2 71 (91.03%) CSS
3 65 (83.33%) JavaScript
4 56 (71.79%) jQuery
5 42 (53.85%) HTML
6 34 (43.59%) CSS3
7 32 (41.03%) HTML5
8 27 (34.62%) XHTML
9 22 (28.21%) MySQL
10 21 (26.92%) Publishing
11 19 (24.36%) Unit Testing
12 18 (23.08%) Photoshop
13 15 (19.23%) Code Coverage
14 14 (17.95%) TDD
15 13 (16.67%) CMS
16 12 (15.38%) Web Development
17 10 (12.82%) Linux
18 9 (11.54%) SOAP
18 9 (11.54%) Mercator
18 9 (11.54%) Content Management
19 8 (10.26%) PHP5
19 8 (10.26%) OO
19 8 (10.26%) Apache
19 8 (10.26%) Git (software)
20 7 (8.974%) SharePoint
21 6 (7.692%) MVC
21 6 (7.692%) Zend
21 6 (7.692%) CodeIgniter
21 6 (7.692%) RESTful
22 5 (6.410%) Subversion

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 71 (91.03%) CSS
2 56 (71.79%) jQuery
3 42 (53.85%) HTML
4 34 (43.59%) CSS3
5 32 (41.03%) HTML5
6 27 (34.62%) XHTML
7 9 (11.54%) SOAP
8 6 (7.692%) CodeIgniter
8 6 (7.692%) RESTful
9 4 (5.128%) XML
10 3 (3.846%) Web Services
10 3 (3.846%) LAMP
10 3 (3.846%) Ajax
10 3 (3.846%) Java EE
10 3 (3.846%) JSON
10 3 (3.846%) Symfony
10 3 (3.846%) Memcached
10 3 (3.846%) Node.js
10 3 (3.846%) REST
Application Platforms
1 13 (16.67%) CMS
2 8 (10.26%) Apache
3 7 (8.974%) SharePoint
4 5 (6.410%) WordPress
5 3 (3.846%) Magento
5 3 (3.846%) concrete5
6 1 (1.282%) IIS
6 1 (1.282%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 18 (23.08%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (28.21%) MySQL
2 5 (6.410%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.846%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.846%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (10.26%) Git (software)
2 5 (6.410%) Subversion
3 3 (3.846%) Selenium
General
1 21 (26.92%) Publishing
2 1 (1.282%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (94.87%) Developer
2 37 (47.44%) PHP Developer
3 35 (44.87%) Drupal Developer
4 22 (28.21%) PHP Drupal Developer
4 22 (28.21%) Front-End Developer
5 11 (14.10%) Web Developer
6 7 (8.974%) Software Developer
7 6 (7.692%) PHP Web Developer
8 3 (3.846%) Trainer
9 1 (1.282%) Front-End Web Developer
9 1 (1.282%) PHP Programmer
9 1 (1.282%) Web Programmer
9 1 (1.282%) JavaScript Developer
9 1 (1.282%) Consultant
9 1 (1.282%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.128%) Open Source
2 3 (3.846%) Semantic Web
3 2 (2.564%) W3C
3 2 (2.564%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.36%) Unit Testing
2 15 (19.23%) Code Coverage
3 14 (17.95%) TDD
4 12 (15.38%) Web Development
5 9 (11.54%) Content Management
6 8 (10.26%) OO
7 6 (7.692%) MVC
8 4 (5.128%) E-Commerce
9 3 (3.846%) OOP
9 3 (3.846%) RDF
9 3 (3.846%) SEO
9 3 (3.846%) Workflow
9 3 (3.846%) Waterfall
10 2 (2.564%) Information Architecture
10 2 (2.564%) Web Design
10 2 (2.564%) OOD
11 1 (1.282%) Migration
11 1 (1.282%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (92.31%) PHP
2 65 (83.33%) JavaScript
3 8 (10.26%) PHP5
4 3 (3.846%) SPARQL
4 3 (3.846%) Java
4 3 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.410%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (1.282%) Varnish
Vendors
1 9 (11.54%) Mercator
2 6 (7.692%) Zend
3 1 (1.282%) Twitter