Drupal Contracts

Drupal
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 516 640
Rank change year-on-year +36 +124 -43
Contract jobs citing Drupal 38 67 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.16% 0.096%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.17% 1.62% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 41 47
10th Percentile £155 £275 £287
25th Percentile £253 £325 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -26.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £491 £469 £600
90th Percentile £550 £556 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £306 £350 £500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -30.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - £24.61
25th Percentile - - £26.35
Median hourly rate - £31.71 £29.23
Median % change year-on-year - +8.48% -16.49%
75th Percentile - £32.36 £32.12
90th Percentile - £32.74 £33.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,243 4,142 6,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.17% 9.69% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,151 2,861 4,472
10th Percentile £275 £255 £263
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 156 149
10th Percentile £16.70 £13.00 £16.11
25th Percentile £22.83 £15.33 £19.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.01 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.59% -37.76% +83.67%
75th Percentile £64.50 £46.18 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £24.47 £29.25
% change year-on-year +114.59% -16.36% +53.95%

Drupal
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Drupal in the UK

Drupal
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Drupal in the UK

Drupal
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Drupal over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Drupal in the UK

Drupal
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Drupal in the UK

Drupal
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Drupal within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +38 32 £350 - 115
London +55 27 £344 -1.79% 60
Work from Home +31 18 £355 +1.43% 101
UK excluding London +24 6 £306 -12.50% 63
South East +42 4 - - 19
Scotland +7 1 £263 +46.79%
East of England - 1 £350 - 5

Drupal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (57.89%) CMS
2 11 (28.95%) WordPress
3 5 (13.16%) Confluence
4 4 (10.53%) Apache
5 3 (7.89%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (5.26%) govService
7 1 (2.63%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.63%) FileZilla
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) CiviCRM
2 1 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.63%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) Attraqt
1 4 (10.53%) Storyblok
2 3 (7.89%) Azure
3 2 (5.26%) Copilot Studio
3 2 (5.26%) Figma
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
4 1 (2.63%) BrowserStack
4 1 (2.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) Internet
2 1 (2.63%) FTP
2 1 (2.63%) Intranet
2 1 (2.63%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) MySQL
2 4 (10.53%) Relational Database
2 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.63%) MS Access
3 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Git
1 7 (18.42%) JIRA
2 4 (10.53%) Bitbucket Server
3 3 (7.89%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Marketing
5 2 (5.26%) Legal
5 2 (5.26%) Local Government
5 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Retail
6 1 (2.63%) Back Office
6 1 (2.63%) Finance
6 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Developer
2 6 (15.79%) Trainer
3 5 (13.16%) Designer
3 5 (13.16%) PHP Software Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Software Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Content Designer
4 4 (10.53%) Junior
5 3 (7.89%) Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Junior Content Designer
5 3 (7.89%) Junior Designer
5 3 (7.89%) Lead
5 3 (7.89%) PHP Developer
6 2 (5.26%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) CMS Business Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Communications Officer
6 2 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Drupal Developer
6 2 (5.26%) Product Lead
6 2 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (23.68%) CSS
1 9 (23.68%) HTML
2 5 (13.16%) jQuery
2 5 (13.16%) Web Services
3 4 (10.53%) .NET
3 4 (10.53%) Ajax
3 4 (10.53%) AngularJS
3 4 (10.53%) CodeIgniter
3 4 (10.53%) LAMP
3 4 (10.53%) Node.js
3 4 (10.53%) SOAP
4 1 (2.63%) Bootstrap
4 1 (2.63%) RESTful
4 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Legacy Code
2 3 (7.89%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.26%) Social Media
4 1 (2.63%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Linux
1 4 (10.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Agile
2 10 (26.32%) Content Management
3 7 (18.42%) Migration
4 6 (15.79%) CRM
4 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (15.79%) SEO
4 6 (15.79%) User Experience
5 5 (13.16%) Analytics
5 5 (13.16%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (13.16%) Product Management
5 5 (13.16%) Scrum
5 5 (13.16%) Software Engineering
5 5 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (13.16%) UX Design
6 4 (10.53%) Information Management
6 4 (10.53%) Kanban
6 4 (10.53%) MVC
6 4 (10.53%) Project Management
6 4 (10.53%) TDD
6 4 (10.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (36.84%) PHP
2 11 (28.95%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.53%) Java
3 4 (10.53%) TypeScript
4 3 (7.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) Degree
1 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.68%) Accessibility
2 4 (10.53%) WCAG
3 3 (7.89%) QA
4 2 (5.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Zend
3 3 (7.89%) Sitecore
4 2 (5.26%) Adobe
5 1 (2.63%) GoCardless
5 1 (2.63%) Granicus
5 1 (2.63%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.63%) LexisNexis
5 1 (2.63%) Optimizely
5 1 (2.63%) Oracle
5 1 (2.63%) Sage
5 1 (2.63%) Salesforce