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This section looks at the demand for MySQL skills within the Cheshire 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMySQL
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5160
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.004 %
As % of the category below8.497 %1.653 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£125-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£175-
UK excluding London average daily rate£284£343
% change on same period last year-17.02 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.92£33.80
% change on same period last year-20.35 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads153242
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.204 %0.241 %
Daily rates quoted3554
Average minimum daily rate£321£357
Average daily rate£335£372
% change on same period last year-9.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£387
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£358
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted1714
Average minimum hourly rate£26.99£32.26
Average hourly rate£30.78£34.39
% change on same period last year-10.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.58£36.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.15£32.12
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
MySQL North WestMySQL
North West

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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire MySQL Daily Rate Trend

MySQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
ChesterNew entry-2--
RuncornNew entry-2--
WilmslowNew entry-2--
CreweNew entry-1--
MySQL North WestMySQL
North West

MySQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

118 (94.74 %)PHP
213 (68.42 %)JavaScript
39 (47.37 %)CSS
47 (36.84 %)Flash
47 (36.84 %)XML
56 (31.58 %)Apache
56 (31.58 %)HTML
56 (31.58 %)LAMP
56 (31.58 %)AJAX
65 (26.32 %)CMS
65 (26.32 %)Dreamweaver
65 (26.32 %)SQL
65 (26.32 %).NET
65 (26.32 %)ASP.NET
74 (21.05 %)ASP
74 (21.05 %)Linux
74 (21.05 %)PHP5
83 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
83 (15.79 %)Retail
83 (15.79 %)Content Management
83 (15.79 %)Intranet
92 (10.53 %)Health
92 (10.53 %)Pharmaceutical
92 (10.53 %)XHTML
92 (10.53 %)Navision
92 (10.53 %)NHS
92 (10.53 %)Photoshop
92 (10.53 %)ActionScript
92 (10.53 %)Systems Analysis
92 (10.53 %)Google

MySQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (47.37 %)CSS
27 (36.84 %)XML
36 (31.58 %)LAMP
36 (31.58 %)HTML
36 (31.58 %)AJAX
45 (26.32 %).NET
45 (26.32 %)ASP.NET
54 (21.05 %)ASP
62 (10.53 %)XHTML
71 (5.263 %)Hibernate
71 (5.263 %)Spring
71 (5.263 %)J2EE
71 (5.263 %)jQuery
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (31.58 %)Apache
25 (26.32 %)CMS
31 (5.263 %)Joomla!
31 (5.263 %)Tomcat
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.53 %)Photoshop
21 (5.263 %)Fireworks
21 (5.263 %)Adobe Illustrator
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (10.53 %)Navision
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (15.79 %)Intranet
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.263 %)SQL Server
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (36.84 %)Flash
25 (26.32 %)Dreamweaver
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.79 %)Retail
22 (10.53 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (10.53 %)Health
31 (5.263 %)Publishing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (84.21 %)Developer
211 (57.89 %)PHP Developer
38 (42.11 %)Web Developer
45 (26.32 %)PHP Web Developer
53 (15.79 %)Senior PHP Developer
53 (15.79 %)Senior PHP Web Developer
53 (15.79 %)Senior Developer
53 (15.79 %)Senior Web Developer
53 (15.79 %)MySQL Developer
62 (10.53 %)LAMP Developer
71 (5.263 %)Applications Developer
71 (5.263 %)Web Applications Developer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.53 %)NHS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (21.05 %)Linux
21 (5.263 %)UNIX
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
13 (15.79 %)Content Management
22 (10.53 %)Systems Analysis
22 (10.53 %)Web Development
31 (5.263 %)Web Design
31 (5.263 %)UML
31 (5.263 %)OOP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (94.74 %)PHP
213 (68.42 %)JavaScript
35 (26.32 %)SQL
44 (21.05 %)PHP5
52 (10.53 %)ActionScript
61 (5.263 %)Java
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (10.53 %)Degree
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (10.53 %)Google