Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MySQL skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MySQL over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category.

LinkMySQL
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank475186
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+35
Matching permanent IT job ads355232444888
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.106 %3.811 %2.402 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category15.29 %14.43 %9.444 %
Salaries quoted325329424295
Average salary£32,500£32,500£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--1.510 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£23,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,000£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.330 %-
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
232352248251755
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.86 %26.41 %25.43 %
Salaries quoted201351927243485
Average salary£40,000£37,500£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-3.840 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

MySQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MySQL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

MySQL Demand Trend

MySQL
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MySQL within the UK.

MySQL Salary Trend

MySQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MySQL over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 within the UK.

MySQL Salary Histogram

MySQL
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+63419£32,500-
LondonUp+31217£40,000+14.28 %
South EastDown-7581£35,000-5.40 %
South WestUp+20405£31,500+5.00 %
City of LondonUp+37363£40,000+8.84 %
North WestUp+15360£28,000+12.00 %
East of EnglandDown-4321£32,750+0.76 %
YorkshireNo change0258£29,000-3.33 %
ManchesterUp+8216£29,750+19.00 %
CambridgeshireNo change0165£35,000-
BristolUp+42154£30,500+1.66 %
CambridgeDown-2136£35,000-
SurreyUp+21134£42,500+6.25 %
BerkshireDown-22132£40,000-13.97 %
West MidlandsUp+32129£34,500+31.42 %
HampshireUp+7111£28,500-9.52 %
East MidlandsUp+27110£27,000-1.81 %
West YorkshireDown-4100£27,500-
WalesUp+3979£30,500+1.66 %
GloucestershireUp+2974£35,000+7.69 %
South WalesUp+3369£31,500+5.00 %
CheshireDown-863£30,000+20.00 %
LancashireUp+3361£27,500+25.00 %
WiltshireUp+955£28,000-6.66 %
SomersetUp+154£32,500-4.41 %
East YorkshireUp+851£27,500-21.42 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1351£30,000-
ReadingDown-1450£35,000-28.20 %
CardiffUp+2548£31,500+6.77 %
KentUp+1648£36,250+16.93 %

MySQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MySQL.

14403 (66.86 %)PHP
22815 (42.75 %)JavaScript
32808 (42.64 %)CSS
42727 (41.41 %)Linux
52430 (36.90 %)HTML
61685 (25.59 %)SQL
71681 (25.53 %)Apache
81385 (21.03 %)OO
91384 (21.02 %)AJAX
101357 (20.61 %)XML
111342 (20.38 %)Java
121228 (18.65 %)SQL Server
131170 (17.77 %)XHTML
141154 (17.52 %)Web Development
151125 (17.08 %)LAMP
161001 (15.20 %)PHP5
17936 (14.21 %)UNIX
18916 (13.91 %)E-Commerce
19854 (12.97 %)Oracle
20831 (12.62 %)Perl
21812 (12.33 %).NET
22723 (10.98 %)Windows
23663 (10.07 %)Zend
24662 (10.05 %)Degree
25626 (9.506 %)C#
26621 (9.431 %)jQuery
27613 (9.309 %)OOP
28597 (9.066 %)Flash
29586 (8.899 %)MVC
30582 (8.838 %)Subversion

MySQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MySQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12808 (42.64 %)CSS
22430 (36.90 %)HTML
31384 (21.02 %)AJAX
41357 (20.61 %)XML
51170 (17.77 %)XHTML
61125 (17.08 %)LAMP
7812 (12.33 %).NET
8621 (9.431 %)jQuery
9597 (9.066 %)Flash
10568 (8.626 %)Web Services
11445 (6.758 %)ASP.NET
12389 (5.907 %)J2EE
13351 (5.330 %)Spring
14349 (5.300 %)SOAP
15348 (5.285 %)Hibernate
16346 (5.254 %)ASP
17279 (4.237 %)Zend Framework
18255 (3.872 %)JSP
19191 (2.901 %)Symfony
20185 (2.809 %)Ruby on Rails
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11681 (25.53 %)Apache
2479 (7.274 %)CMS
3443 (6.727 %)Tomcat
4317 (4.814 %)Drupal
5249 (3.781 %)IIS
6115 (1.746 %)Joomla!
7111 (1.686 %)ColdFusion
887 (1.321 %)WordPress
960 (0.911 %)MS Exchange
1059 (0.896 %)SharePoint
1151 (0.774 %)Magento
1247 (0.714 %)WebLogic
1336 (0.547 %)Apache Solr
1425 (0.380 %)Exchange Server 2003
1521 (0.319 %)ExpressionEngine
1616 (0.243 %)TYPO3
1715 (0.228 %)Moodle
1715 (0.228 %)osCommerce
1814 (0.213 %)nginx
1912 (0.182 %)GlassFish
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1320 (4.860 %)Photoshop
2181 (2.749 %)MS Excel
390 (1.367 %)MS Visio
477 (1.169 %)Adobe Illustrator
573 (1.109 %)Fireworks
649 (0.744 %)MS Office
711 (0.167 %)MATLAB
86 (0.091 %)InDesign
95 (0.076 %)Paint Shop Pro
95 (0.076 %)CA Clarity
95 (0.076 %)Spreadsheet
104 (0.061 %)3ds Max
104 (0.061 %)Acrobat
104 (0.061 %)MS Project
113 (0.046 %)ImageReady
122 (0.030 %)Maya
122 (0.030 %)Adobe Director
131 (0.015 %)GIMP
131 (0.015 %)ArcInfo
131 (0.015 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
121 (0.319 %)Google Analytics
213 (0.197 %)WebTrends
39 (0.137 %)Summit
45 (0.076 %)Oracle Applications
45 (0.076 %)Oracle EBS
54 (0.061 %)Oracle 11i
54 (0.061 %)Pivotal CRM
63 (0.046 %)Navision
63 (0.046 %)Movex
63 (0.046 %)Dynamics CRM
72 (0.030 %)SAP Business One
72 (0.030 %)Oracle Financials
72 (0.030 %)Oracle BPM
72 (0.030 %)SalesLogix
81 (0.015 %)SAP CRM
81 (0.015 %)SAP ERP
81 (0.015 %)Apache OFBiz
81 (0.015 %)Oracle EBS R12
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1558 (8.474 %)Internet
2285 (4.328 %)TCP/IP
3196 (2.976 %)DNS
4188 (2.855 %)HTTP
5163 (2.475 %)Firewall
6127 (1.929 %)Intranet
7118 (1.792 %)SAN
886 (1.306 %)FTP
970 (1.063 %)SMTP
1064 (0.972 %)VoIP
1154 (0.820 %)VPN
1244 (0.668 %)SNMP
1341 (0.623 %)SSH
1439 (0.592 %)LDAP
1538 (0.577 %)DHCP
1636 (0.547 %)SSL
1735 (0.532 %)WAN
1832 (0.486 %)LAN
1832 (0.486 %)NAS
1930 (0.456 %)iSCSI
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11228 (18.65 %)SQL Server
2224 (3.402 %)RDBMS
3213 (3.235 %)PostgreSQL
4147 (2.232 %)SQL Server 2005
597 (1.473 %)SQL Server 2000
669 (1.048 %)SQL Server 2008
767 (1.017 %)SQL Server Integration Services
864 (0.972 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
963 (0.957 %)Informix
1058 (0.881 %)Oracle 8/8i
1157 (0.866 %)ETL
1256 (0.850 %)DB2
1350 (0.759 %)Datawarehouse
1350 (0.759 %)DTS
1437 (0.562 %)MS Access
1532 (0.486 %)Oracle 10g
1625 (0.380 %)Oracle 9i
