Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Drupal over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkDrupal
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank282331547
Rank change year-on-year
Up+49Up+216
Matching contract IT job ads21811659
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.449 %0.292 %0.072 %
As % of the Application Platforms category3.186 %2.031 %0.538 %
Daily rates quoted943319
Average daily rate£260£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£230£196
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£329£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£238£300£228
% change year-on-year
-20.83 %+31.86 %
Hourly rates quoted381
Average hourly rate£22.50£28.75£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.73 %+15.00 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£28.75-
% change year-on-year
-13.04 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6842571110959
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.08 %14.39 %13.36 %
Daily rates quoted296718193159
Average daily rate£355£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.420 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£213£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted472453985
Average hourly rate£19.50£22.50£20.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33 %+10.29 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£40.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %

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.

Drupal
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Drupal within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Drupal Demand Trend

Drupal
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Drupal within the UK.

Drupal Daily Rate Trend

Drupal
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Drupal within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Drupal Daily Rate Histogram

Drupal
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Drupal within the UK.

Drupal Hourly Rate Trend

Drupal
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Drupal within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Drupal Hourly Rate Histogram

Drupal
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+49212£263-12.50 %
LondonDown-11109£275-6.77 %
South EastUp+2055£325+8.33 %
BerkshireUp+1935£350+16.66 %
ReadingUp+320£300-
City of LondonDown-6919£290+1.75 %
North WestNo change018£225-
South WestDown-110£255-
East of EnglandUp+239£250-
SomersetUp+128£300-
ManchesterDown-18£200-
SurreyDown-128£250-20.63 %
BathNew entry-8£300-
CheshireDown-77£225-
East MidlandsNo change06£238-
ScotlandDown-126£225-
HertfordshireNew entry-6£250-
OxfordshireUp+35--
YorkshireUp+83£213-
GlasgowDown-53£200-11.11 %
UckfieldNew entry-3£163-
East SussexNew entry-3£163-
LeicestershireNew entry-3£263-
CambridgeshireUp+42£213-15.00 %
West MidlandsUp+32£241-
CambridgeUp+12£213-15.00 %
BuckinghamshireDown-92£250-
EdinburghDown-152--
MiddlesexNew entry-2£275-
West YorkshireNew entry-2£213-

Drupal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1315 (80.56 %)PHP
2195 (49.87 %)MySQL
3161 (41.18 %)CSS
4153 (39.13 %)HTML
5149 (38.11 %)CMS
6112 (28.64 %)JavaScript
7106 (27.11 %)LAMP
8103 (26.34 %)Linux
992 (23.53 %)Apache
1090 (23.02 %)XHTML
1171 (18.16 %)Open Source
1261 (15.60 %)Subversion
1351 (13.04 %)Content Management
1449 (12.53 %)PHP5
1545 (11.51 %)Python
1643 (11.00 %)AJAX
1742 (10.74 %)Joomla!
1834 (8.696 %)SQL
1834 (8.696 %)Web Development
1932 (8.184 %)Tomcat
2030 (7.673 %)XML
2128 (7.161 %)jQuery
2227 (6.905 %)OO
2227 (6.905 %)Web Design
2325 (6.394 %)WordPress
2424 (6.138 %)Agile Software Development
2424 (6.138 %)MVC
2522 (5.627 %)Symfony
2522 (5.627 %)Zend
2620 (5.115 %)YUI

