The first table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Drupal over the 3 months to 21 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 South East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Drupal
Rank 174 187 216
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +29
Contract jobs citing Drupal 46 58 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.581% 0.571% 0.361%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.112% 3.627% 2.122%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 21
Average daily rate £290 £275 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.45% +17.02%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £384 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £236
% change year-on-year
+0.91% +15.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £18.50 £37.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.99% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £37.75 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-50.99% +202.00%
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1478 1599 1744
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.66% 15.74% 16.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 768 778 731
Average daily rate £340 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £210 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £471 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 83 153
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £12.45 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £40.00 £43.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Drupal
England

Drupal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Oxfordshire - 12 £275 -
Berkshire -5 9 £225 -18.18%
Hampshire -8 8 £250 +2.56%
Buckinghamshire +5 7 £350 +75.00%
East Sussex +10 4 £325 -
Surrey +2 1 - -
Kent -4 1 £325 +52.94%
West Sussex - 1 - -
Drupal
England

Drupal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 57 (74.03%) PHP
2 33 (42.86%) MySQL
3 32 (41.56%) JavaScript
4 30 (38.96%) CSS
5 27 (35.06%) jQuery
6 25 (32.47%) HTML
7 23 (29.87%) CMS
7 23 (29.87%) HTML5
8 16 (20.78%) LAMP
9 14 (18.18%) Marketing
9 14 (18.18%) E-Commerce
10 13 (16.88%) XHTML
10 13 (16.88%) WordPress
10 13 (16.88%) CSS3
11 12 (15.58%) Web Services
12 11 (14.29%) PHP5
12 11 (14.29%) Web Development
12 11 (14.29%) Content Management
13 10 (12.99%) Git (software)
14 9 (11.69%) Agile Software Development
14 9 (11.69%) Joomla!
15 8 (10.39%) Photoshop
16 7 (9.091%) Intranet
16 7 (9.091%) Zend
16 7 (9.091%) Service Delivery
16 7 (9.091%) Open Source
17 6 (7.792%) Twitter
17 6 (7.792%) Degree
17 6 (7.792%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 6 (7.792%) PRINCE

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 30 (38.96%) CSS
2 27 (35.06%) jQuery
3 25 (32.47%) HTML
4 23 (29.87%) HTML5
5 16 (20.78%) LAMP
6 13 (16.88%) XHTML
6 13 (16.88%) CSS3
7 12 (15.58%) Web Services
8 5 (6.494%) JSON
8 5 (6.494%) CodeIgniter
9 4 (5.195%) CakePHP
9 4 (5.195%) .NET
9 4 (5.195%) XML
9 4 (5.195%) Flash
10 2 (2.597%) WinForms
10 2 (2.597%) WPF
10 2 (2.597%) XSLT
11 1 (1.299%) RESTful
11 1 (1.299%) JSP
11 1 (1.299%) JSTL
Application Platforms
1 23 (29.87%) CMS
2 13 (16.88%) WordPress
3 9 (11.69%) Joomla!
4 3 (3.896%) Apache
5 2 (2.597%) IIS
6 1 (1.299%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (1.299%) CM System
6 1 (1.299%) Apache Solr
6 1 (1.299%) Moodle
6 1 (1.299%) TeamSite
6 1 (1.299%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.299%) ESB
Applications
1 8 (10.39%) Photoshop
2 2 (2.597%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.597%) MS Office
2 2 (2.597%) Fireworks
3 1 (1.299%) Google Apps
3 1 (1.299%) Acrobat
3 1 (1.299%) QuarkXPress
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.091%) Intranet
2 1 (1.299%) Internet
2 1 (1.299%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (42.86%) MySQL
2 2 (2.597%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (12.99%) Git (software)
2 5 (6.494%) Subversion
3 1 (1.299%) PHPUnit
3 1 (1.299%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.299%) Dreamweaver
General
1 14 (18.18%) Marketing
2 3 (3.896%) Publishing
3 2 (2.597%) Games
3 2 (2.597%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.299%) Music
4 1 (1.299%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (66.23%) Developer
2 20 (25.97%) Drupal Developer
3 19 (24.68%) PHP Developer
4 13 (16.88%) Web Developer
5 7 (9.091%) Project Manager
5 7 (9.091%) Front-End Developer
6 6 (7.792%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.195%) PHP Drupal Developer
8 3 (3.896%) Intranet Manager
8 3 (3.896%) Programmer
8 3 (3.896%) Analyst
8 3 (3.896%) Coordinator
8 3 (3.896%) Architect
8 3 (3.896%) Web Engineer
8 3 (3.896%) PHP Web Developer
8 3 (3.896%) Senior Web Developer
9 2 (2.597%) Web Programmer
9 2 (2.597%) Lead Architect
9 2 (2.597%) Digital Project Manager
9 2 (2.597%) Integration Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.091%) Open Source
2 4 (5.195%) Social Media
3 3 (3.896%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.597%) FMCG
5 1 (1.299%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.299%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.299%) W3C
5 1 (1.299%) Online Games
5 1 (1.299%) Streaming Music
5 1 (1.299%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.494%) Windows
2 4 (5.195%) Linux
3 1 (1.299%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.299%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.299%) Solaris
3 1 (1.299%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.18%) E-Commerce
2 11 (14.29%) Web Development
2 11 (14.29%) Content Management
3 9 (11.69%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (9.091%) Service Delivery
5 6 (7.792%) PRINCE
5 6 (7.792%) OO
5 6 (7.792%) PRINCE2
6 5 (6.494%) MVC
7 4 (5.195%) OOP
8 3 (3.896%) Analytics
8 3 (3.896%) Project Management
8 3 (3.896%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (3.896%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (2.597%) Scrum
9 2 (2.597%) Requirements Analysis
9 2 (2.597%) Load Balancing
9 2 (2.597%) Unit Testing
9 2 (2.597%) Time Management
10 1 (1.299%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 57 (74.03%) PHP
2 32 (41.56%) JavaScript
3 11 (14.29%) PHP5
4 5 (6.494%) SQL
5 2 (2.597%) PHP4
5 2 (2.597%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.597%) C#
5 2 (2.597%) C++
6 1 (1.299%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (7.792%) Degree
1 6 (7.792%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (1.299%) BC Cleared
2 1 (1.299%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.299%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.597%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 2 (2.597%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 7 (9.091%) Zend
2 6 (7.792%) Twitter
3 4 (5.195%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.195%) Facebook
4 2 (2.597%) Progress
5 1 (1.299%) Adobe
5 1 (1.299%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.299%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.299%) Quark
5 1 (1.299%) Siebel
5 1 (1.299%) Omniture
5 1 (1.299%) Google
5 1 (1.299%) VMware
Oxfordshire, South East
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OPUS
Rate: GBP200 to GBP300 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
South East
DrupalDrupal DeveloperMy Sussex based client is a hugely successful organisation who is looking for developers who have strong Drupal skills.My client has a number of projects so...
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Rate: £35.00 - £45.00 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
South East England
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Rate: £300 - £301 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
DRUPAL PHP Developer... £400-500/day 6 months + Drupal - PHP Developer... 5+ Years of experience developing with Drupal, Alfresco or HTML. Experience with Enterprise scale Drupal sites/Alfresco...
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Rate: From £375 to £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Sussex, South East
Drupal Developer OR Themer, West Sussex - Immediate start!!!Drupal 6 or 7 / PHP / LAMP / HTML5 / JavaScript / jQuery / Responsive DesignMy client are going through a period of continued growth...
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Rate: Competitive Rate or Permanent Placement
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