The first table below looks at the demand for Joomla! skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Joomla! over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Joomla!
Rank 484 507 528
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +21
Contract jobs citing Joomla! 30 63 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.071% 0.116% 0.065%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.389% 0.706% 0.386%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 37 10
Average daily rate £275 £325 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £199 £150 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £350 £351
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £300 £213
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +41.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 3
Average hourly rate - £18.25 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -27.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -30.00%
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
7707 8923 9320
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.26% 16.45% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4417 5031 5035
Average daily rate £363 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 442 414 520
Average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Joomla!
UK

Joomla!
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Joomla! Jobs Demand Trend

Joomla!
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Joomla! Daily Rate Trend

Joomla!
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Joomla! across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Joomla! Daily Rate Histogram

Joomla!
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Joomla! Hourly Rate Trend

Joomla!
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Joomla! within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
South East +13 7 £200 -39.39%
London +25 6 £325 -13.33%
North West +2 6 £300 -7.69%
South West +28 4 - -
West Midlands +4 2 £250 +75.43%
East of England +15 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Joomla!
UK

Joomla!
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Joomla! 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 Joomla!.

1 47 (75.81%) PHP
2 44 (70.97%) CMS
3 37 (59.68%) CSS
4 34 (54.84%) WordPress
5 29 (46.77%) JavaScript
5 29 (46.77%) HTML
5 29 (46.77%) Drupal
6 23 (37.10%) jQuery
6 23 (37.10%) MySQL
7 14 (22.58%) Zend
8 11 (17.74%) MVC
8 11 (17.74%) HTML5
8 11 (17.74%) CSS3
9 10 (16.13%) SQL
9 10 (16.13%) Linux
10 9 (14.52%) Photoshop
10 9 (14.52%) .NET
10 9 (14.52%) Content Management
10 9 (14.52%) CodeIgniter
10 9 (14.52%) PHP5
10 9 (14.52%) Open Source
11 8 (12.90%) LAMP
12 7 (11.29%) Marketing
12 7 (11.29%) Flash
13 6 (9.677%) E-Commerce
13 6 (9.677%) Adobe
13 6 (9.677%) OOP
13 6 (9.677%) Web Services
13 6 (9.677%) CakePHP
13 6 (9.677%) Subversion