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1161 (41.18 %)CSS
2153 (39.13 %)HTML
3106 (27.11 %)LAMP
490 (23.02 %)XHTML
543 (11.00 %)AJAX
630 (7.673 %)XML
728 (7.161 %)jQuery
822 (5.627 %)Symfony
920 (5.115 %)YUI
1019 (4.859 %)XSLT
1117 (4.348 %).NET
1212 (3.069 %)Lucene
1311 (2.813 %)Zend Framework
1311 (2.813 %)Flash
146 (1.535 %)ASP.NET
155 (1.279 %)MooTools
155 (1.279 %)JSON
155 (1.279 %)ASP
164 (1.023 %)MFC
164 (1.023 %)JSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1149 (38.11 %)CMS
292 (23.53 %)Apache
342 (10.74 %)Joomla!
432 (8.184 %)Tomcat
525 (6.394 %)WordPress
615 (3.836 %)Magento
713 (3.325 %)Apache Solr
85 (1.279 %)CMS400.NET
85 (1.279 %)TYPO3
85 (1.279 %)IIS
93 (0.767 %)Moodle
102 (0.512 %)SharePoint
102 (0.512 %)Confluence
111 (0.256 %)Liferay
111 (0.256 %)Umbraco
111 (0.256 %)EPiServer
111 (0.256 %)SugarCRM
111 (0.256 %)ColdFusion
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (2.558 %)Photoshop
27 (1.790 %)MS PowerPoint
27 (1.790 %)MS Visio
33 (0.767 %)MS Excel
41 (0.256 %)CA Clarity
41 (0.256 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.256 %)SunGard GMI
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (1.535 %)HTTP
16 (1.535 %)Internet
25 (1.279 %)Intranet
32 (0.512 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.256 %)SSH
41 (0.256 %)Firewall
41 (0.256 %)DNS
41 (0.256 %)FTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1195 (49.87 %)MySQL
26 (1.535 %)RDBMS
34 (1.023 %)SQL Server
41 (0.256 %)Pentaho
41 (0.256 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (0.256 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.256 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (0.256 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (0.256 %)PostgreSQL
41 (0.256 %)Oracle Reports
41 (0.256 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
161 (15.60 %)Subversion
212 (3.069 %)Ant
38 (2.046 %)JMeter
42 (0.512 %)Dreamweaver
42 (0.512 %)Selenium
51 (0.256 %)Git (software)
51 (0.256 %)TestNG
51 (0.256 %)JIRA
51 (0.256 %)Maven
51 (0.256 %)JUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
118 (4.604 %)Games
216 (4.092 %)Government
39 (2.302 %)Education
48 (2.046 %)Marketing
57 (1.790 %)Multimedia
66 (1.535 %)Health
74 (1.023 %)Legal
74 (1.023 %)Social Media
83 (0.767 %)Music
83 (0.767 %)Retail
83 (0.767 %)Publishing
92 (0.512 %)Police
92 (0.512 %)Back Office
92 (0.512 %)Music Industry
92 (0.512 %)Local Government
101 (0.256 %)Banking
101 (0.256 %)Finance
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1304 (77.75 %)Developer
2169 (43.22 %)Drupal Developer
3148 (37.85 %)PHP Developer
476 (19.44 %)PHP Drupal Developer
547 (12.02 %)Web Developer
635 (8.951 %)Analyst
732 (8.184 %)Web Analyst
813 (3.325 %)PHP Web Developer
911 (2.813 %)Technical Analyst
1010 (2.558 %)JavaScript Developer
119 (2.302 %)Development Manager
128 (2.046 %)Senior Analyst
128 (2.046 %)Senior Web Analyst
137 (1.790 %)Junior PHP Developer
137 (1.790 %)Junior Developer
137 (1.790 %)Junior
146 (1.535 %)Administrator
146 (1.535 %)Senior Developer
146 (1.535 %)Business Analyst
146 (1.535 %)Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
171 (18.16 %)Open Source
210 (2.558 %)W3C
36 (1.535 %)Clustering
36 (1.535 %)Social Network
36 (1.535 %)Wiki
44 (1.023 %)Management Information System
44 (1.023 %)Data Protection Act
44 (1.023 %)Web 2.0
52 (0.512 %)Streaming Video
52 (0.512 %)Replication
61 (0.256 %)Data Integration
61 (0.256 %)Blog
61 (0.256 %)Computer Science
61 (0.256 %)Equities
61 (0.256 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1103 (26.34 %)Linux
220 (5.115 %)Red Hat Linux
317 (4.348 %)UNIX
413 (3.325 %)Windows
53 (0.767 %)Debian
53 (0.767 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (0.512 %)Ubuntu
62 (0.512 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
71 (0.256 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
151 (13.04 %)Content Management
234 (8.696 %)Web Development
327 (6.905 %)OO
327 (6.905 %)Web Design
424 (6.138 %)Agile Software Development
424 (6.138 %)MVC
519 (4.859 %)Migration
618 (4.604 %)E-Commerce
710 (2.558 %)UML
89 (2.302 %)OOP
97 (1.790 %)Business Analysis
97 (1.790 %)PRINCE
106 (1.535 %)ITIL
106 (1.535 %)SEO
106 (1.535 %)Project Management
115 (1.279 %)User Acceptance Testing
115 (1.279 %)TDD
115 (1.279 %)CRM
124 (1.023 %)Data Protection
133 (0.767 %)Performance Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1315 (80.56 %)PHP
2112 (28.64 %)JavaScript
349 (12.53 %)PHP5
445 (11.51 %)Python
534 (8.696 %)SQL
618 (4.604 %)Java
713 (3.325 %)Perl
713 (3.325 %)PL/SQL
811 (2.813 %)C#
910 (2.558 %)Bash shell
108 (2.046 %)PHP4
117 (1.790 %)C
125 (1.279 %)VB.NET
134 (1.023 %)C++
134 (1.023 %)Shell Script
143 (0.767 %)VBScript
152 (0.512 %)ActionScript
152 (0.512 %)VBA
161 (0.256 %)ActionScript 3.0
161 (0.256 %)Groovy
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (2.813 %)Degree
22 (0.512 %)Linux+ Certification
31 (0.256 %)Postgraduate
31 (0.256 %)HNC
31 (0.256 %)HND
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.512 %)QA
21 (0.256 %)WAI
21 (0.256 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (2.302 %)Squid
21 (0.256 %)OpenLDAP
21 (0.256 %)Postfix
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
122 (5.627 %)Zend
218 (4.604 %)Red Hat
315 (3.836 %)Oracle
411 (2.813 %)Mercator
510 (2.558 %)Alterian
68 (2.046 %)Adobe
75 (1.279 %)Ektron
75 (1.279 %)Microsoft
84 (1.023 %)Google
92 (0.512 %)Casewise
101 (0.256 %)Atlassian
101 (0.256 %)DoubleClick
101 (0.256 %)SunGard
101 (0.256 %)HP
101 (0.256 %)Sybase