Drupal Contracts in England

Drupal
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Drupal skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Drupal over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 450 483 599
Rank change year-on-year +33 +116 -8
Contract jobs citing Drupal 35 59 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.16% 0.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.24% 1.70% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 39 43
10th Percentile £155 £275 £286
25th Percentile £256 £325 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -26.32% +18.75%
75th Percentile £475 £459 £611
90th Percentile £531 £506 £740
UK median daily rate £350 £350 £475
% change year-on-year - -26.32% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £24.61
25th Percentile - £27.50 £26.35
Median hourly rate - £31.71 £29.23
Median % change year-on-year - +8.48% -16.49%
75th Percentile - £32.50 £32.12
90th Percentile - £32.80 £33.85
UK median hourly rate - £31.71 £29.23
% change year-on-year - +8.48% -16.49%

All Application Platform Skills
England

Drupal falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,817 3,461 5,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.57% 9.31% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,884 2,471 3,915
10th Percentile £283 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £754
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 139 128
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.00 £15.38
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.00 £18.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +90.91% -12.00% +49.59%
75th Percentile £64.50 £45.59 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £65.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%

Drupal
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Drupal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Drupal in England

Drupal
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Drupal in England.

Daily rate trend for Drupal in England

Drupal
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Drupal in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Drupal in England

Drupal
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Drupal in England.

Hourly rate trend for Drupal in England

Drupal
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Drupal within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +41 30 £350 - 21
South East +40 4 - - 8
East of England - 1 £350 - 1
Drupal
UK

Drupal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (60.00%) CMS
2 7 (20.00%) WordPress
3 5 (14.29%) Confluence
4 4 (11.43%) Apache
5 3 (8.57%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (5.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (5.71%) govService
7 1 (2.86%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.86%) FileZilla
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) CiviCRM
2 1 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.86%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Attraqt
1 4 (11.43%) Storyblok
2 2 (5.71%) Copilot Studio
2 2 (5.71%) Figma
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.86%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) BrowserStack
3 1 (2.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) Internet
2 1 (2.86%) FTP
2 1 (2.86%) Intranet
2 1 (2.86%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) MySQL
2 4 (11.43%) Relational Database
2 4 (11.43%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.86%) MS Access
3 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (20.00%) JIRA
2 4 (11.43%) Bitbucket Server
2 4 (11.43%) Git
3 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Local Government
4 4 (11.43%) Marketing
5 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.71%) Legal
6 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Retail
7 1 (2.86%) Back Office
7 1 (2.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) Developer
1 6 (17.14%) Trainer
2 5 (14.29%) Designer
3 4 (11.43%) Content Designer
3 4 (11.43%) Junior
3 4 (11.43%) PHP Software Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Software Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Junior Content Designer
4 3 (8.57%) Junior Designer
5 2 (5.71%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) CMS Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Communications Officer
5 2 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Drupal Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Product Lead
5 2 (5.71%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Technical Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Web Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Website Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) CSS
1 6 (17.14%) HTML
2 5 (14.29%) jQuery
3 4 (11.43%) .NET
3 4 (11.43%) Ajax
3 4 (11.43%) AngularJS
3 4 (11.43%) CodeIgniter
3 4 (11.43%) LAMP
3 4 (11.43%) SOAP
3 4 (11.43%) Web Services
4 1 (2.86%) Bootstrap
4 1 (2.86%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Legacy Code
2 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.71%) Social Media
4 1 (2.86%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Linux
1 4 (11.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Agile
2 9 (25.71%) Content Management
3 7 (20.00%) Analytics
3 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (20.00%) User Experience
4 6 (17.14%) CRM
4 6 (17.14%) Migration
4 6 (17.14%) SEO
5 5 (14.29%) Project Management
5 5 (14.29%) Scrum
5 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 5 (14.29%) UX Design
6 4 (11.43%) Design Patterns
6 4 (11.43%) Kanban
6 4 (11.43%) Product Information Management
6 4 (11.43%) Product Management
6 4 (11.43%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (11.43%) Secure Coding
6 4 (11.43%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) PHP
2 7 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (11.43%) Java
4 2 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (8.57%) QA
2 3 (8.57%) WCAG
3 2 (5.71%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Zend
3 3 (8.57%) Sitecore
4 2 (5.71%) Adobe
5 1 (2.86%) GoCardless
5 1 (2.86%) Granicus
5 1 (2.86%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.86%) LexisNexis
5 1 (2.86%) Optimizely
5 1 (2.86%) Sage
5 1 (2.86%) Salesforce