MySQL Contracts in the UK excluding London

MySQL
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MySQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MySQL over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 221 184
Rank change year-on-year -6 -37 -33
Contract jobs citing MySQL 176 245 433
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.86% 1.04% 1.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.88% 6.79% 8.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 163 303
10th Percentile £325 £328 £327
25th Percentile £358 £410 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £538
90th Percentile £640 £635 £593
UK median daily rate £493 £508 £505
% change year-on-year -2.86% +0.50% +6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 9
10th Percentile £25.25 - -
25th Percentile £37.06 £22.16 £20.75
Median hourly rate £68.75 £39.60 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.61% +84.19% +7.50%
75th Percentile £74.38 £57.50 £22.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £65.00 £24.55
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £43.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +60.92% +102.33% -2.27%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

MySQL is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,560 3,607 5,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.50% 15.38% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,810 2,589 3,804
10th Percentile £316 £337 £327
25th Percentile £400 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.61%
75th Percentile £588 £599 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 114 130
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.46 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £32.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.95 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.76% +62.71% +42.86%
75th Percentile £61.50 £67.27 £55.69
90th Percentile £77.00 £75.68 £68.78
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £60.00 £42.92
% change year-on-year -33.13% +39.80% +59.07%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MySQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MySQL in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MySQL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MySQL in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MySQL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +8 48 £463 +8.82% 86
South East +5 40 £425 -10.53% 52
Midlands +42 33 £358 -28.40% 56
North West +6 30 £450 +7.14% 50
Wales +42 27 £550 +10.00% 5
West Midlands +32 27 £358 -30.15% 34
South West +5 16 £450 -18.18% 48
Yorkshire +4 11 £513 -4.43% 25
Scotland +7 9 £500 -9.09% 14
North East +16 7 - - 11
East Midlands +23 5 £300 -36.84% 22
East of England -6 4 £475 +5.56% 25
MySQL
UK

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (6.82%) Apache
2 9 (5.11%) Drupal
3 7 (3.98%) nginx
4 6 (3.41%) Apache Solr
4 6 (3.41%) Apache Spark
5 5 (2.84%) Confluence
6 4 (2.27%) OpenStack
7 3 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.70%) Moodle
8 2 (1.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.57%) Jadu
9 1 (0.57%) SAS
9 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) NetSuite
1 3 (1.70%) Sage X3
2 2 (1.14%) Magento
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.57%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 57 (32.39%) Azure
2 53 (30.11%) AWS
3 27 (15.34%) GitHub
4 16 (9.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 14 (7.95%) Amazon EC2
5 14 (7.95%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (7.39%) GCP
6 13 (7.39%) GitHub Actions
7 12 (6.82%) Amazon S3
8 11 (6.25%) Power Platform
9 9 (5.11%) Serverless
10 8 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.98%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (3.98%) Snowflake
12 6 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (2.84%) IaaS
13 5 (2.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
15 3 (1.70%) Amazon ELB
15 3 (1.70%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 10 (5.68%) Firewall
3 9 (5.11%) DNS
4 8 (4.55%) SAN
4 8 (4.55%) VPN
5 4 (2.27%) 5G
5 4 (2.27%) DHCP
5 4 (2.27%) Diameter Protocol
5 4 (2.27%) HTTPS
5 4 (2.27%) IPsec
5 4 (2.27%) LTE
5 4 (2.27%) NAS
5 4 (2.27%) OpenLDAP
6 3 (1.70%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.70%) HTTP
6 3 (1.70%) WAN
6 3 (1.70%) Wireless
7 1 (0.57%) LAN
7 1 (0.57%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (20.45%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (17.61%) Relational Database
2 31 (17.61%) SQL Server
3 22 (12.50%) MongoDB
4 17 (9.66%) Amazon Redshift
5 14 (7.95%) RDBMS
6 13 (7.39%) NoSQL
7 12 (6.82%) MariaDB
8 11 (6.25%) Power BI
9 9 (5.11%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (3.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (3.41%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (3.41%) Couchbase
13 4 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (2.27%) Big Data
13 4 (2.27%) Data Lake
13 4 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (2.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (23.86%) Git
2 19 (10.80%) GitLab
3 11 (6.25%) Cypress.io
3 11 (6.25%) Jenkins
4 9 (5.11%) JIRA
4 9 (5.11%) SonarQube
5 8 (4.55%) Postman
6 6 (3.41%) Burp Suite
7 5 (2.84%) AppScan
7 5 (2.84%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.70%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.70%) Selenium
8 3 (1.70%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.70%) WebDriver
9 2 (1.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (1.14%) Gradle
9 2 (1.14%) Maven
9 2 (1.14%) Subversion
10 1 (0.57%) JUnit
10 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 33 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.80%) Public Sector
3 9 (5.11%) Finance
4 8 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.41%) Retail
6 5 (2.84%) Banking
7 4 (2.27%) Advertising
7 4 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.27%) Legal
8 2 (1.14%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.14%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.14%) Marketing
8 2 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.57%) Games
9 1 (0.57%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.57%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 64 (36.36%) Developer
2 18 (10.23%) Full Stack Developer
3 15 (8.52%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (7.95%) PHP Developer
5 12 (6.82%) Software Engineer
6 11 (6.25%) DBA
6 11 (6.25%) Senior
7 9 (5.11%) Drupal Developer
7 9 (5.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 8 (4.55%) Data Engineer
8 8 (4.55%) Migration Manager
8 8 (4.55%) Migration Project Manager
8 8 (4.55%) Project Manager
8 8 (4.55%) Site Engineer
9 7 (3.98%) Full Stack PHP Developer
10 6 (3.41%) Administrator
10 6 (3.41%) Full Stack Engineer
10 6 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.84%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (2.84%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (14.20%) React
2 23 (13.07%) CSS
2 23 (13.07%) HTML
3 17 (9.66%) Elastic Stack
3 17 (9.66%) Laravel
4 15 (8.52%) Node.js
4 15 (8.52%) RESTful
4 15 (8.52%) Vue
5 11 (6.25%) JSON
6 10 (5.68%) .NET
6 10 (5.68%) AngularJS
7 8 (4.55%) XML
8 7 (3.98%) REST
8 7 (3.98%) Sass
9 5 (2.84%) LAMP
9 5 (2.84%) LDAP
9 5 (2.84%) SOAP
9 5 (2.84%) Web Services
9 5 (2.84%) XSLT
9 5 (2.84%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.95%) Public Cloud
2 9 (5.11%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.41%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (2.84%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.84%) Fat Client
4 5 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.84%) Thin Client
5 4 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.27%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.27%) PKI
6 3 (1.70%) CCTV
6 3 (1.70%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.70%) Smart Meter
7 2 (1.14%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.14%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 59 (33.52%) Linux
2 21 (11.93%) Windows
3 10 (5.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (5.11%) Unix
4 9 (5.11%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.98%) Ubuntu
5 7 (3.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.41%) Android
7 5 (2.84%) VMS
8 4 (2.27%) CentOS
8 4 (2.27%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (1.70%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.70%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.70%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (42.05%) Agile
2 44 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 39 (22.16%) DevOps
4 33 (18.75%) Scrum
5 32 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
5 32 (18.18%) Full Stack Development
5 32 (18.18%) Software Engineering
6 28 (15.91%) Analytics
7 27 (15.34%) Configuration Management
8 26 (14.77%) Containerisation
8 26 (14.77%) Infrastructure as Code
9 24 (13.64%) ETL
10 23 (13.07%) Migration
10 23 (13.07%) SDLC
11 21 (11.93%) Data Analytics
11 21 (11.93%) Project Management
12 20 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (10.23%) Test Strategy
14 16 (9.09%) Data Extraction
15 15 (8.52%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 61 (34.66%) PHP
2 51 (28.98%) SQL
3 50 (28.41%) JavaScript
4 31 (17.61%) Python
5 29 (16.48%) Java
6 23 (13.07%) Bash
7 16 (9.09%) C#
8 14 (7.95%) PowerShell
9 12 (6.82%) TypeScript
10 11 (6.25%) Shell Script
11 6 (3.41%) Go
12 5 (2.84%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.84%) T-SQL
13 4 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (2.27%) Scala
13 4 (2.27%) VB
14 3 (1.70%) Perl
15 2 (1.14%) Groovy
15 2 (1.14%) Ruby
16 1 (0.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 35 (19.89%) Security Cleared
2 30 (17.05%) SC Cleared
3 22 (12.50%) Degree
4 7 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.84%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.14%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.14%) SANS
7 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (18.18%) QA
2 7 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.41%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.27%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.27%) GDPR
4 4 (2.27%) HIPAA
4 4 (2.27%) NIST
5 3 (1.70%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.14%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (15.34%) Docker
2 13 (7.39%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.41%) vSphere
5 4 (2.27%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.14%) VirtualBox
6 2 (1.14%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.57%) HDFS
7 1 (0.57%) IAG
Systems Management
1 38 (21.59%) Ansible
1 38 (21.59%) Terraform
2 36 (20.45%) Grafana
3 32 (18.18%) Kubernetes
4 16 (9.09%) Prometheus
5 11 (6.25%) Graylog
6 9 (5.11%) Nagios
6 9 (5.11%) Nessus
7 8 (4.55%) Argo
7 8 (4.55%) HP Fortify
7 8 (4.55%) Puppet
8 7 (3.98%) Progress Chef
9 5 (2.84%) Packer
9 5 (2.84%) vRealize
9 5 (2.84%) WebInspect
10 4 (2.27%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (2.27%) vCenter Server
10 4 (2.27%) WSUS
10 4 (2.27%) yum
10 4 (2.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 37 (21.02%) Microsoft
2 35 (19.89%) Oracle
3 19 (10.80%) VMware
4 16 (9.09%) Denodo
4 16 (9.09%) Talend
5 15 (8.52%) Splunk
6 13 (7.39%) Google
7 10 (5.68%) Atlassian
8 9 (5.11%) Red Hat
9 7 (3.98%) Veeam
10 6 (3.41%) Checkmarx
10 6 (3.41%) Salesforce
11 5 (2.84%) Arqiva
11 5 (2.84%) Veracode
11 5 (2.84%) Veritas
12 4 (2.27%) HP
12 4 (2.27%) Informatica
13 3 (1.70%) Cisco
13 3 (1.70%) Sage
13 3 (1.70%) SAP