Joomla!
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Joomla! 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 Joomla!. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 37 (59.68%) CSS
2 29 (46.77%) HTML
3 23 (37.10%) jQuery
4 11 (17.74%) HTML5
4 11 (17.74%) CSS3
5 9 (14.52%) .NET
5 9 (14.52%) CodeIgniter
6 8 (12.90%) LAMP
7 7 (11.29%) Flash
8 6 (9.677%) Web Services
8 6 (9.677%) CakePHP
9 5 (8.065%) Ajax
9 5 (8.065%) XML
9 5 (8.065%) XHTML
10 4 (6.452%) ASP
10 4 (6.452%) ASP.NET
10 4 (6.452%) JSON
10 4 (6.452%) Zend Framework
10 4 (6.452%) Symfony
10 4 (6.452%) Django
Application Platforms
1 44 (70.97%) CMS
2 34 (54.84%) WordPress
3 29 (46.77%) Drupal
4 5 (8.065%) ExpressionEngine
4 5 (8.065%) Apache
5 4 (6.452%) Umbraco
5 4 (6.452%) Magento
6 3 (4.839%) Orchard CMS
6 3 (4.839%) IIS
6 3 (4.839%) ColdFusion
7 2 (3.226%) SharePoint
7 2 (3.226%) Adobe CQ
7 2 (3.226%) Moodle
8 1 (1.613%) MediaWiki
8 1 (1.613%) SilverStripe
8 1 (1.613%) Kentico
8 1 (1.613%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (1.613%) DotNetNuke
8 1 (1.613%) Commerce Server
Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.613%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.613%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.226%) Intranet
2 1 (1.613%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (37.10%) MySQL
2 3 (4.839%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.226%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.613%) CouchDB
4 1 (1.613%) MarkLogic
4 1 (1.613%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.613%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (9.677%) Subversion
2 5 (8.065%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.613%) Rhino Mocks
3 1 (1.613%) Moq
3 1 (1.613%) SpecFlow
3 1 (1.613%) NUnit
3 1 (1.613%) JIRA
3 1 (1.613%) FrontPage
3 1 (1.613%) Dreamweaver
General
1 7 (11.29%) Marketing
2 1 (1.613%) Finance
2 1 (1.613%) Games
2 1 (1.613%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (80.65%) Developer
2 24 (38.71%) PHP Developer
3 19 (30.65%) Web Developer
4 6 (9.677%) Senior Developer
4 6 (9.677%) PHP Joomla! Developer
4 6 (9.677%) Joomla! Developer
5 4 (6.452%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 3 (4.839%) Senior Web Developer
6 3 (4.839%) PHP Web Developer
6 3 (4.839%) PHP Programmer
6 3 (4.839%) Web Programmer
6 3 (4.839%) Programmer
6 3 (4.839%) Analyst
6 3 (4.839%) Architect
7 2 (3.226%) Integration Architect
7 2 (3.226%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.226%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.226%) Lead Architect
7 2 (3.226%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (3.226%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.52%) Open Source
2 5 (8.065%) Digital Media
2 5 (8.065%) W3C
3 4 (6.452%) Social Media
4 3 (4.839%) Graphic Design
5 2 (3.226%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.613%) Kindle
6 1 (1.613%) Blog
6 1 (1.613%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.13%) Linux
2 3 (4.839%) Android
2 3 (4.839%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.226%) Windows
4 1 (1.613%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (17.74%) MVC
2 9 (14.52%) Content Management
3 6 (9.677%) E-Commerce
3 6 (9.677%) OOP
4 5 (8.065%) Time Management
5 4 (6.452%) OO
5 4 (6.452%) Web Development
5 4 (6.452%) Scrum
6 3 (4.839%) BDD
6 3 (4.839%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (4.839%) SEO
6 3 (4.839%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (4.839%) TDD
6 3 (4.839%) SOA
7 2 (3.226%) Project Management
7 2 (3.226%) Load Balancing
7 2 (3.226%) Business Analysis
7 2 (3.226%) Analytics
7 2 (3.226%) Web Application Development
7 2 (3.226%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 47 (75.81%) PHP
2 29 (46.77%) JavaScript
3 10 (16.13%) SQL
4 9 (14.52%) PHP5
5 4 (6.452%) Ruby
6 2 (3.226%) Java
6 2 (3.226%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.613%) Groovy
7 1 (1.613%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.613%) VBScript
7 1 (1.613%) VB
7 1 (1.613%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.613%) ActionScript
7 1 (1.613%) Perl
7 1 (1.613%) C#
7 1 (1.613%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (1.613%) Security Cleared
1 1 (1.613%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.613%) QA
1 1 (1.613%) WCAG
1 1 (1.613%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.613%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.226%) CA SiteMinder
2 1 (1.613%) Plesk
Vendors
1 14 (22.58%) Zend
2 6 (9.677%) Adobe
3 5 (8.065%) Google
4 4 (6.452%) Facebook
4 4 (6.452%) Twitter
5 3 (4.839%) Orchard
5 3 (4.839%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.226%) Progress
7 1 (1.613%) Ektron
7 1 (1.613%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.613%) EPiServer
West Midlands
My client is a Public Sector Organisation looking for a Joomla expert to hit the ground running.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
Bristol, Avon
Roc Search are urgently recruiting for a PHP/ Joomla developer to join a digital agency based in Bristol, working alongside other experienced developers using the latest technologies. You...
Roc Search
Posted: 18 May 2013
West Midlands
Required experience: *Designing software solutions to meet business needs *Creating technical design documentation / specifications *Good written and personal communication skills *ASP.NET, C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, *MS...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, London
We have particularly active research programmes in breast, cervical, colorectal and prostate cancer prevention and in cancer screening.The preferred candidate will be an enthusiastic person looking to...
Queen Mary Barts & London Dentistry School
Rate: £30,805 - £36,182
Posted: 22 May 2013