The first table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 27 - 23
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Drupal 9 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 4.072% - 0.633%
As % of the Application Platforms category 13.64% - 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £285 - £350
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
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
66 75 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 29.86% 21.68% 18.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 46 17
Average daily rate £340 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 9
Average hourly rate £24.50 £14.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -30.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Drupal
Oxfordshire

Drupal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Drupal Hourly Rate Trend

Drupal
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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
1 9 (90.00%) MySQL
2 4 (40.00%) Content Management
2 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (40.00%) PRINCE
2 4 (40.00%) Intranet
3 3 (30.00%) CMS
3 3 (30.00%) LAMP
3 3 (30.00%) Marketing
3 3 (30.00%) PHP5
4 2 (20.00%) HTML5
4 2 (20.00%) PHP4
4 2 (20.00%) jQuery
4 2 (20.00%) OO
4 2 (20.00%) XHTML
4 2 (20.00%) HTML
4 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (10.00%) QA
5 1 (10.00%) Open Source

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 3 (30.00%) LAMP
2 2 (20.00%) jQuery
2 2 (20.00%) HTML5
2 2 (20.00%) HTML
2 2 (20.00%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) MySQL
General
1 3 (30.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Drupal Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Intranet Manager
3 3 (30.00%) Web Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (20.00%) PHP Developer
4 2 (20.00%) PHP Web Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Web Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (10.00%) QA Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) QA Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
1 4 (40.00%) PRINCE
1 4 (40.00%) Content Management
2 2 (20.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) PHP
2 3 (30.00%) PHP5
3 2 (20.00%) PHP4
3 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA