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This section looks at the demand for MySQL skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MySQL over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMySQL
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7496
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads5469
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.072 %0.070 %
As % of the category below8.072 %6.239 %
Daily rates quoted1536
Average minimum daily rate£263£411
Average daily rate£288£425
% change on same period last year-32.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£271£338
% change on same period last year-19.78 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.95£31.21
% change on same period last year-10.43 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads6691106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.892 %1.119 %
Daily rates quoted190334
Average minimum daily rate£342£360
Average daily rate£365£374
% change on same period last year-2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£355
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted5480
Average minimum hourly rate£34.84£39.08
Average hourly rate£36.74£40.17
% change on same period last year-8.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.63£41.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.85£31.30
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
MySQL South EastMySQL
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MySQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MySQL across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Berkshire MySQL Demand Trend

MySQL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MySQL across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire MySQL Daily Rate Trend

MySQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MySQL across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Berkshire MySQL Daily Rate Histogram

MySQL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MySQL across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire MySQL Hourly Rate Trend

MySQL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+1520£227-42.10 %
AscotNew entry-4£388-
MaidenheadDown-92£350-22.22 %
SloughDown-62£320-11.72 %
MySQL South EastMySQL
South East

MySQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MySQL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MySQL.

159 (60.82 %)PHP
256 (57.73 %)Linux
349 (50.52 %)CSS
447 (48.45 %)JavaScript
534 (35.05 %)HTML
534 (35.05 %)Apache
632 (32.99 %)PHP5
729 (29.90 %)XHTML
729 (29.90 %)XML
828 (28.87 %)Oracle
927 (27.84 %)LAMP
1023 (23.71 %)CMS
1122 (22.68 %)Python
1220 (20.62 %)Red Hat
1319 (19.59 %)Subversion
1319 (19.59 %)Content Management
1418 (18.56 %)Drupal
1517 (17.53 %)XSLT
1615 (15.46 %)Perl
1714 (14.43 %)Java
1714 (14.43 %)UNIX
1813 (13.40 %)Tomcat
1813 (13.40 %)Migration
1813 (13.40 %)Telecoms
1911 (11.34 %)AJAX
1911 (11.34 %)Solaris
2010 (10.31 %)C
2010 (10.31 %)SQL Server
219 (9.278 %)CRM
219 (9.278 %)Oracle 10g

MySQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MySQL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MySQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
149 (50.52 %)CSS
234 (35.05 %)HTML
329 (29.90 %)XML
329 (29.90 %)XHTML
427 (27.84 %)LAMP
518 (18.56 %)Drupal
617 (17.53 %)XSLT
711 (11.34 %)AJAX
87 (7.216 %)WebServices
94 (4.124 %)Middleware
94 (4.124 %).NET
94 (4.124 %)J2EE
103 (3.093 %)ASP
103 (3.093 %)Zend Framework
103 (3.093 %)CGI
112 (2.062 %)CakePHP
112 (2.062 %)Java EE
112 (2.062 %)Ruby on Rails
112 (2.062 %)Hibernate
112 (2.062 %)SOAP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
134 (35.05 %)Apache
223 (23.71 %)CMS
313 (13.40 %)Tomcat
43 (3.093 %)ColdFusion
43 (3.093 %)JBoss
52 (2.062 %)IIS
61 (1.031 %)WebSphere Application Server
61 (1.031 %)Joomla!
61 (1.031 %)Mambo
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.031 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (6.186 %)Internet
25 (5.155 %)SMTP
25 (5.155 %)TCP/IP
25 (5.155 %)Network Security
32 (2.062 %)LDAP
32 (2.062 %)3G
41 (1.031 %)RFID
41 (1.031 %)Wireless
41 (1.031 %)SSH
41 (1.031 %)DNS
41 (1.031 %)SSL
41 (1.031 %)SAN
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (10.31 %)SQL Server
29 (9.278 %)Oracle 10g
34 (4.124 %)PostgreSQL
42 (2.062 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (1.031 %)TOAD
51 (1.031 %)Informix
51 (1.031 %)SQL Server 2005
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (19.59 %)Subversion
21 (1.031 %)Flash
21 (1.031 %)ERwin
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (13.40 %)Telecoms
24 (4.124 %)Marketing
33 (3.093 %)Retail
41 (1.031 %)Billing
41 (1.031 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (1.031 %)Education
41 (1.031 %)Government
41 (1.031 %)Publishing
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
170 (72.16 %)Developer
235 (36.08 %)PHP Developer
324 (24.74 %)Web Developer
47 (7.216 %)Design Engineer
47 (7.216 %)MySQL Developer
56 (6.186 %)Database Engineer
65 (5.155 %)PHP Web Developer
65 (5.155 %)Applications Developer
65 (5.155 %)C Developer
74 (4.124 %)Java Developer
74 (4.124 %)Architect
74 (4.124 %)Solutions Architect
74 (4.124 %)UNIX Engineer
83 (3.093 %)Administrator
83 (3.093 %)Programmer
92 (2.062 %)Consultant
92 (2.062 %)Infrastructure Engineer
92 (2.062 %)UNIX Administrator
92 (2.062 %)Senior Developer
92 (2.062 %)Linux Administrator
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.031 %)Web 2.0
11 (1.031 %)Derivative
11 (1.031 %)Social Network
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
156 (57.73 %)Linux
214 (14.43 %)UNIX
311 (11.34 %)Solaris
46 (6.186 %)AIX
55 (5.155 %)Windows
62 (2.062 %)Windows 2000
71 (1.031 %)SUSE
71 (1.031 %)HPUX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (19.59 %)Content Management
213 (13.40 %)Migration
39 (9.278 %)CRM
47 (7.216 %)B2B
47 (7.216 %)Web Development
56 (6.186 %)Data Migration
56 (6.186 %)OOP
65 (5.155 %)OO
73 (3.093 %)ITIL
82 (2.062 %)B2C
82 (2.062 %)E-Commerce
82 (2.062 %)Problem Management
91 (1.031 %)Project Management
91 (1.031 %)UML
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
159 (60.82 %)PHP
247 (48.45 %)JavaScript
332 (32.99 %)PHP5
422 (22.68 %)Python
515 (15.46 %)Perl
614 (14.43 %)Java
710 (10.31 %)C
87 (7.216 %)SQL
96 (6.186 %)PHP4
105 (5.155 %)Shell Script
114 (4.124 %)C#
123 (3.093 %)C++
123 (3.093 %)DHTML
132 (2.062 %)Ruby
141 (1.031 %)VB
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.031 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (2.062 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (1.031 %)NetBackup
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.031 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (28.87 %)Oracle
220 (20.62 %)Red Hat
34 (4.124 %)Sun
43 (3.093 %)Zend
51 (1.031 %)Informatica
51 (1.031 %)Sybase
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