Drupal Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Drupal skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Drupal 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 West Midlands 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
Drupal
Rank 96 105 97
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -8
Contract jobs citing Drupal 3 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.179% 0.219% 0.108%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.141% 1.370% 0.643%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
Average daily rate £275 £225 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% +80.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £236
% change year-on-year
- +16.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £37.75 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-50.99% +202.00%
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 263 365 311
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.68% 15.97% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 163 159
Average daily rate £300 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £208 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 22 23
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% +45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £11.00 £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Drupal
England

Drupal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Drupal Jobs Demand Trend

Drupal
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Drupal Daily Rate Trend

Drupal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Drupal Hourly Rate Trend

Drupal
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

1 4 (80.00%) HTML
1 4 (80.00%) PHP
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) MySQL
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) WordPress
3 2 (40.00%) LAMP
3 2 (40.00%) CodeIgniter
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Apache
3 2 (40.00%) Photoshop
3 2 (40.00%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) SEO
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) CMS
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Content Management
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Git (software)
4 1 (20.00%) Open Source
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
4 1 (20.00%) Pressflow

Drupal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

Application Development
1 4 (80.00%) HTML
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) LAMP
2 2 (40.00%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) WordPress
2 2 (40.00%) Apache
3 1 (20.00%) CMS
3 1 (20.00%) Pressflow
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (20.00%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Drupal Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) PHP Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Web Manager
3 1 (20.00%) PHP Drupal Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Open Source
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) SEO
1 1 (20.00%) Workflow
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (20.00%) Content Management
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PHP
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
PHP Developer / Drupal / Birmingham 3-6 month contract
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills Needed: PHP / Drupal / MySQL Robert Walters are working with a leading digital agency based in Birmingham who are looking to recruit a PHP Developer with strong experience...
Robert Walters
Salary: £220 - £250 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
PHP/Drupal Developer (PHP5,MySQL,Drupal) - Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will be involved in developing leading edge web based applications using PHP and a variety of web tools. Ideally you will be able to demonstrate commercial experience...
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Rate: £220 - £260 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
PHP/Drupal Developer (PHP5,MySQL,Drupal) - Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Main skill sought - PHP/Web Development, Drupal, MySQL, CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript Experienced PHP contractor sought by this prestigious advertising agency. You will be involved in developing leading edge...
Applause IT Innovation
Rate: £220 - £260 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
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