PHP Drupal Developer Contract Job Trends

PHP Drupal Developer
UK

As of 14 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median PHP Drupal Developer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 580 - 610
Rank change year-on-year - - +187
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Drupal Developer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £264
25th Percentile - - £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £323
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.11%
75th Percentile - - £361
90th Percentile - - £383
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £395

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 33,137 32,079 41,606
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 92.76% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,987 19,722 27,981
10th Percentile £290 £300 £292
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £723 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,959 1,044 1,467
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.05 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.46 £73.28 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

PHP Drupal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PHP Drupal Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PHP Drupal Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

PHP Drupal Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PHP Drupal Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PHP Drupal Developer job vacancies in the UK

PHP Drupal Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PHP Drupal Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PHP Drupal Developer job vacancies in the UK

PHP Drupal Developer
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Drupal Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
England - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -

PHP Drupal Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, PHP Drupal Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring PHP Drupal Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
1 1 (100.00%) Drush
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services

PHP Drupal Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Drush
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google