The first table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 94 98 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Drupal 26 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.066% 0.264% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.019% 1.786% -
Number of daily rates quoted 18 3 0
Average daily rate £250 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
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
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
432 392 459
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 17.71% 14.80% 16.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 166 212
Average daily rate £350 £325 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -6.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £436 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 18 17
Average hourly rate £15.77 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.92% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £10.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.23 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Drupal
UK

Drupal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Drupal Daily Rate Trend

Drupal
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Drupal across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland Drupal Daily Rate Histogram

Drupal
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Drupal across the Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Glasgow -5 16 £250 -
Edinburgh +12 8 £275 +22.22%
Stirling - 1 - -
Drupal
UK

Drupal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 20 (60.61%) PHP
2 19 (57.58%) HTML
3 16 (48.48%) CSS
4 14 (42.42%) JavaScript
5 13 (39.39%) jQuery
6 12 (36.36%) MySQL
7 11 (33.33%) CMS
8 7 (21.21%) Google
8 7 (21.21%) Marketing
8 7 (21.21%) HTML5
8 7 (21.21%) CSS3
8 7 (21.21%) Analytics
9 6 (18.18%) Social Media
10 5 (15.15%) PHP5
10 5 (15.15%) Google Analytics
10 5 (15.15%) Photoshop
10 5 (15.15%) IIS
10 5 (15.15%) ISAPI
10 5 (15.15%) Dreamweaver
10 5 (15.15%) SSL
11 4 (12.12%) Service Management
11 4 (12.12%) SEO
11 4 (12.12%) Migration
11 4 (12.12%) Apache
11 4 (12.12%) WebTrends
11 4 (12.12%) Joomla!
11 4 (12.12%) Zend
12 3 (9.091%) Performance Improvement
12 3 (9.091%) Copywriting
12 3 (9.091%) Symfony

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 19 (57.58%) HTML
2 16 (48.48%) CSS
3 13 (39.39%) jQuery
4 7 (21.21%) HTML5
4 7 (21.21%) CSS3
5 5 (15.15%) ISAPI
6 3 (9.091%) Symfony
7 2 (6.061%) Zend Framework
7 2 (6.061%) CodeIgniter
7 2 (6.061%) Google Maps API
8 1 (3.030%) LAMP
8 1 (3.030%) JSON
8 1 (3.030%) Sass
8 1 (3.030%) CakePHP
8 1 (3.030%) Web Services
8 1 (3.030%) XML
Application Platforms
1 11 (33.33%) CMS
2 5 (15.15%) IIS
3 4 (12.12%) Apache
3 4 (12.12%) Joomla!
4 3 (9.091%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Google Analytics
2 4 (12.12%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (36.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (3.030%) Subversion
General
1 7 (21.21%) Marketing
2 2 (6.061%) Music
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Developer
2 12 (36.36%) Drupal Developer
3 7 (21.21%) PHP Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Administrator
5 4 (12.12%) Consultant
5 4 (12.12%) PHP Drupal Developer
6 3 (9.091%) Web Developer
7 2 (6.061%) Web Administrator
7 2 (6.061%) Web Server Administrator
8 1 (3.030%) Junior Developer
8 1 (3.030%) Front-End Developer
8 1 (3.030%) Front-End Web Developer
8 1 (3.030%) Server Administrator
8 1 (3.030%) PHP Web Developer
8 1 (3.030%) SEO Specialist
8 1 (3.030%) Web Tester
8 1 (3.030%) Tester
8 1 (3.030%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Social Media
2 3 (9.091%) Copywriting
3 2 (6.061%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (6.061%) W3C
4 1 (3.030%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.030%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.091%) Linux
2 2 (6.061%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) Analytics
2 4 (12.12%) Service Management
2 4 (12.12%) SEO
2 4 (12.12%) Migration
3 3 (9.091%) OOP
3 3 (9.091%) Project Management
3 3 (9.091%) Web Development
3 3 (9.091%) Performance Improvement
4 2 (6.061%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (6.061%) Information Architecture
4 2 (6.061%) MVC
4 2 (6.061%) Web Analytics
4 2 (6.061%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (6.061%) Web Application Development
5 1 (3.030%) TDD
5 1 (3.030%) Content Management
5 1 (3.030%) OO
5 1 (3.030%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.030%) Pay per click
5 1 (3.030%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 20 (60.61%) PHP
2 14 (42.42%) JavaScript
3 5 (15.15%) PHP5
4 2 (6.061%) PHP4
4 2 (6.061%) Python
4 2 (6.061%) Ruby
4 2 (6.061%) C#
5 1 (3.030%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.061%) WAI
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Google
2 4 (12.12%) Zend
3 2 (6.061%) Twitter
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