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The table below looks at the demand for MySQL skills within the Kent 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMySQL
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4534
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads318
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.019 %
As % of the category below2.419 %13.95 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£250
Average daily rate£450£300
% change on same period last year+50.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£267£298
% change on same period last year-10.48 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£31.00
Average hourly rate-£31.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.53£31.20
% change on same period last year-24.58 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads124129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.199 %0.139 %
Daily rates quoted4735
Average minimum daily rate£273£323
Average daily rate£291£342
% change on same period last year-15.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£347
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1112
Average minimum hourly rate£19.38£25.33
Average hourly rate£21.65£26.50
% change on same period last year-18.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.92£27.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.57£31.78
% change on same period last year-16.37 %
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent MySQL Hourly Rate Trend

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
TonbridgeNew entry-1--
MaidstoneNew entry-1£450-
SevenoaksNew entry-1--
MySQL South EastMySQL
South East

MySQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

14 (66.67 %)PHP
22 (33.33 %)Subversion
22 (33.33 %)JSF
22 (33.33 %)HTTP
22 (33.33 %)EJB
22 (33.33 %)Intranet
22 (33.33 %)Java
22 (33.33 %)SQL Server
22 (33.33 %)Ant
22 (33.33 %)Struts
22 (33.33 %)JBoss
22 (33.33 %)Apache
22 (33.33 %)Java SE
22 (33.33 %)Java EE
22 (33.33 %)Java EE 5
22 (33.33 %)EJB 3.0
31 (16.67 %)Flash
31 (16.67 %)XHTML
31 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
31 (16.67 %)XML
31 (16.67 %)Windows
31 (16.67 %)OOP
31 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
31 (16.67 %)JavaScript
31 (16.67 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)VB
31 (16.67 %)VB.NET
31 (16.67 %).NET
31 (16.67 %)J2EE
31 (16.67 %)HTML

MySQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (33.33 %)EJB
12 (33.33 %)Struts
12 (33.33 %)Java SE
12 (33.33 %)Java EE
12 (33.33 %)Java EE 5
12 (33.33 %)EJB 3.0
12 (33.33 %)JSF
21 (16.67 %)AJAX
21 (16.67 %)XML
21 (16.67 %)XHTML
21 (16.67 %)CSS
21 (16.67 %)HTML
21 (16.67 %).NET
21 (16.67 %)J2EE
21 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)JBoss
12 (33.33 %)Apache
21 (16.67 %)CMS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)HTTP
12 (33.33 %)Intranet
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)SQL Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (33.33 %)Ant
12 (33.33 %)Subversion
21 (16.67 %)Flash
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
11 (16.67 %)Marketing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Developer
22 (33.33 %)Java Developer
31 (16.67 %)PHP Developer
31 (16.67 %)Network Support
31 (16.67 %)Web Developer
31 (16.67 %)Systems Support
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)Windows
11 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)OOP
11 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)PHP
22 (33.33 %)Java
31 (16.67 %)JavaScript
31 (16.67 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)VB
31 (16.67 %)VB.NET
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)Terminal Services
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Adobe