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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WordPress skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WordPress over the 3 months to 19 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.

LinkWordPress
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010		Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank443436-
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7New entry-
Matching contract IT job ads5050
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.104 %0.013 %-
As % of the Application Platforms category0.735 %0.089 %-
Daily rates quoted1700
Average daily rate£225--
UK excluding London average daily rate£207--
Hourly rates quoted210
Average hourly rate£27.50£12.00-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+129.16 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£12.00-
% change year-on-year
+25.00 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		6802564411000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.08 %14.31 %13.38 %
Daily rates quoted293317883170
Average daily rate£357£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.920 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£210£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 quoted465449989
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£20.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %+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.

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Demand Trend

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

WordPress Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

WordPress Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WordPress within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

WordPress Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

WordPress Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WordPress within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

WordPress Hourly Rate Histogram

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Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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+250£225-
LondonDown-2342£225-
City of LondonNew entry-9£305-
South EastDown-13£289-
West MidlandsNew entry-2--
South WestNew entry-2£195-
North WestDown-41£201-
GatwickNew entry-1£213-
CirencesterNew entry-1--
WorcestershireNew entry-1--
West SussexNew entry-1£213-
MiddlesexNew entry-1£365-
GloucestershireNew entry-1--
BerkshireNew entry-1--
ReadingNew entry-1--

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WordPress 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 WordPress.

152 (67.53 %)PHP
242 (54.55 %)MySQL
339 (50.65 %)CSS
435 (45.45 %)HTML
530 (38.96 %)CMS
626 (33.77 %)JavaScript
725 (32.47 %)Drupal
821 (27.27 %)AJAX
917 (22.08 %)XML
917 (22.08 %)Linux
1016 (20.78 %)XHTML
1115 (19.48 %)Content Management
1214 (18.18 %)Apache
1312 (15.58 %)OO
1312 (15.58 %)Photoshop
1312 (15.58 %)LAMP
1312 (15.58 %)jQuery
1312 (15.58 %)Bash shell
1411 (14.29 %)Java
1411 (14.29 %).NET
1411 (14.29 %)SQL
1510 (12.99 %)Oracle
1510 (12.99 %)Perl
1510 (12.99 %)PL/SQL
1510 (12.99 %)Tomcat
1510 (12.99 %)Alterian
1510 (12.99 %)Subversion
169 (11.69 %)Squid
169 (11.69 %)Open Source
169 (11.69 %)Python

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WordPress 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 WordPress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
139 (50.65 %)CSS
235 (45.45 %)HTML
321 (27.27 %)AJAX
417 (22.08 %)XML
516 (20.78 %)XHTML
612 (15.58 %)LAMP
612 (15.58 %)jQuery
711 (14.29 %).NET
87 (9.091 %)RSS
96 (7.792 %)Flash
104 (5.195 %)MooTools
104 (5.195 %)MFC
112 (2.597 %)Symfony
112 (2.597 %)script.aculo.us
112 (2.597 %)Web Services
112 (2.597 %)ASP.NET
121 (1.299 %)XSL
121 (1.299 %)ASP
121 (1.299 %)Middleware
121 (1.299 %)Zend Framework
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
130 (38.96 %)CMS
225 (32.47 %)Drupal
314 (18.18 %)Apache
410 (12.99 %)Tomcat
56 (7.792 %)Movable Type
56 (7.792 %)Joomla!
63 (3.896 %)SharePoint
72 (2.597 %)Moodle
72 (2.597 %)Alfresco
72 (2.597 %)Sitecore CMS
72 (2.597 %)IIS
81 (1.299 %)EPiServer
81 (1.299 %)Liferay
81 (1.299 %)Confluence
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (15.58 %)Photoshop
23 (3.896 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (2.597 %)Fireworks
41 (1.299 %)MS Office
41 (1.299 %)Acrobat
41 (1.299 %)MS Excel
41 (1.299 %)InDesign
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (10.39 %)Internet
24 (5.195 %)HTTP
24 (5.195 %)Intranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (54.55 %)MySQL
23 (3.896 %)SQL Server
31 (1.299 %)RDBMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (12.99 %)Subversion
28 (10.39 %)Ant
37 (9.091 %)JMeter
46 (7.792 %)Dreamweaver
53 (3.896 %)Visual Studio
62 (2.597 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (7.792 %)Government
25 (6.494 %)Health
25 (6.494 %)Games
34 (5.195 %)Online Games
41 (1.299 %)Advertising
41 (1.299 %)Publishing
41 (1.299 %)Graphic Design
41 (1.299 %)Interactive Media
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
148 (62.34 %)Developer
220 (25.97 %)Web Developer
318 (23.38 %)PHP Developer
410 (12.99 %)Analyst
410 (12.99 %)Web Analyst
56 (7.792 %)Administrator
65 (6.494 %)Designer
65 (6.494 %)Web Designer
65 (6.494 %)Web Administrator
73 (3.896 %)Front-End Developer
82 (2.597 %).NET Developer
82 (2.597 %)Senior Web Developer
82 (2.597 %)Mobile Developer
82 (2.597 %)LAMP Developer
82 (2.597 %)Senior Developer
82 (2.597 %)Consultant
91 (1.299 %)Applications Developer
91 (1.299 %)Architect
91 (1.299 %)Author
91 (1.299 %)Web Author
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (11.69 %)Open Source
19 (11.69 %)W3C
25 (6.494 %)Wiki
34 (5.195 %)Web 2.0
43 (3.896 %)Management Information System
43 (3.896 %)Social Network
52 (2.597 %)Blog
61 (1.299 %)Client/Server
61 (1.299 %)Podcast
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (22.08 %)Linux
28 (10.39 %)Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (19.48 %)Content Management
212 (15.58 %)OO
35 (6.494 %)User Acceptance Testing
35 (6.494 %)Web Design
35 (6.494 %)Web Development
44 (5.195 %)MVC
44 (5.195 %)Project Management
44 (5.195 %)ITIL
53 (3.896 %)OOP
53 (3.896 %)E-Commerce
62 (2.597 %)SEO
62 (2.597 %)Scrum
62 (2.597 %)Web Accessibility
62 (2.597 %)Time Management
62 (2.597 %)Service Delivery
71 (1.299 %)Change Management
71 (1.299 %)Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
152 (67.53 %)PHP
226 (33.77 %)JavaScript
312 (15.58 %)Bash shell
411 (14.29 %)Java
411 (14.29 %)SQL
510 (12.99 %)Perl
510 (12.99 %)PL/SQL
69 (11.69 %)Python
76 (7.792 %)C#
85 (6.494 %)C++
94 (5.195 %)PHP5
103 (3.896 %)VB.NET
111 (1.299 %)C
111 (1.299 %)ActionScript
111 (1.299 %)VB
111 (1.299 %)PHP4
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (1.299 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.597 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (11.69 %)Squid
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (3.896 %)Plesk
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (12.99 %)Oracle
110 (12.99 %)Alterian
25 (6.494 %)Microsoft
25 (6.494 %)Adobe
32 (2.597 %)Sitecore
41 (1.299 %)Zend
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