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This section looks at the demand for MySQL skills within the Edinburgh 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
Rank3859
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.008 %
As % of the category below10.38 %3.200 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£313-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£271£338
% change on same period last year-19.78 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£23.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.95£31.21
% change on same period last year-10.43 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads183250
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.244 %0.253 %
Daily rates quoted3245
Average minimum daily rate£271£302
Average daily rate£290£312
% change on same period last year-7.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£355
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted413
Average minimum hourly rate£55.95£31.56
Average hourly rate£59.58£32.35
% change on same period last year+84.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£63.20£33.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.85£31.30
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
MySQL ScotlandMySQL
Scotland

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh MySQL Hourly Rate Trend

MySQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Edinburgh MySQL Hourly Rate Histogram

MySQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

114 (60.87 %)PHP
210 (43.48 %)Linux
39 (39.13 %)JavaScript
47 (30.43 %)Informix
55 (21.74 %)Subversion
55 (21.74 %)Project Planning
64 (17.39 %)UNIX
64 (17.39 %)Finance
64 (17.39 %)Government
64 (17.39 %)Health
64 (17.39 %)Red Hat
73 (13.04 %)OO
73 (13.04 %)HTML
73 (13.04 %)Debian
82 (8.696 %)LAMP
82 (8.696 %)SQL
82 (8.696 %)VB.NET
82 (8.696 %).NET
82 (8.696 %)ASP.NET
82 (8.696 %)CSS
82 (8.696 %)XML
82 (8.696 %)Configuration Management
82 (8.696 %)Web Development
82 (8.696 %)Ruby
82 (8.696 %)Time Management
82 (8.696 %)Ruby on Rails
91 (4.348 %)Groovy
91 (4.348 %)TDD
91 (4.348 %)AJAX
91 (4.348 %)Degree

MySQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (13.04 %)HTML
22 (8.696 %).NET
22 (8.696 %)ASP.NET
22 (8.696 %)CSS
22 (8.696 %)XML
22 (8.696 %)LAMP
22 (8.696 %)Ruby on Rails
31 (4.348 %)AJAX
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.348 %)Apache
11 (4.348 %)Joomla!
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (30.43 %)Informix
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (21.74 %)Subversion
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (17.39 %)Finance
14 (17.39 %)Government
14 (17.39 %)Health
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (47.83 %)Developer
28 (34.78 %)Analyst
36 (26.09 %)PHP Developer
45 (21.74 %)Operations Analyst
45 (21.74 %)Programmer
52 (8.696 %)Administrator
52 (8.696 %).NET Developer
52 (8.696 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
52 (8.696 %)UNIX Administrator
52 (8.696 %)Systems Administrator
52 (8.696 %)MySQL Developer
52 (8.696 %)PHP Programmer
52 (8.696 %)Analyst Programmer
52 (8.696 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
61 (4.348 %)Web Programmer
61 (4.348 %)Web Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Linux Systems Administrator
61 (4.348 %)Linux Administrator
61 (4.348 %)DBA
61 (4.348 %)Java Developer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (43.48 %)Linux
24 (17.39 %)UNIX
33 (13.04 %)Debian
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (21.74 %)Project Planning
23 (13.04 %)OO
32 (8.696 %)Configuration Management
32 (8.696 %)Web Development
32 (8.696 %)Time Management
41 (4.348 %)Extreme Programming
41 (4.348 %)TDD
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (60.87 %)PHP
29 (39.13 %)JavaScript
32 (8.696 %)SQL
32 (8.696 %)VB.NET
32 (8.696 %)Ruby
41 (4.348 %)Groovy
41 (4.348 %)Perl
41 (4.348 %)Java
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.348 %)Degree
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (17.39 %)Red Hat
21 (4.348 %)Oracle
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