The first table below looks at the demand for WordPress skills in IT contracts advertised for the West 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 West 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 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WordPress 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Wales 2.222% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.11% - -
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
West Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
9 22 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Wales 20.00% 25.58% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 16
Average daily rate £400 £515 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.33% +37.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £408 £287
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £552 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
WordPress
Wales

WordPress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West 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 West Wales region.

West Wales WordPress Daily 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 West 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
Swansea - 1 £175 -
WordPress
Wales

WordPress
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Fireworks
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design

WordPress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) Fireworks
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe