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DoNanza Trends Report Shows Most CMS Sites Use Wordpress While the Largest Budgets Go to Drupal Professionals
by: rayootech on
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 Time: 8:56 PM
DoNanza, the largest search engine for Work-from-Home and Freelance Jobs, released today its quarterly State of the Work-From-Home and Freelancing Economy. DoNanza’s report reveals several key findings about how the rival CMS/Blogging platforms fared in the third quarter of 2010, most notably WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. CMS platforms enable business and individuals to launch a web site, blog or online application and to easily manage the content within. Although the platforms are known for their ease of use, launching something that is beyond basic requires professional help. In the CMS freelance world this might mean a Developer, a Graphic Designer, an SEO Expert and other professionals.
The Key CMS Findings in the DoNanza Universe are:
CMS Professional Project Demand is Showing Extraordinary Growth:
CMS project counts are growing rapidly, quarter over quarter, with an average growth of 49 percent. In Q3 2010, Wordpress projects in the DoNanza Universe grew by 61 percent with Joomla growing at 38 percent and Drupal at 26 percent.
Wordpress is Peerless in Terms of Demand for Professionals:
In terms of number of projects, WordPress is a clear winner, cementing its hold on the market with more than 6 times the amount of projects in comparison to Drupal. Joomla is positioned exactly in the middle in terms of number of projects.
Drupal Professionals are the Highest Earning:
Looking at the average project budget, opportunities for Drupal in the DoNanza Universe consistently came in with an average project budget of $915 that was more than twice as much as the average WordPress project with $455 and Joomla Project with a $473 budget. This makes Drupal a clear winner in terms of revenue opportunity per project.
When analyzing the type of skills required different CMS platforms call for different skills; Some platforms are easy to use, some, like Drupal, require site building freelance work, and others, like Joomla, Are into 3rd Party Development.
Demand for Site Development Skills:
"Our DoNanza Universe data verifies the belief that most people start out with WordPress on their own" said Liran Kotzer, CEO of DoNanza. "Only 18 percent of total WordPress projects are site building, while 31 percent of Drupal projects are site building. It means that with Drupal people are seeking at-home-work freelance support from the get-go and not trying to build the initial site by themselves, as with WordPress ".
Demand for 3rd Party Development Skills:
Other CMS/Blogging platform characteristics are also verified in the DoNanza data, as 29 percent of Joomla projects are 3rd party development with WordPress 3rd party work only at 16 percent and Drupal at 20 percent.
"This proves that Joomla have a very active market allowing people to create and sell the third party extensions they have created for other Joomla platform users", said Kotzer.
"More businesses and individuals will keep using CMS platforms as a way to express themselves and do business" said Kotzer. "Currently each of the platforms has its own relative advantages, and we are curious to see how the differences between them will play out in the future. In the meantime, all of us benefit from the competition by getting much more flexible infrastructures with advanced features."
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Senior Software Developer, working in RayooTech software outsourcing company, website: http://www.techomechina.com/
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