The first table below looks at the demand for WordPress 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 WordPress over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WordPress
Rank 98 92 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs citing WordPress 7 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.448% 0.188% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.160% 1.038% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £225 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £300 £200
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £135.37 £16.50 -
% change year-on-year
+720.42% -
All Application Platforms
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
324 289 337
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.74% 18.15% 18.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 144 136
Average daily rate £338 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £227 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 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 £47.50 £41.74 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
WordPress
South East

WordPress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire WordPress Jobs Demand Trend

WordPress
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire WordPress Daily Rate Trend

WordPress
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire WordPress Hourly Rate Trend

WordPress
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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 6 £225 -
WordPress
South East

WordPress
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 8 (100.00%) CSS
2 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
2 7 (87.50%) PHP
3 6 (75.00%) CMS
3 6 (75.00%) HTML
4 5 (62.50%) Drupal
4 5 (62.50%) HTML5
5 4 (50.00%) CSS3
5 4 (50.00%) jQuery
6 3 (37.50%) XHTML
7 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
7 2 (25.00%) MySQL
7 2 (25.00%) Web Development
7 2 (25.00%) Joomla!
7 2 (25.00%) Zend
7 2 (25.00%) CakePHP
7 2 (25.00%) Git (software)
7 2 (25.00%) Twitter
8 1 (12.50%) Analytics
8 1 (12.50%) Kentico
8 1 (12.50%) Ektron
8 1 (12.50%) DotNetNuke
8 1 (12.50%) PHP5
8 1 (12.50%) Web Analytics
8 1 (12.50%) Google
8 1 (12.50%) Windows SharePoint Services
8 1 (12.50%) SEO
8 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
8 1 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (12.50%) IIS

WordPress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 8 (100.00%) CSS
2 6 (75.00%) HTML
3 5 (62.50%) HTML5
4 4 (50.00%) CSS3
4 4 (50.00%) jQuery
5 3 (37.50%) XHTML
6 2 (25.00%) CakePHP
7 1 (12.50%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
7 1 (12.50%) .NET
7 1 (12.50%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) CMS
2 5 (62.50%) Drupal
3 2 (25.00%) Joomla!
4 1 (12.50%) Kentico
4 1 (12.50%) DotNetNuke
4 1 (12.50%) IIS
4 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
1 1 (12.50%) Fireworks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 5 (62.50%) PHP Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Front-End Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (25.00%) Web Development
2 1 (12.50%) Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) Web Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
1 7 (87.50%) PHP
2 1 (12.50%) PHP5
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
2 1 (12.50%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Zend
1 2 (25.00%) Twitter
2 1 (12.50%) Ektron
2 1 (12.50%) Google
Havant, South East
You must be passionate about semantic HTML and CSS and be able to hand code JavaScript and understand the DOM and UX... Required Skills HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AJAX &...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £300 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hampshire
You must be passionate about semantic HTML and CSS and be able to hand code JavaScript and understand the DOM and UX... - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AJAX & JQuery mastery... -...
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Unspecified £Market
Posted: 17 May 2013