The first table below looks at the demand for MySQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MySQL over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Tyne and Wear 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MySQL
Rank 26 42 31
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -11
Contract jobs citing MySQL 3 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.538% 0.519% 1.042%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.692% 3.846% 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £350 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £19.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
39 52 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 20.00% 13.51% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 34 46
Average daily rate £350 £375 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £338 £272
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £13.11 £16.64 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.21% -18.82%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
MySQL
North East

MySQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne +17 3 £350 - 4
South Shields - - - -
MySQL
North East

MySQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 10 (100.00%) Apache
1 10 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 9 (90.00%) Linux
2 9 (90.00%) CentOS
3 8 (80.00%) DNS
3 8 (80.00%) Firewall
4 7 (70.00%) DHCP
4 7 (70.00%) VPN
4 7 (70.00%) LDAP
5 5 (50.00%) Cisco
5 5 (50.00%) Citrix
5 5 (50.00%) XenServer
6 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (40.00%) Nagios
6 4 (40.00%) OSPF
6 4 (40.00%) Identity Management
6 4 (40.00%) SAN
6 4 (40.00%) HP
7 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
7 3 (30.00%) BGP
8 2 (20.00%) Validation
8 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (10.00%) HSRP
9 1 (10.00%) VLAN
9 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (10.00%) SUSE
9 1 (10.00%) Wireless
9 1 (10.00%) IPsec
9 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
9 1 (10.00%) Finance

MySQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 Platforms
1 10 (100.00%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) DNS
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) DHCP
2 7 (70.00%) VPN
2 7 (70.00%) LDAP
3 4 (40.00%) OSPF
3 4 (40.00%) SAN
4 3 (30.00%) BGP
5 1 (10.00%) HSRP
5 1 (10.00%) VLAN
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (10.00%) Wireless
5 1 (10.00%) IPsec
5 1 (10.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Administrator
2 7 (70.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 7 (70.00%) Linux Administrator
2 7 (70.00%) Systems Administrator
3 5 (50.00%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 5 (50.00%) Senior Linux Administrator
3 5 (50.00%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
4 2 (20.00%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Administrator
5 1 (10.00%) Network Administrator
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Linux
1 9 (90.00%) CentOS
2 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (10.00%) SUSE
3 1 (10.00%) UNIX
3 1 (10.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (40.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco
2 5 (50.00%) Citrix
3 4 (40.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) JBoss
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle