The first table below looks at the demand for MySQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MySQL over the 3 months to 23 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 Suffolk 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MySQL
Rank 25 34 25
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -9
Contract jobs citing MySQL 5 4 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 3.333% 1.619% 4.211%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.64% 5.556% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 8
Average daily rate £250 £369 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.20% +20.90%
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
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
47 72 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 31.33% 29.15% 28.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 57 29
Average daily rate £275 £325 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £288 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Average hourly rate - £29.50 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +53.24%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
MySQL
East of England

MySQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 23 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
Ipswich +2 1 £275 -25.42%
MySQL
East of England

MySQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) CSS
3 4 (50.00%) PHP
4 3 (37.50%) HTML
4 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) LAMP
4 3 (37.50%) Web Development
5 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (25.00%) OOD
5 2 (25.00%) ISO 9001
5 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) UML
5 2 (25.00%) OO
5 2 (25.00%) XHTML
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle
6 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (12.50%) SQL
6 1 (12.50%) .NET
6 1 (12.50%) NHS
6 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
6 1 (12.50%) SEO
6 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Twitter
6 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) Drupal

MySQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 5 (62.50%) CSS
2 3 (37.50%) HTML
2 3 (37.50%) LAMP
3 2 (25.00%) XHTML
4 1 (12.50%) .NET
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (12.50%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Drupal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) LAMP Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Web Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Drupal Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Web Development
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) OOD
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) UML
3 2 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (12.50%) SEO
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) PHP
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Twitter