MySQL DBA Contract Job Trends in England

MySQL Database Administrator
UK > England

The median MySQL Database Administrator daily rate in England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 - 530
Rank change year-on-year - - +61
Contract jobs requiring a MySQL DBA 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.011% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £360 - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £900
Median % change year-on-year - - +140.00%
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £900
% change year-on-year -7.32% -43.06% +140.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 42,663 25,579 30,167
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 91.10% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,165 16,474 18,507
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,652 1,417 1,347
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £17.33 £21.37
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -42.71% -4.32%
75th Percentile £67.84 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.91
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.39% -3.57%

MySQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'MySQL DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

MySQL DBA job vacancy trend in England

MySQL DBA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for MySQL DBA job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for MySQL DBA job vacancies in England

MySQL DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MySQL DBA in England over the 6 months to 4 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for MySQL DBA in England

MySQL DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for MySQL DBA job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for MySQL DBA job vacancies in England

MySQL DBA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL DBA within the England region over the 6 months to 4 October 2026. 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
London - 4 £475 - 6
Midlands - 1 £450 -
West Midlands - 1 £450 -
MySQL DBA
UK

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 October 2026, MySQL DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring MySQL DBA in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) MySQL
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (20.00%) Bash
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Database Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Database Security
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) OCP
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) MySQL
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Database Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Database Security
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) OCP
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle