comparing db job markets

On 25 Nov 2006, 23:46, "michaelnewp...@yahoo.com"
<michaelnewp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Michael Leo wrote:
> > Gang,
> > It is, after all Friday. I'm waiting for Michael Newport to
> > point out how there are more jobs for MySQL than Ingres
> > on the job boards.
>
> fromwww.jobserve.com, contract/perm, last 7 days
>
> sql server 8659
> oracle 3945
> access 1201
> sybase 1045
> progress 924
> db2 346
> mysql 297
> informix 91
> postgres 42
> adabas 22
> ingres 15
> rdb 5
>
> did I pass the test :?)
>
> ================================================== ===
> take 2
> fromwww.jobserve.com, contract/perm, last 7 days
>
> oracle 3343 - down 600
> sql server 2528 - the original figure seems suspect, perhaps I forgot
> the " 's
> access 979 - down 200
> progress 920 - same
> sybase 641 - down 400
> mysql 384 - up 100
> db2 296 - down 50
> informix 52 - down 40
> adabas 25 - same
> ingres 16 - same
> postgres 11 - down 30
> rdb 5 - same
>
> same time next year :)

================================================== ===
take 3
from www.jobserve.com, contract/perm, last 7 days

oracle 3202
"sql server" 3191
sybase 672
mysql 484
db2 320
informix 55
postgresql 28
ingres 23
adabas 18
rdb 3

forget access and progress, too many ambiguous uses.

Mysql job vacancies continue to rise and Ingres stays the same.

On 20 Oct, 15:44, latep...@gmail.com (Paul Mason) wrote:
> michaelnewp...@yahoo.com <michaelnewp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On 25 Nov 2006, 23:46, "michaelnewp...@yahoo.com"
> > <michaelnewp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Michael Leo wrote:
> >> > Gang,
> >> > It is, after all Friday. I'm waiting for Michael Newport to
> >> > point out how there are more jobs for MySQL than Ingres
> >> > on the job boards.
>
> >> fromwww.jobserve.com, contract/perm, last 7 days
>
> >> sql server 8659
> >> oracle 3945
> >> access 1201
> >> sybase 1045
> >> progress 924
> >> db2 346
> >> mysql 297
> >> informix 91
> >> postgres 42
> >> adabas 22
> >> ingres 15
> >> rdb 5
>
> >> did I pass the test :?)
>
> >> ================================================== ===
> >> take 2
> >> fromwww.jobserve.com, contract/perm, last 7 days
>
> >> oracle 3343 - down 600
> >> sql server 2528 - the original figure seems suspect, perhaps I forgot
> >> the " 's
> >> access 979 - down 200
> >> progress 920 - same
> >> sybase 641 - down 400
> >> mysql 384 - up 100
> >> db2 296 - down 50
> >> informix 52 - down 40
> >> adabas 25 - same
> >> ingres 16 - same
> >> postgres 11 - down 30
> >> rdb 5 - same
>
> >> same time next year :)
>
> > ================================================== ===
> > take 3
> > fromwww.jobserve.com, contract/perm, last 7 days
>
> > oracle 3202
> > "sql server" 3191
> > sybase 672
> > mysql 484
> > db2 320
> > informix 55
> > postgresql 28
> > ingres 23
> > adabas 18
> > rdb 3
>
> > forget access and progress, too many ambiguous uses.
>
> > Mysql job vacancies continue to rise and Ingres stays the same.
>
> Since when is 23 the same as 16? That's a 43% rise compared to a 26%
> rise in Mysql. Of course it would be much nicer if Ingres was starting
> from a higher base.
>
> --
> Paul Mason


perhaps you should have started from the top...
i.e. 15 is the same as 16

I couldn't be bothered to comment on each figure this time (23).
But I did comment on Mysql vs Ingres for Mike Leo ;-)

<michaelnewport@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On 20 Oct, 15:44, latep...@gmail.com (Paul Mason) wrote:
>> michaelnewp...@yahoo.com <michaelnewp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > On 25 Nov 2006, 23:46, "michaelnewp...@yahoo.com"
>> > <michaelnewp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >> Michael Leo wrote:
>> >> > Gang,
>> >> > It is, after all Friday. I'm waiting for Michael Newport to
>> >> > point out how there are more jobs for MySQL than Ingres
>> >> > on the job boards.

I just find it surreal that anyone cares about how ingres relates to mySQL
when it's pretty clear that in comparison with other databases nobody wants
ingres developers.

In my experience demand for mySQL development is usually lumped in with some
other technology and I suspect it's asked for more than those figures may
show, though I may be wrong.

I think that the figures are really showing what a niche product ingres has
sadly become.

Before long we'll be encountering people asking about our painting
abilities..