Drupal Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Drupal
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 285 317 435
Rank change year-on-year +32 +118 +24
Contract jobs citing Drupal 19 28 42
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.68% 1.79% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 34
10th Percentile £269 £251 £200
25th Percentile £336 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £350 £413
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -15.15% +3.13%
75th Percentile £475 £469 £600
90th Percentile £618 £499 £714
UK median daily rate £350 £350 £475
% change year-on-year - -26.32% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - £31.71 £29.23
% change year-on-year - +8.48% -16.49%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,129 1,560 2,932
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.40% 10.17% 11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,093 2,063
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -2.50%
75th Percentile £633 £608 £638
90th Percentile £825 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 39 72
10th Percentile £27.03 £16.28 £19.33
25th Percentile £38.39 £22.55 £22.16
Median hourly rate £57.00 £30.16 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.99% -45.16% +57.14%
75th Percentile £64.50 £47.94 £66.69
90th Percentile £66.00 £71.50 £82.40
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%

Drupal
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Drupal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Drupal trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Drupal
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Drupal.

Drupal daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Drupal
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Drupal over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Drupal daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Drupal
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Drupal.

Drupal hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Drupal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (52.63%) CMS
2 5 (26.32%) Confluence
3 4 (21.05%) Apache
3 4 (21.05%) WordPress
4 1 (5.26%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) CiviCRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Figma
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Internet
2 1 (5.26%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) MySQL
1 4 (21.05%) Relational Database
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
2 4 (21.05%) Bitbucket Server
2 4 (21.05%) Git
General
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Local Government
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Back Office
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) PHP Software Engineer
1 4 (21.05%) Software Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) CMS Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Communications Officer
3 2 (10.53%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Designer
3 2 (10.53%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Web Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Website Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Content Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Data Migration Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Drupal Developer
4 1 (5.26%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (5.26%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) Web Services
2 4 (21.05%) Ajax
2 4 (21.05%) AngularJS
2 4 (21.05%) CodeIgniter
2 4 (21.05%) CSS
2 4 (21.05%) HTML
2 4 (21.05%) jQuery
2 4 (21.05%) LAMP
2 4 (21.05%) SOAP
3 1 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Legacy Code
2 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
1 4 (21.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Agile
2 6 (31.58%) Migration
3 5 (26.32%) Analytics
4 4 (21.05%) Design Patterns
4 4 (21.05%) Kanban
4 4 (21.05%) MVC
4 4 (21.05%) OO
4 4 (21.05%) OOP
4 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (21.05%) Scrum
4 4 (21.05%) Secure Coding
4 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
4 4 (21.05%) TDD
4 4 (21.05%) User Experience
5 3 (15.79%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (15.79%) Content Management
5 3 (15.79%) CRM
5 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) User Stories
5 3 (15.79%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) PHP
2 4 (21.05%) Java
2 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
1 3 (15.79%) WCAG
2 2 (10.53%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (21.05%) Zend
2 1 (5.26%) Optimizely
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.26%) Sitecore