The first table below looks at the demand for WordPress 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 WordPress over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WordPress
Rank 100 115 124
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +9
Contract jobs citing WordPress 17 19 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.712% 0.625% 0.033%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.744% 3.532% 0.229%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 1
Average daily rate £240 £275 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.72% +83.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £210 £275 £225
% change year-on-year
-23.63% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £135.37 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £83.31 £24.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+247.12% +6.66%
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
454 538 436
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.02% 17.71% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 279 261
Average daily rate £310 £306 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.30% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £427 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 36 31
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £14.00 £9.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £30.00 £36.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
WordPress
England

WordPress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester +8 13 £240 -12.72% 10
Lancashire - 3 - - 3
Cheshire -7 1 - - 3
Merseyside - - - -
WordPress
England

WordPress
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 27 (93.10%) CSS
2 25 (86.21%) PHP
3 22 (75.86%) HTML
4 19 (65.52%) JavaScript
5 15 (51.72%) MySQL
6 12 (41.38%) Photoshop
6 12 (41.38%) jQuery
7 11 (37.93%) CodeIgniter
7 11 (37.93%) CMS
7 11 (37.93%) Linux
7 11 (37.93%) HTML5
8 10 (34.48%) CSS3
8 10 (34.48%) Drupal
8 10 (34.48%) Web Development
9 8 (27.59%) SEO
9 8 (27.59%) OO
9 8 (27.59%) Dreamweaver
9 8 (27.59%) C#
9 8 (27.59%) .NET
10 7 (24.14%) SQL
10 7 (24.14%) Adobe
10 7 (24.14%) Apache
10 7 (24.14%) MVC
10 7 (24.14%) Degree
10 7 (24.14%) Zend
11 6 (20.69%) Umbraco
11 6 (20.69%) Marketing
11 6 (20.69%) CakePHP
11 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
11 6 (20.69%) Windows

WordPress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 27 (93.10%) CSS
2 22 (75.86%) HTML
3 12 (41.38%) jQuery
4 11 (37.93%) CodeIgniter
4 11 (37.93%) HTML5
5 10 (34.48%) CSS3
6 8 (27.59%) .NET
7 6 (20.69%) CakePHP
7 6 (20.69%) XML
7 6 (20.69%) Razor View Engine
8 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (17.24%) XSD
8 5 (17.24%) XSLT
8 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET
8 5 (17.24%) Google Maps API
8 5 (17.24%) Ajax
9 4 (13.79%) Sass
10 2 (6.897%) Node.js
11 1 (3.448%) RESTful
11 1 (3.448%) Yii
Application Platforms
1 11 (37.93%) CMS
2 10 (34.48%) Drupal
3 7 (24.14%) Apache
4 6 (20.69%) Umbraco
5 3 (10.34%) Magento
5 3 (10.34%) Joomla!
6 1 (3.448%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (41.38%) Photoshop
2 4 (13.79%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (10.34%) Fireworks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (51.72%) MySQL
2 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
3 5 (17.24%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (27.59%) Dreamweaver
2 5 (17.24%) Git (software)
2 5 (17.24%) Visual Studio
2 5 (17.24%) NetBeans
General
1 6 (20.69%) Marketing
2 1 (3.448%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (86.21%) Developer
2 7 (24.14%) .NET Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Drupal Developer
3 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET Developer
3 5 (17.24%) PHP Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Web Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Front-End Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Web Designer
5 2 (6.897%) Designer
6 1 (3.448%) CSS Developer
6 1 (3.448%) HTML Developer
6 1 (3.448%) JavaScript Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.897%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.448%) Open Source
3 1 (3.448%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (37.93%) Linux
2 6 (20.69%) Windows
3 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Web Development
2 8 (27.59%) SEO
2 8 (27.59%) OO
3 7 (24.14%) MVC
4 5 (17.24%) OOD
4 5 (17.24%) Business Development
5 3 (10.34%) Web Design
5 3 (10.34%) OOP
6 2 (6.897%) Content Management
6 2 (6.897%) Online Marketing
6 2 (6.897%) Web Application Development
7 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (3.448%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (3.448%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 25 (86.21%) PHP
2 19 (65.52%) JavaScript
3 8 (27.59%) C#
4 7 (24.14%) SQL
5 5 (17.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Adobe
1 7 (24.14%) Zend
2 6 (20.69%) Facebook
3 5 (17.24%) Twitter
3 5 (17.24%) Oracle
3 5 (17.24%) Google
4 4 (13.79%) Orchard
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Rate: £180 - £230 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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