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 16 May 2012 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.

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.

Drupal
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank334361311
Rank change year-on-year
Up+27Down-50
Matching contract IT job ads261228242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.441 %0.372 %0.440 %
As % of the Application Platforms category2.711 %2.224 %2.915 %
Number of daily rates quoted167129115
Average daily rate£300£300£270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£212£200£210
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£378£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£270£236£260
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-9.13 %
Number of hourly rates quoted637
Average hourly rate£35.00£25.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00 %+13.63 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.25£15.00£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£44.00£26.60£27.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50£12.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
+200.00 %-44.44 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
9626102508302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK16.26 %16.70 %15.08 %
Number of daily rates quoted532254453765
Average daily rate£350£375£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66 %+3.44 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£325
% change year-on-year
-7.14 %+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted426561523
Average hourly rate£20.00£19.50£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.00£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.00£37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.57£19.50£19.00
% change year-on-year
+0.37 %+2.63 %

Drupal
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 16 May 2012.

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 16 May 2012.

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 16 May 2012. 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+31252£300-
LondonUp+8120£325-
South EastUp+2057£275+17.02 %
North WestUp+2731£260-7.55 %
BerkshireUp+1123£275+15.78 %
City of LondonUp+3118£313-1.96 %
SurreyUp+1017£340+40.20 %
YorkshireDown-117£325+30.00 %
ManchesterDown-416£270-4.00 %
South WestDown-3015£250-9.09 %
BristolDown-2712£250-9.09 %
West YorkshireDown-1111£325+4.00 %
LeedsDown-1410£325-7.14 %
CheshireNew entry-8£249-
MerseysideNew entry-7£260-
ScotlandNew entry-7£225-
LiverpoolNew entry-7£260-
WokingDown-15£340-9.33 %
HampshireDown-45£175+16.66 %
BirminghamDown-55£225+80.00 %
West MidlandsDown-115£225+80.00 %
LancashireNew entry-5--
EdinburghNew entry-5£225-
WarringtonNew entry-5£188-
WokinghamNew entry-4£269-
BuckinghamshireDown-33£200-33.33 %
East SussexDown-83--
BrightonDown-103--
CreweNew entry-3£310-
WindsorNew entry-3£225-

Drupal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

1410 (73.21 %)PHP
2259 (46.25 %)CSS
3258 (46.07 %)MySQL
4227 (40.54 %)HTML
5213 (38.04 %)JavaScript
6160 (28.57 %)CMS
7147 (26.25 %)jQuery
8101 (18.04 %)PHP5
989 (15.89 %)XML
1074 (13.21 %)OO
1172 (12.86 %)WordPress
1269 (12.32 %)Linux
1367 (11.96 %)Subversion
1465 (11.61 %)LAMP
1564 (11.43 %)Joomla!
1663 (11.25 %)Apache
1761 (10.89 %)Ajax
1857 (10.18 %)Zend
1956 (10.00 %)Open Source
1956 (10.00 %)Content Management
2055 (9.821 %)SQL
2154 (9.643 %)XHTML
2154 (9.643 %)E-Commerce
2246 (8.214 %)Web Services
2246 (8.214 %)OOP
2337 (6.607 %)Magento
2436 (6.429 %)Git (software)
2535 (6.250 %)MVC
2634 (6.071 %)XSLT
2733 (5.893 %)Agile Software Development

