The first table below looks at the demand for Joomla! 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 Joomla! over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Joomla!
Rank 222 235 229
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Contract jobs citing Joomla! 7 11 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.088% 0.106% 0.127%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.478% 0.682% 0.742%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
Average daily rate £200 £330 £224
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.39% +47.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £243 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £452 £233
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £300 £213
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +41.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £20.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -30.00%
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1464 1613 1751
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.48% 15.59% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 763 782 731
Average daily rate £345 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.15% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £474 £475 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 84 152
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 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £40.00 £43.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Joomla!
England

Joomla!
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Joomla! Jobs Demand Trend

Joomla!
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Joomla! across the South East region.

South East Joomla! Daily Rate Trend

Joomla!
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Joomla! across the South East region.

South East Joomla! Hourly Rate Trend

Joomla!
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Joomla! within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Berkshire +15 3 £200 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 - -
Hampshire -3 1 £185 -
Joomla!
England

Joomla!
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Joomla! 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 Joomla!.

1 11 (84.62%) PHP
1 11 (84.62%) CMS
2 10 (76.92%) CSS
3 9 (69.23%) HTML
3 9 (69.23%) Drupal
4 7 (53.85%) jQuery
4 7 (53.85%) WordPress
5 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
5 6 (46.15%) MySQL
6 4 (30.77%) .NET
6 4 (30.77%) SQL
6 4 (30.77%) Flash
6 4 (30.77%) Open Source
7 3 (23.08%) Git (software)
7 3 (23.08%) Web Services
7 3 (23.08%) XML
7 3 (23.08%) Photoshop
7 3 (23.08%) IIS
7 3 (23.08%) Subversion
7 3 (23.08%) JSON
7 3 (23.08%) MVC
7 3 (23.08%) Zend
7 3 (23.08%) CodeIgniter
8 2 (15.38%) Marketing
8 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
8 2 (15.38%) PHP5
8 2 (15.38%) Time Management
8 2 (15.38%) Content Management
8 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
8 2 (15.38%) PL/SQL

Joomla!
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Joomla! 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 Joomla!. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (76.92%) CSS
2 9 (69.23%) HTML
3 7 (53.85%) jQuery
4 4 (30.77%) .NET
4 4 (30.77%) Flash
5 3 (23.08%) Web Services
5 3 (23.08%) XML
5 3 (23.08%) JSON
5 3 (23.08%) CodeIgniter
6 2 (15.38%) HTML5
6 2 (15.38%) CSS3
7 1 (7.692%) XHTML
7 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
7 1 (7.692%) Ajax
7 1 (7.692%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 1 (7.692%) LAMP
7 1 (7.692%) CakePHP
Application Platforms
1 11 (84.62%) CMS
2 9 (69.23%) Drupal
3 7 (53.85%) WordPress
4 3 (23.08%) IIS
5 2 (15.38%) Apache
6 1 (7.692%) Kentico
6 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
6 1 (7.692%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) MySQL
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.692%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Git (software)
1 3 (23.08%) Subversion
General
1 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 1 (7.692%) Games
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) PHP Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Web Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Web Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Lead Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Integration Architect
6 1 (7.692%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 1 (7.692%) Designer
6 1 (7.692%) CMS Developer
6 1 (7.692%) Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) JavaScript Developer
6 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Applications Support
6 1 (7.692%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Web Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Open Source
2 2 (15.38%) Social Media
2 2 (15.38%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
2 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) MVC
2 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
2 2 (15.38%) Time Management
2 2 (15.38%) Content Management
2 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
3 1 (7.692%) Analytics
3 1 (7.692%) SOA
3 1 (7.692%) Web Analytics
3 1 (7.692%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (7.692%) Web Development
3 1 (7.692%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) PHP
2 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
3 4 (30.77%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) PHP5
4 2 (15.38%) PL/SQL
5 1 (7.692%) T-SQL
5 1 (7.692%) VB
5 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
5 1 (7.692%) C#
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Zend
2 2 (15.38%) Progress
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Facebook
2 2 (15.38%) Twitter
3 1 (7.692%) Ektron
3 1 (7.692%) Google