The first table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Drupal 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 Oxfordshire 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
Drupal
Rank 39 - 46
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Drupal 12 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.632% - 0.432%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.955% - 2.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
Average daily rate £275 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £231
% change year-on-year
- +18.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.75 £12.50
% change year-on-year
- +202.00%
All Application Platforms
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
134 143 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 29.39% 23.10% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 72 51
Average daily rate £335 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.84% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £210 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 15
Average hourly rate £23.75 £16.50 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.93% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.35 £11.50 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.98 £22.55 £27.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Drupal
South East

Drupal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Drupal Hourly Rate Trend

Drupal
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Drupal within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Oxford - 9 £285 -
Drupal
South East

Drupal
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 13 (92.86%) PHP
2 12 (85.71%) MySQL
3 7 (50.00%) Content Management
3 7 (50.00%) Intranet
4 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 6 (42.86%) PRINCE
4 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
5 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
6 3 (21.43%) CMS
6 3 (21.43%) LAMP
6 3 (21.43%) Marketing
6 3 (21.43%) PHP5
7 2 (14.29%) PHP4
7 2 (14.29%) jQuery
7 2 (14.29%) OO
7 2 (14.29%) XHTML
7 2 (14.29%) HTML
7 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
7 2 (14.29%) HTML5
8 1 (7.143%) SQL
8 1 (7.143%) QA
8 1 (7.143%) Open Source

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (21.43%) LAMP
2 2 (14.29%) jQuery
2 2 (14.29%) XHTML
2 2 (14.29%) HTML
2 2 (14.29%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (85.71%) MySQL
General
1 3 (21.43%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Developer
2 6 (42.86%) Drupal Developer
3 5 (35.71%) Project Manager
4 3 (21.43%) Intranet Manager
4 3 (21.43%) Web Developer
4 3 (21.43%) PHP Developer
5 2 (14.29%) PHP Web Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Test Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Software Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Web Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) PHP Drupal Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Test Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) QA Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) QA Test Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Content Management
2 6 (42.86%) PRINCE
2 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
4 2 (14.29%) OO
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) PHP
2 3 (21.43%) PHP5
3 2 (14.29%) PHP4
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) QA
Oxfordshire, South East
PHP/Drupal developer Opus Recruitment Solutions are urgently seeking a PHP/Drupal developer for an initial 3 month contract in Oxfordshire- The successful PHP/Drupal developer will work...
OPUS
Rate: GBP200 to GBP300 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Drupal Project Manager required by my client based in Oxford. The successful Drupal Project Manager should have experience of project managing the design, build and implementation of at...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £250 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013