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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
1259 (46.25 %)CSS
2227 (40.54 %)HTML
3147 (26.25 %)jQuery
489 (15.89 %)XML
565 (11.61 %)LAMP
661 (10.89 %)Ajax
754 (9.643 %)XHTML
846 (8.214 %)Web Services
934 (6.071 %)XSLT
1024 (4.286 %)Smarty
1121 (3.750 %).NET
1121 (3.750 %)Zend Framework
1218 (3.214 %)Symfony
1218 (3.214 %)HTML5
1316 (2.857 %)CodeIgniter
1415 (2.679 %)ASP.NET
1415 (2.679 %)Flash
1513 (2.321 %)SOAP
1612 (2.143 %)REST
1711 (1.964 %)JSON
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1160 (28.57 %)CMS
272 (12.86 %)WordPress
364 (11.43 %)Joomla!
463 (11.25 %)Apache
537 (6.607 %)Magento
618 (3.214 %)TYPO3
713 (2.321 %)ActiveMQ
713 (2.321 %)SharePoint
812 (2.143 %)Pressflow
910 (1.786 %)SugarCRM
109 (1.607 %)Moodle
118 (1.429 %)Umbraco
127 (1.250 %)Sitecore CMS
127 (1.250 %)Apache Solr
136 (1.071 %)SilverStripe
145 (0.893 %)Alfresco
153 (0.536 %)nginx
153 (0.536 %)DotNetNuke
153 (0.536 %)Immediacy CMS
153 (0.536 %)Sitefinity
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (3.571 %)Photoshop
210 (1.786 %)MS Excel
35 (0.893 %)MS Visio
43 (0.536 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (0.357 %)Spreadsheet
61 (0.179 %)Acrobat
61 (0.179 %)Fireworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (1.250 %)WebTrends
25 (0.893 %)Google Analytics
34 (0.714 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.179 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
118 (3.214 %)Intranet
215 (2.679 %)Internet
310 (1.786 %)Reverse Proxy
48 (1.429 %)LDAP
57 (1.250 %)Firewall
66 (1.071 %)OpenLDAP
74 (0.714 %)Extranet
83 (0.536 %)OpenVPN
92 (0.357 %)TCP/IP
92 (0.357 %)SAN
101 (0.179 %)NAS
101 (0.179 %)SSL
101 (0.179 %)VPN
101 (0.179 %)Broadband
101 (0.179 %)LAN
101 (0.179 %)VoIP
101 (0.179 %)WAN
101 (0.179 %)Wi-Fi
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1258 (46.07 %)MySQL
215 (2.679 %)SQL Server
39 (1.607 %)SQLite
46 (1.071 %)MongoDB
55 (0.893 %)NoSQL
55 (0.893 %)Hadoop
55 (0.893 %)RDBMS
55 (0.893 %)Data Warehouse
64 (0.714 %)ETL
73 (0.536 %)IDOL
82 (0.357 %)PostgreSQL
91 (0.179 %)Redis
91 (0.179 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.179 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
167 (11.96 %)Subversion
236 (6.429 %)Git (software)
36 (1.071 %)WebLOAD
44 (0.714 %)JIRA
44 (0.714 %)Selenium
44 (0.714 %)Mercurial
53 (0.536 %)VSS/SourceSafe
62 (0.357 %)PHPUnit
71 (0.179 %)Cucumber
71 (0.179 %)Hudson
71 (0.179 %)Dreamweaver
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
121 (3.750 %)Marketing
216 (2.857 %)Finance
313 (2.321 %)Publishing
412 (2.143 %)Retail
55 (0.893 %)Telecoms
55 (0.893 %)Games
55 (0.893 %)Multimedia
63 (0.536 %)Manufacturing
63 (0.536 %)Advertising
72 (0.357 %)Legal
72 (0.357 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (0.179 %)Back Office
81 (0.179 %)Law
81 (0.179 %)Music
81 (0.179 %)Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1479 (85.54 %)Developer
2306 (54.64 %)Drupal Developer
3177 (31.61 %)PHP Developer
494 (16.79 %)PHP Drupal Developer
555 (9.821 %)Web Developer
643 (7.679 %)Senior Developer
725 (4.464 %)Front-End Developer
821 (3.750 %)PHP Web Developer
919 (3.393 %)Programmer
1017 (3.036 %)PHP MySQL Developer
1115 (2.679 %)PHP Programmer
1214 (2.500 %)Applications Developer
1214 (2.500 %)Senior PHP Developer
1214 (2.500 %)Web Applications Developer
1313 (2.321 %)Architect
1412 (2.143 %)Project Manager
1510 (1.786 %)Administrator
1510 (1.786 %)Systems Administrator
169 (1.607 %)Web Programmer
