The first table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 96 93 95
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +2
Contract jobs citing Drupal 8 6 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.517% 0.374% 0.649%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.484% 2.076% 3.468%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 11
Average daily rate £250 £244 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% +62.50%
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
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
322 289 346
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.80% 18.03% 18.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 144 137
Average daily rate £355 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 38
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +60.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £16.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.25 £41.74 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Drupal
South East

Drupal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Drupal Daily Rate Trend

Drupal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Drupal Hourly Rate 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 Hampshire 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
Southampton 0 5 £250 -
Portsmouth - 2 - -
Drupal
South East

Drupal
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 9 (90.00%) PHP
2 8 (80.00%) CSS
3 7 (70.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (60.00%) XHTML
4 6 (60.00%) CMS
4 6 (60.00%) HTML5
5 5 (50.00%) jQuery
5 5 (50.00%) WordPress
6 4 (40.00%) CSS3
6 4 (40.00%) Web Development
6 4 (40.00%) HTML
7 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
7 3 (30.00%) Photoshop
7 3 (30.00%) Git (software)
8 2 (20.00%) Twitter
8 2 (20.00%) MySQL
8 2 (20.00%) Zend
8 2 (20.00%) CakePHP
9 1 (10.00%) Subversion
9 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
9 1 (10.00%) Fireworks
9 1 (10.00%) OOP
9 1 (10.00%) OO

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 8 (80.00%) CSS
2 6 (60.00%) XHTML
2 6 (60.00%) HTML5
3 5 (50.00%) jQuery
4 4 (40.00%) HTML
4 4 (40.00%) CSS3
5 2 (20.00%) CakePHP
Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) CMS
2 5 (50.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (10.00%) Fireworks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Git (software)
2 1 (10.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) PHP Developer
3 5 (50.00%) Drupal Developer
4 2 (20.00%) PHP Drupal Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Web Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Front-End Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Web Development
2 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) OOP
3 1 (10.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) PHP
2 7 (70.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Zend
1 2 (20.00%) Twitter
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