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The table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills within the England 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDrupal
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank454619
Rank change on same period last yearUp+165
Matching contract IT job ads9722
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.136 %0.022 %
As % of the category below0.624 %0.096 %
Daily rates quoted194
Average minimum daily rate£234£238
Average daily rate£251£244
% change on same period last year+3.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£269£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£258-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£28.60-
Average hourly rate£30.10-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£31.60-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25-
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1554822977
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.72 %23.08 %
Daily rates quoted52727160
Average minimum daily rate£350£362
Average daily rate£376£386
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted9371429
Average minimum hourly rate£29.52£30.19
Average hourly rate£31.65£32.42
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.78£34.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Drupal UKDrupal
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England Drupal Demand Trend

Drupal
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Drupal Daily Rate Trend

Drupal
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Drupal across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England Drupal Daily Rate Histogram

Drupal
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Drupal across the England region.

England Drupal Hourly Rate Trend

Drupal
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Drupal across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England Drupal Hourly 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 England region over the 3 months to 6 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
LondonUp+10244£247+1.45 %
South EastNew entry-23£259-
South WestUp+2912--
YorkshireUp+209£313-
North WestNew entry-7£200-
East MidlandsNew entry-2--
Drupal UKDrupal
UK

Drupal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1140 (81.40 %)PHP
298 (56.98 %)CMS
388 (51.16 %)MySQL
476 (44.19 %)CSS
566 (38.37 %)HTML
656 (32.56 %)XHTML
754 (31.40 %)LAMP
849 (28.49 %)Linux
948 (27.91 %)XML
948 (27.91 %)Content Management
1045 (26.16 %)PHP5
1045 (26.16 %)JavaScript
1134 (19.77 %)Apache
1223 (13.37 %)XSLT
1322 (12.79 %)Red Hat
1421 (12.21 %)AJAX
1520 (11.63 %)Red Hat Linux
1619 (11.05 %)Migration
1718 (10.47 %)WebServices
1718 (10.47 %)Python
1817 (9.884 %)Joomla!
1916 (9.302 %)Subversion
2014 (8.140 %)Tomcat
2112 (6.977 %)Marketing
2210 (5.814 %)Flash
239 (5.233 %)Data Migration
248 (4.651 %)E-Commerce
257 (4.070 %)Internet
257 (4.070 %)Publishing
257 (4.070 %)WordPress

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
176 (44.19 %)CSS
266 (38.37 %)HTML
356 (32.56 %)XHTML
454 (31.40 %)LAMP
548 (27.91 %)XML
623 (13.37 %)XSLT
721 (12.21 %)AJAX
818 (10.47 %)WebServices
96 (3.488 %)Symfony
105 (2.907 %)Google Maps API
114 (2.326 %)MVC
114 (2.326 %)JSON
114 (2.326 %)Adobe Flex
123 (1.744 %)Ruby on Rails
123 (1.744 %).NET
131 (0.581 %)ASP.NET
131 (0.581 %)SOAP
131 (0.581 %)DOM
131 (0.581 %)Hibernate
131 (0.581 %)Spring
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
198 (56.98 %)CMS
234 (19.77 %)Apache
317 (9.884 %)Joomla!
414 (8.140 %)Tomcat
57 (4.070 %)WordPress
62 (1.163 %)Plone
71 (0.581 %)Mambo
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (3.488 %)Photoshop
21 (0.581 %)Shockwave
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (4.070 %)Internet
26 (3.488 %)Intranet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
188 (51.16 %)MySQL
21 (0.581 %)SQL Server
21 (0.581 %)PostgreSQL
21 (0.581 %)SQL Server 2005
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (9.302 %)Subversion
210 (5.814 %)Flash
31 (0.581 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.581 %)Visual Studio
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (6.977 %)Marketing
27 (4.070 %)Publishing
36 (3.488 %)Education
45 (2.907 %)Finance
53 (1.744 %)Advertising
62 (1.163 %)Multimedia
71 (0.581 %)Pensions
71 (0.581 %)Telecoms
71 (0.581 %)Automotive
71 (0.581 %)Government
71 (0.581 %)Health
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1155 (90.12 %)Developer
299 (57.56 %)PHP Developer
335 (20.35 %)Web Developer
418 (10.47 %)PHP Web Developer
512 (6.977 %)MySQL Developer
69 (5.233 %)LAMP Developer
78 (4.651 %)Senior Developer
84 (2.326 %)Web Editor
84 (2.326 %)Senior PHP Developer
92 (1.163 %)Intranet Developer
92 (1.163 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
92 (1.163 %)Project Manager
92 (1.163 %)Web Designer
92 (1.163 %)Senior Web Developer
92 (1.163 %)Interface Designer
92 (1.163 %)Java Developer
101 (0.581 %).NET Developer
101 (0.581 %)C# Developer
101 (0.581 %)Senior Project Manager
101 (0.581 %)ASP.NET Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (4.070 %)Web 2.0
17 (4.070 %)Social Network
26 (3.488 %)Streaming Video
31 (0.581 %)Taxonomies
31 (0.581 %)Computer Science
31 (0.581 %)Blog
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
149 (28.49 %)Linux
220 (11.63 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (0.581 %)Windows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
148 (27.91 %)Content Management
219 (11.05 %)Migration
39 (5.233 %)Data Migration
48 (4.651 %)E-Commerce
56 (3.488 %)OOP
56 (3.488 %)OO
56 (3.488 %)Web Development
64 (2.326 %)Test Scripting
64 (2.326 %)SEO
72 (1.163 %)Web Design
72 (1.163 %)OOD
72 (1.163 %)Project Management
81 (0.581 %)PRINCE2
81 (0.581 %)Web Analytics
81 (0.581 %)Email Marketing
81 (0.581 %)Digital Marketing
81 (0.581 %)User Acceptance Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1140 (81.40 %)PHP
245 (26.16 %)JavaScript
245 (26.16 %)PHP5
318 (10.47 %)Python
44 (2.326 %)DHTML
53 (1.744 %)Ruby
53 (1.744 %)PHP4
62 (1.163 %)Java
62 (1.163 %)SQL
62 (1.163 %)ActionScript
71 (0.581 %)Perl
71 (0.581 %)C
71 (0.581 %)C#
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (4.070 %)Degree
21 (0.581 %)PRINCE2 Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (12.79 %)Red Hat
27 (4.070 %)Zend
36 (3.488 %)Google
43 (1.744 %)Adobe
52 (1.163 %)Macromedia
61 (0.581 %)HP
61 (0.581 %)Yahoo!
61 (0.581 %)Sybase