The first table below looks at the demand for MySQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MySQL over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Staffordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MySQL
Rank 17 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing MySQL 3 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.448% 3.182% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.333% 18.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £225 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -41.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
36 37 122
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 41.38% 16.82% 58.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 21 53
Average daily rate £250 £290 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.79% -17.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
Average hourly rate £15.31 £28.75 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.74% +161.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
MySQL
West Midlands

MySQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MySQL across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Staffordshire MySQL Jobs Demand Trend

MySQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire MySQL Daily Rate Trend

MySQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Burton-upon-Trent - 2 £225 -
MySQL
West Midlands

MySQL
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

1 7 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) HTML
3 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 4 (57.14%) CSS
3 4 (57.14%) OO
4 3 (42.86%) OOP
4 3 (42.86%) XML
5 2 (28.57%) Linux
5 2 (28.57%) Apache
5 2 (28.57%) Ajax
5 2 (28.57%) LAMP
5 2 (28.57%) JSON
5 2 (28.57%) Zend
5 2 (28.57%) Zend Framework
5 2 (28.57%) jQuery
6 1 (14.29%) Web Application Development
6 1 (14.29%) SEO
6 1 (14.29%) Web Development
6 1 (14.29%) Subversion
6 1 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (14.29%) C#
6 1 (14.29%) Java
6 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
6 1 (14.29%) .NET

MySQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) HTML
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) XML
3 2 (28.57%) Ajax
3 2 (28.57%) LAMP
3 2 (28.57%) JSON
3 2 (28.57%) Zend Framework
3 2 (28.57%) jQuery
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (71.43%) PHP Developer
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) PHP Web Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) OO
2 3 (42.86%) OOP
3 1 (14.29%) Web Application Development
3 1 (14.29%) SEO
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Zend