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This section looks at the demand for Drupal skills within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDrupal
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank140-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.289 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£236-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads1039874
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.385 %0.884 %
Daily rates quoted202125
Average minimum daily rate£328£281
Average daily rate£348£308
% change on same period last year+12.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9271
Average minimum hourly rate£28.57£24.82
Average hourly rate£31.45£27.83
% change on same period last year+13.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.32£30.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Drupal EnglandDrupal
England

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

North West Drupal Demand Trend

Drupal
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Drupal within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
ManchesterNew entry-2--
CheshireNew entry-1--
Drupal EnglandDrupal
England

Drupal
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

14 (100.00 %)PHP
23 (75.00 %)PHP5
23 (75.00 %)XHTML
23 (75.00 %)CSS
23 (75.00 %)XML
32 (50.00 %)Linux
32 (50.00 %)OO
32 (50.00 %)Apache
32 (50.00 %)MySQL
41 (25.00 %)Joomla!
41 (25.00 %)PHP4
41 (25.00 %)Multimedia
41 (25.00 %)Content Management
41 (25.00 %)CMS
41 (25.00 %)JavaScript

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)CSS
13 (75.00 %)XML
13 (75.00 %)XHTML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)Apache
21 (25.00 %)CMS
21 (25.00 %)Joomla!
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)MySQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Multimedia
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %)PHP Developer
22 (50.00 %)MySQL Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)OO
21 (25.00 %)Content Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)PHP
23 (75.00 %)PHP5
31 (25.00 %)PHP4
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript
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