The first table below looks at the demand for WordPress 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 WordPress over the 3 months to 19 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WordPress
Rank 109 123 126
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +3
Contract jobs citing WordPress 9 13 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.407% 0.430% 0.144%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.284% 2.519% 0.723%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 3
Average daily rate £175 £190 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £145 £190 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £190 £260
UK excluding London average daily rate £210 £275 £225
% change year-on-year
-23.63% +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
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
394 516 553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.82% 17.09% 19.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 239 258
Average daily rate £300 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £233 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 45 40
Average hourly rate £23.08 £22.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.57% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.55 £12.00 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.62 £35.00 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
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England

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England WordPress Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England WordPress Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WordPress across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England WordPress Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WordPress across the East of England region.

East of England WordPress Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridgeshire +8 7 £225 - 1
Hertfordshire - 1 £175 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £175 - 1
Norfolk - - - - 1
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 17 (100.00%) CSS
2 15 (88.24%) PHP
3 13 (76.47%) HTML
3 13 (76.47%) MySQL
4 9 (52.94%) JavaScript
5 8 (47.06%) jQuery
6 7 (41.18%) PHP5
6 7 (41.18%) CMS
7 6 (35.29%) JSON
7 6 (35.29%) XML
7 6 (35.29%) Ajax
7 6 (35.29%) Drupal
7 6 (35.29%) concrete5
8 5 (29.41%) Git (software)
8 5 (29.41%) Linux
8 5 (29.41%) OO
8 5 (29.41%) Subversion
9 4 (23.53%) SEO
9 4 (23.53%) Apache
9 4 (23.53%) HTML5
10 3 (17.65%) RESTful
10 3 (17.65%) Java EE
10 3 (17.65%) Node.js
10 3 (17.65%) Memcached
10 3 (17.65%) MongoDB
10 3 (17.65%) Redis
10 3 (17.65%) OOP
10 3 (17.65%) DHTML
10 3 (17.65%) Java
10 3 (17.65%) SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 17 (100.00%) CSS
2 13 (76.47%) HTML
3 8 (47.06%) jQuery
4 6 (35.29%) JSON
4 6 (35.29%) XML
4 6 (35.29%) Ajax
5 4 (23.53%) HTML5
6 3 (17.65%) RESTful
6 3 (17.65%) Java EE
6 3 (17.65%) Node.js
6 3 (17.65%) Memcached
6 3 (17.65%) DHTML
6 3 (17.65%) SOAP
6 3 (17.65%) Symfony
6 3 (17.65%) CodeIgniter
7 2 (11.76%) WAMP
8 1 (5.882%) CSS3
8 1 (5.882%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) CMS
2 6 (35.29%) Drupal
2 6 (35.29%) concrete5
3 4 (23.53%) Apache
4 1 (5.882%) CubeCart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (76.47%) MySQL
2 3 (17.65%) MongoDB
2 3 (17.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Git (software)
1 5 (29.41%) Subversion
General
1 1 (5.882%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Developer
2 11 (64.71%) PHP Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Web Developer
4 3 (17.65%) PHP Web Developer
5 2 (11.76%) PHP Programmer
5 2 (11.76%) Programmer
5 2 (11.76%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (5.882%) CSS Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Drupal Developer
6 1 (5.882%) PHP Drupal Developer
6 1 (5.882%) UI Developer
6 1 (5.882%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 1 (5.882%) UI Programmer
6 1 (5.882%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.882%) HTML Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Senior PHP Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Web Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Open Source
2 1 (5.882%) Social Media
2 1 (5.882%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) OO
2 4 (23.53%) SEO
3 3 (17.65%) OOP
3 3 (17.65%) MVC
4 2 (11.76%) OOD
4 2 (11.76%) Information Architecture
5 1 (5.882%) Web Development
5 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) PHP
2 9 (52.94%) JavaScript
3 7 (41.18%) PHP5
4 3 (17.65%) Java
4 3 (17.65%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Zend
Suffolk
Key skills required: * Strong PHP5 skills * Extensive experience on MySQL and JavaScript * Strong XHTML and CSS skills You will need to be able to work under pressure to...
Reed Technology
Salary: £225 - £275 per day + negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013
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