178 (1.429 %)CMS Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
156 (10.00 %)Open Source
221 (3.750 %)Digital Media
319 (3.393 %)Social Media
410 (1.786 %)SaaS
58 (1.429 %)Social Network
67 (1.250 %)Taxonomies
74 (0.714 %)Mashup
83 (0.536 %)Blog
83 (0.536 %)Replication
83 (0.536 %)Graphic Design
83 (0.536 %)Interactive TV
92 (0.357 %)Animation
92 (0.357 %)Video Editing
92 (0.357 %)Derivative
92 (0.357 %)Management Information System
92 (0.357 %)Client/Server
92 (0.357 %)iPhone
92 (0.357 %)Online Games
101 (0.179 %)Video on Demand
101 (0.179 %)Semantic Web
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
169 (12.32 %)Linux
223 (4.107 %)Mac OS X
37 (1.250 %)UNIX
37 (1.250 %)Windows
46 (1.071 %)Android
46 (1.071 %)CentOS
46 (1.071 %)Apple iOS
53 (0.536 %)Ubuntu
62 (0.357 %)Debian
62 (0.357 %)Fedora
62 (0.357 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
71 (0.179 %)Mac OS X Server
71 (0.179 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (0.179 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.179 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.179 %)Solaris
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
174 (13.21 %)OO
256 (10.00 %)Content Management
354 (9.643 %)E-Commerce
446 (8.214 %)OOP
535 (6.250 %)MVC
633 (5.893 %)Agile Software Development
729 (5.179 %)Web Development
827 (4.821 %)Scrum
919 (3.393 %)Migration
919 (3.393 %)Continuous Integration
1015 (2.679 %)CRM
1015 (2.679 %)Project Management
1015 (2.679 %)Kanban
1113 (2.321 %)Web Design
1113 (2.321 %)Configuration Management
1212 (2.143 %)TDD
1310 (1.786 %)Release Management
1310 (1.786 %)Web Application Development
148 (1.429 %)Regression Testing
157 (1.250 %)SEO
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1410 (73.21 %)PHP
2213 (38.04 %)JavaScript
3101 (18.04 %)PHP5
455 (9.821 %)SQL
525 (4.464 %)Shell Script
622 (3.929 %)Java
716 (2.857 %)C#
815 (2.679 %)Ruby
911 (1.964 %)PHP4
109 (1.607 %)Python
116 (1.071 %)Perl
123 (0.536 %)T-SQL
123 (0.536 %)C
123 (0.536 %)ActionScript
123 (0.536 %)Objective-C
132 (0.357 %)Bash shell
141 (0.179 %)SPARQL
141 (0.179 %)CoffeeScript
141 (0.179 %)VBScript
141 (0.179 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
119 (3.393 %)Degree
25 (0.893 %)Security Cleared
33 (0.536 %)DV Cleared
42 (0.357 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.179 %)SC Cleared
51 (0.179 %)BC Cleared
51 (0.179 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.179 %)ITIL Certification
51 (0.179 %)ISEB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (2.679 %)QA
22 (0.357 %)WCAG
22 (0.357 %)ISO 9001
22 (0.357 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.179 %)COBIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (1.071 %)Varnish
23 (0.536 %)NFS
32 (0.357 %)Samba
32 (0.357 %)VMware ESX
32 (0.357 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.357 %)Postfix
41 (0.179 %)vSphere
41 (0.179 %)VMware ESXi
41 (0.179 %)Active Directory
41 (0.179 %)Snort
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (1.964 %)Puppet
28 (1.429 %)Nagios
33 (0.536 %)HP Quality Center
33 (0.536 %)EMC NetWorker
41 (0.179 %)ZABBIX
41 (0.179 %)Backup Exec
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
157 (10.18 %)Zend
221 (3.750 %)Oracle
313 (2.321 %)Google
410 (1.786 %)Facebook
59 (1.607 %)EPiServer
68 (1.429 %)Microsoft
77 (1.250 %)Sitecore
86 (1.071 %)Red Hat
95 (0.893 %)Sun
104 (0.714 %)RedDot
104 (0.714 %)Siebel
104 (0.714 %)Adobe
113 (0.536 %)Ektron
113 (0.536 %)HP
113 (0.536 %)VMware
122 (0.357 %)Cisco
122 (0.357 %)Twitter
131 (0.179 %)Akamai
131 (0.179 %)Rackspace
131 (0.179 %)NetApp