The first table below looks at the demand for Pressflow skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Pressflow over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pressflow (Drupal Distribution)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Pressflow 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
413 585 492
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 17.72% 18.80% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 300 261
Average daily rate £300 £318 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.51% -7.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £188 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 39 34
Average hourly rate £19.25 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.70 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Pressflow
England