1715 (0.228 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1813 (0.197 %)Crystal Reports
1813 (0.197 %)TOAD
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1582 (8.838 %)Subversion
2137 (2.080 %)Eclipse
3124 (1.883 %)JUnit
4110 (1.670 %)Ant
588 (1.336 %)Dreamweaver
673 (1.109 %)Maven
751 (0.774 %)Visual Studio
843 (0.653 %)Git (software)
941 (0.623 %)Selenium
1026 (0.395 %)JMeter
1124 (0.364 %)JIRA
1217 (0.258 %)QuickTest Pro
1314 (0.213 %)CruiseControl
1413 (0.197 %)NUnit
1512 (0.182 %)PEAR
1610 (0.152 %)Flex Builder
1610 (0.152 %)TestNG
179 (0.137 %)FitNesse
179 (0.137 %)ERwin
179 (0.137 %)WinRunner
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1365 (5.543 %)Finance
2364 (5.528 %)Marketing
3198 (3.007 %)Health
4191 (2.901 %)Pensions
5183 (2.779 %)Games
6158 (2.399 %)Education
7142 (2.156 %)Retail
8141 (2.141 %)Publishing
9136 (2.065 %)Telecoms
10114 (1.731 %)Insurance
1191 (1.382 %)Advertising
1274 (1.124 %)Graphic Design
1366 (1.002 %)Banking
1462 (0.942 %)Online Games
1557 (0.866 %)Social Media
1651 (0.774 %)Back Office
1750 (0.759 %)Construction
1846 (0.699 %)Multimedia
1941 (0.623 %)Music
2032 (0.486 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14647 (70.57 %)Developer
22199 (33.39 %)PHP Developer
31394 (21.17 %)Web Developer
4672 (10.21 %)Senior Developer
5577 (8.762 %)PHP Web Developer
6504 (7.654 %)Java Developer
7455 (6.910 %)Administrator
8323 (4.905 %)Systems Administrator
9313 (4.753 %)Senior PHP Developer
10261 (3.964 %)DBA
11236 (3.584 %)Linux Administrator
12229 (3.478 %)Analyst
13218 (3.311 %)Junior
14214 (3.250 %)LAMP Developer
15209 (3.174 %)Programmer
16198 (3.007 %)C# Developer
17192 (2.916 %)Linux Systems Administrator
18185 (2.809 %).NET Developer
19172 (2.612 %)Senior Web Developer
20168 (2.551 %)MySQL Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1439 (6.667 %)Open Source
2301 (4.571 %)Computer Science
3200 (3.037 %)W3C
4128 (1.944 %)Client/Server
5114 (1.731 %)Replication
6111 (1.686 %)Clustering
796 (1.458 %)Web 2.0
886 (1.306 %)Social Network
974 (1.124 %)Mathematics
1062 (0.942 %)Visualisation
1160 (0.911 %)iPhone
1160 (0.911 %)Blog
1244 (0.668 %)Management Information System
1339 (0.592 %)Cloud Computing
1438 (0.577 %)Multithreading
1531 (0.471 %)Blackberry
1630 (0.456 %)E-Learning
1630 (0.456 %)Equities
1630 (0.456 %)SaaS
1727 (0.410 %)Handset
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12727 (41.41 %)Linux
2936 (14.21 %)UNIX
3723 (10.98 %)Windows
4377 (5.725 %)Red Hat Linux
5204 (3.098 %)Solaris
6147 (2.232 %)Windows Server 2003
7136 (2.065 %)Debian
8120 (1.822 %)CentOS
996 (1.458 %)Ubuntu
1092 (1.397 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1167 (1.017 %)Windows Server 2008
1252 (0.790 %)Fedora
1345 (0.683 %)Windows XP
1432 (0.486 %)SUSE
1524 (0.364 %)Android
1623 (0.349 %)AIX
1722 (0.334 %)Windows 2000 Server
1816 (0.243 %)Windows 2000
1915 (0.228 %)Windows Vista
2013 (0.197 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11385 (21.03 %)OO
21154 (17.52 %)Web Development
3916 (13.91 %)E-Commerce
4613 (9.309 %)OOP
5586 (8.899 %)MVC
6429 (6.515 %)Agile Software Development
7419 (6.363 %)Content Management
8301 (4.571 %)Scrum
9291 (4.419 %)SEO
10181 (2.749 %)Project Management
11172 (2.612 %)Web Design
12167 (2.536 %)OOD
13151 (2.293 %)UML
14138 (2.096 %)CRM
15132 (2.005 %)TDD
16131 (1.989 %)Unit Testing
17106 (1.610 %)Software Engineering
1896 (1.458 %)SOA
1991 (1.382 %)ITIL
2082 (1.245 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14403 (66.86 %)PHP
22815 (42.75 %)JavaScript
31685 (25.59 %)SQL
41342 (20.38 %)Java
51001 (15.20 %)PHP5
6831 (12.62 %)Perl
7626 (9.506 %)C#
8447 (6.788 %)C++
9422 (6.409 %)C
10374 (5.680 %)Python
11340 (5.163 %)ActionScript
12298 (4.525 %)Ruby
13285 (4.328 %)PHP4
14194 (2.946 %)ActionScript 3.0
15188 (2.855 %)Shell Script
16187 (2.840 %)VB.NET
17153 (2.323 %)VB
18150 (2.278 %)Bash shell
19109 (1.655 %)T-SQL
2091 (1.382 %)ActionScript 2.0
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1662 (10.05 %)Degree
246 (0.699 %)RHCE
341 (0.623 %)Microsoft Certification
429 (0.440 %)Cisco Certification
526 (0.395 %)CCNA
621 (0.319 %)Security Cleared
719 (0.289 %)MCSE
818 (0.273 %)ISEB
818 (0.273 %)SC Cleared
917 (0.258 %)CCNP
1016 (0.243 %)RHCT
1114 (0.213 %)PhD
1212 (0.182 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1311 (0.167 %)ITIL Certification
148 (0.121 %)CFA
148 (0.121 %)MCP
157 (0.106 %)MCDBA
166 (0.091 %)MCSA
175 (0.076 %)Postgraduate
175 (0.076 %)Oracle Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
183 (1.260 %)QA
218 (0.273 %)WAI
314 (0.213 %)PCI DSS
49 (0.137 %)WCAG
57 (0.106 %)SLA
65 (0.076 %)ISO27001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
197 (1.473 %)Active Directory
259 (0.896 %)Postfix
357 (0.866 %)VMware Infrastructure
455 (0.835 %)NFS
541 (0.623 %)Xen
634 (0.516 %)Samba
725 (0.380 %)Sendmail
824 (0.364 %)VMware ESX
910 (0.152 %)Oracle RAC
910 (0.152 %)Hadoop
109 (0.137 %)OpenLDAP
109 (0.137 %)XenServer
109 (0.137 %)Oracle RMAN
117 (0.106 %)MSMQ
125 (0.076 %)Veritas Volume Manager
125 (0.076 %)Veritas File System
125 (0.076 %)Veritas Cluster Server
134 (0.061 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
134 (0.061 %)Squid
143 (0.046 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
175 (1.139 %)Nagios
224 (0.364 %)Zenoss
313 (0.197 %)NetBackup
412 (0.182 %)Plesk
57 (0.106 %)YUM
57 (0.106 %)Data Guard
57 (0.106 %)Backup Exec
65 (0.076 %)SCOM
73 (0.046 %)Cacti
73 (0.046 %)OpenNMS
73 (0.046 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
81 (0.015 %)OpenView
81 (0.015 %)Tivoli
81 (0.015 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
81 (0.015 %)WSUS
81 (0.015 %)BMC Marimba
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1854 (12.97 %)Oracle
2663 (10.07 %)Zend
3377 (5.725 %)Microsoft
4358 (5.437 %)Red Hat
5260 (3.948 %)JBoss
6138 (2.096 %)Adobe
7137 (2.080 %)Sybase
8116 (1.762 %)Cisco
9106 (1.610 %)VMware
1065 (0.987 %)Google
1152 (0.790 %)Sun
1226 (0.395 %)Mercator
1325 (0.380 %)Veritas
1325 (0.380 %)Juniper
1419 (0.289 %)HP
1518 (0.273 %)Progress
1518 (0.273 %)Sitecore
1616 (0.243 %)NetApp
1715 (0.228 %)Citrix
1813 (0.197 %)Borland