The first table below looks at the demand for WordPress skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WordPress over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WordPress
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WordPress 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.248% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.587% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £175 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £300 £200
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £135.37 £16.50 -
% change year-on-year
+720.42% -
All Application Platforms
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
63 113 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 15.59% 20.36% 21.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 43 71
Average daily rate £350 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £105 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 12
Average hourly rate £16.25 £20.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% -6.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £9.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
WordPress
UK

WordPress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales WordPress Jobs Demand Trend

WordPress
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WordPress across the Wales region.

Wales WordPress Daily Rate Trend

WordPress
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WordPress across the Wales region.

Wales WordPress Hourly Rate Trend

WordPress
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
West Wales - 1 £175 -
WordPress
UK

WordPress
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
2 4 (80.00%) PHP
3 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (40.00%) .NET
4 2 (40.00%) MySQL
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 2 (40.00%) XML
4 2 (40.00%) OOP
4 2 (40.00%) CRM
4 2 (40.00%) Content Management
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Joomla!
4 2 (40.00%) PHP5
4 2 (40.00%) jQuery
4 2 (40.00%) Magento
4 2 (40.00%) CMS
4 2 (40.00%) LAMP
4 2 (40.00%) HTML5
4 2 (40.00%) Zen Cart
4 2 (40.00%) CSS3
5 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (20.00%) Social Media
5 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (20.00%) Web Design
5 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
5 1 (20.00%) Advertising
5 1 (20.00%) Adobe

WordPress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) LAMP
2 2 (40.00%) jQuery
2 2 (40.00%) HTML5
2 2 (40.00%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) CMS
1 2 (40.00%) Joomla!
1 2 (40.00%) Magento
1 2 (40.00%) Zen Cart
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (20.00%) Fireworks
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MySQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Junior
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) PHP Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (40.00%) OOP
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) PHP5
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe