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The table below looks at the demand for MySQL skills within the England 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMySQL
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank106112
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads9931362
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.411 %1.376 %
As % of the category below7.803 %7.243 %
Daily rates quoted344310
Average minimum daily rate£292£295
Average daily rate£319£315
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£284£310
% change on same period last year-8.27 %
Hourly rates quoted63125
Average minimum hourly rate£23.17£26.59
Average hourly rate£24.79£29.48
% change on same period last year-15.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.41£32.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.30£30.43
% change on same period last year-16.86 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
England
Matching contract IT job ads1272618805
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled18.08 %18.99 %
Daily rates quoted40755597
Average minimum daily rate£355£371
Average daily rate£378£395
% change on same period last year-4.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£419
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£351
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted8901429
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£28.86
Average hourly rate£30.04£30.76
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.07£32.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.04£31.73
% change on same period last year-5.33 %
MySQL UKMySQL
UK

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England MySQL Hourly Rate Histogram

MySQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
LondonUp+8505£336+6.15 %
South EastDown-17164£287-13.67 %
YorkshireUp+2678£276-5.62 %
North WestUp+3778£234-9.59 %
East of EnglandUp+1746£315+9.40 %
South WestDown-2342£246-16.74 %
West MidlandsDown-534£321+12.17 %
East MidlandsUp+1431--
North EastDown-411--
MidlandsUp+194--
MySQL UKMySQL
UK

MySQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

11307 (63.73 %)PHP
2699 (34.08 %)Linux
3677 (33.01 %)JavaScript
4665 (32.42 %)CSS
5633 (30.86 %)HTML
6576 (28.08 %)XML
7537 (26.18 %)Apache
8423 (20.62 %)AJAX
9409 (19.94 %)Java
10402 (19.60 %)XHTML
11380 (18.53 %)PHP5
12371 (18.09 %)SQL
13335 (16.33 %)Oracle
14282 (13.75 %)SQL Server
14282 (13.75 %)OO
15272 (13.26 %)LAMP
16267 (13.02 %)UNIX
17245 (11.95 %)Perl
17245 (11.95 %)CMS
18230 (11.21 %)J2EE
19208 (10.14 %)Flash
20205 (9.995 %)Tomcat
21191 (9.313 %).NET
21191 (9.313 %)Red Hat
22186 (9.069 %)Hibernate
22186 (9.069 %)Red Hat Linux
23185 (9.020 %)Spring
24174 (8.484 %)Windows
25172 (8.386 %)Subversion
26166 (8.094 %)Web Development

MySQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1665 (32.42 %)CSS
2633 (30.86 %)HTML
3576 (28.08 %)XML
4423 (20.62 %)AJAX
5402 (19.60 %)XHTML
6272 (13.26 %)LAMP
7230 (11.21 %)J2EE
8191 (9.313 %).NET
9186 (9.069 %)Hibernate
10185 (9.020 %)Spring
11148 (7.216 %)JSP
12133 (6.485 %)WebServices
13104 (5.071 %)MVC
1499 (4.827 %)ASP.NET
1596 (4.681 %)Struts
1691 (4.437 %)XSLT
1787 (4.242 %)Drupal
1884 (4.096 %)ASP
1960 (2.925 %)SOAP
2050 (2.438 %)Symfony
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1537 (26.18 %)Apache
2245 (11.95 %)CMS
3205 (9.995 %)Tomcat
4136 (6.631 %)JBoss
5113 (5.510 %)IIS
6100 (4.876 %)WebLogic
745 (2.194 %)Joomla!
832 (1.560 %)ColdFusion
914 (0.683 %)Alfresco
914 (0.683 %)WordPress
1010 (0.488 %)SharePoint
119 (0.439 %)Resin
119 (0.439 %)TIBCO EMS
128 (0.390 %)WebLogic Portal
135 (0.244 %)Commerce Server
135 (0.244 %)MS Exchange
144 (0.195 %)ESB
153 (0.146 %)SharePoint Server 2007
153 (0.146 %)Exchange Server 2003
162 (0.098 %)SugarCRM
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
183 (4.047 %)Photoshop
230 (1.463 %)MS Excel
230 (1.463 %)Adobe Illustrator
321 (1.024 %)MS Office
412 (0.585 %)Fireworks
510 (0.488 %)MS Project
67 (0.341 %)MS Visio
75 (0.244 %)Acrobat
84 (0.195 %)Spreadsheet
92 (0.098 %)3ds Max
92 (0.098 %)CA Clarity
92 (0.098 %)ImageReady
92 (0.098 %)Quicktime
101 (0.049 %)Paint Shop Pro
101 (0.049 %)MS PowerPoint
101 (0.049 %)InfoPath
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.439 %)WebTrends
24 (0.195 %)Oracle Financials
32 (0.098 %)Navision
32 (0.098 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
41 (0.049 %)Oracle BRM
41 (0.049 %)GoldMine
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
191 (4.437 %)Internet
275 (3.657 %)TCP/IP
365 (3.169 %)Firewall
448 (2.340 %)DNS
534 (1.658 %)HTTP
632 (1.560 %)SMTP
731 (1.511 %)FTP
824 (1.170 %)Intranet
923 (1.121 %)SAN
1022 (1.073 %)LAN
1022 (1.073 %)WAN
1119 (0.926 %)LDAP
1217 (0.829 %)SNMP
1217 (0.829 %)SSH
1312 (0.585 %)IMAP
1411 (0.536 %)SSL
159 (0.439 %)SMPP
168 (0.390 %)VLAN
168 (0.390 %)Wi-Fi
177 (0.341 %)Wireless
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1282 (13.75 %)SQL Server
244 (2.145 %)SQL Server 2005
341 (1.999 %)SQL Server 2000
427 (1.316 %)RDBMS
522 (1.073 %)PostgreSQL
619 (0.926 %)Datawarehouse
718 (0.878 %)Informix
816 (0.780 %)ETL
816 (0.780 %)Oracle 10g
915 (0.731 %)DB2
1014 (0.683 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1112 (0.585 %)OLAP
1211 (0.536 %)Star Schema
1211 (0.536 %)DTS
1211 (0.536 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1310 (0.488 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1310 (0.488 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
149 (0.439 %)BusinessObjects
158 (0.390 %)Oracle 8/8i
166 (0.293 %)Crystal Reports
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1208 (10.14 %)Flash
2172 (8.386 %)Subversion
3156 (7.606 %)Eclipse
496 (4.681 %)Ant
589 (4.339 %)Dreamweaver
640 (1.950 %)JUnit
721 (1.024 %)Visual Studio
812 (0.585 %)Selenium
910 (0.488 %)FitNesse
108 (0.390 %)Bugzilla
117 (0.341 %)JIRA
117 (0.341 %)VSS/SourceSafe
117 (0.341 %)IntelliJ
126 (0.293 %)WinRunner
134 (0.195 %)QuickTest Pro
134 (0.195 %)Zend Studio
143 (0.146 %)FrontPage
152 (0.098 %)Log4j
152 (0.098 %)Oracle APEX
152 (0.098 %)ClearCase
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
180 (3.901 %)Marketing
278 (3.803 %)Telecoms
370 (3.413 %)Finance
449 (2.389 %)Games
535 (1.706 %)Publishing
631 (1.511 %)Retail
728 (1.365 %)Education
818 (0.878 %)Banking
916 (0.780 %)Advertising
1015 (0.731 %)Construction
1111 (0.536 %)Multimedia
1111 (0.536 %)Graphic Design
1111 (0.536 %)Interactive Media
129 (0.439 %)Investment Banking
137 (0.341 %)Insurance
137 (0.341 %)Online Games
137 (0.341 %)Auditing
146 (0.293 %)Pharmaceutical
146 (0.293 %)Government
155 (0.244 %)Front Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11475 (71.92 %)Developer
2750 (36.57 %)PHP Developer
3318 (15.50 %)Web Developer
4169 (8.240 %)Java Developer
5147 (7.167 %)Administrator
6131 (6.387 %)Senior Developer
7115 (5.607 %)Systems Administrator
8109 (5.314 %)MySQL Developer
992 (4.486 %)PHP Web Developer
1069 (3.364 %)LAMP Developer
1158 (2.828 %)J2EE Developer
1256 (2.730 %)Linux Administrator
1355 (2.682 %)Senior Java Developer
1454 (2.633 %).NET Developer
1553 (2.584 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1652 (2.535 %)Analyst
1744 (2.145 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1843 (2.097 %)DBA
1939 (1.902 %)Web Administrator
2037 (1.804 %)Senior J2EE Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
171 (3.462 %)Social Network
257 (2.779 %)Web 2.0
348 (2.340 %)W3C
433 (1.609 %)Clustering
531 (1.511 %)Replication
627 (1.316 %)Computer Science
712 (0.585 %)E-Learning
810 (0.488 %)Blog
99 (0.439 %)N-Tier
108 (0.390 %)Client/Server
117 (0.341 %)Photography
126 (0.293 %)Derivative
135 (0.244 %)NHS
135 (0.244 %)Blackberry
144 (0.195 %)VLE
144 (0.195 %)Data Integration
144 (0.195 %)RIA
153 (0.146 %)Credit Risk
153 (0.146 %)Device Driver
153 (0.146 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1699 (34.08 %)Linux
2267 (13.02 %)UNIX
3186 (9.069 %)Red Hat Linux
4174 (8.484 %)Windows
5130 (6.338 %)Solaris
649 (2.389 %)Windows Server 2003
747 (2.292 %)Debian
844 (2.145 %)CentOS
932 (1.560 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1016 (0.780 %)SUSE
1111 (0.536 %)Fedora
1210 (0.488 %)Windows CE
139 (0.439 %)Windows XP
148 (0.390 %)FreeBSD
148 (0.390 %)Windows 2000 Server
157 (0.341 %)Windows 2000
166 (0.293 %)Ubuntu
175 (0.244 %)Gentoo
175 (0.244 %)Mac OS X
184 (0.195 %)AIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1282 (13.75 %)OO
2166 (8.094 %)Web Development
3152 (7.411 %)OOP
4139 (6.777 %)E-Commerce
5109 (5.314 %)Content Management
664 (3.120 %)Agile Software Development
749 (2.389 %)UML
842 (2.048 %)Migration
940 (1.950 %)Web Design
1039 (1.902 %)TDD
1039 (1.902 %)OOD
1137 (1.804 %)SEO
1137 (1.804 %)Load Balancing
1235 (1.706 %)Pair Programming
1330 (1.463 %)CRM
1426 (1.268 %)Software Engineering
1523 (1.121 %)Scrum
1523 (1.121 %)Project Management
1621 (1.024 %)OOA/OOD
1720 (0.975 %)Business Intelligence
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11307 (63.73 %)PHP
2677 (33.01 %)JavaScript
3409 (19.94 %)Java
4380 (18.53 %)PHP5
5371 (18.09 %)SQL
6245 (11.95 %)Perl
7150 (7.314 %)PHP4
8106 (5.168 %)C#
9102 (4.973 %)ActionScript
1088 (4.291 %)Python
1177 (3.754 %)Shell Script
1267 (3.267 %)Ruby
1358 (2.828 %)C++
1456 (2.730 %)C
1554 (2.633 %)DHTML
1647 (2.292 %)VB.NET
1730 (1.463 %)VB
1816 (0.780 %)Delphi
1915 (0.731 %)PL/SQL
2013 (0.634 %)Transact-SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
177 (3.754 %)Degree
215 (0.731 %)Cisco Certification
314 (0.683 %)CCNA
413 (0.634 %)RHCT
53 (0.146 %)MySQL Certification
53 (0.146 %)RHCE
62 (0.098 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (0.098 %)Postgraduate
62 (0.098 %)MCSE
62 (0.098 %)SCJP
71 (0.049 %)SCJA
71 (0.049 %)MCSA
71 (0.049 %)PhD
71 (0.049 %)CCNP
71 (0.049 %)Sun Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (1.658 %)QA
217 (0.829 %)SLA
310 (0.488 %)WAI
43 (0.146 %)ISO9001
52 (0.098 %)WCAG
61 (0.049 %)ISO14443
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
121 (1.024 %)NFS
214 (0.683 %)Active Directory
313 (0.634 %)Squid
48 (0.390 %)VMware Infrastructure
56 (0.293 %)MSMQ
65 (0.244 %)Xen
74 (0.195 %)Samba
83 (0.146 %)Oracle RMAN
92 (0.098 %)Oracle RAC
92 (0.098 %)NetBackup
101 (0.049 %)Terminal Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
120 (0.975 %)Nagios
24 (0.195 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
33 (0.146 %)EMC Navisphere
42 (0.098 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
51 (0.049 %)OpenView
51 (0.049 %)Tivoli
51 (0.049 %)MOM
51 (0.049 %)Netcool
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1335 (16.33 %)Oracle
2191 (9.313 %)Red Hat
378 (3.803 %)Microsoft
477 (3.754 %)Zend
537 (1.804 %)Cisco
625 (1.219 %)VMware
722 (1.073 %)Adobe
820 (0.975 %)HP
917 (0.829 %)Sun
917 (0.829 %)Mediasurface
1015 (0.731 %)Google
1114 (0.683 %)Nokia
1114 (0.683 %)CheckPoint
1213 (0.634 %)TIBCO
1213 (0.634 %)IBM
1213 (0.634 %)Sybase
1312 (0.585 %)EMC
149 (0.439 %)Macromedia
149 (0.439 %)Business Objects
149 (0.439 %)Apple