MySQL Contracts in England

MySQL
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring MySQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MySQL over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 231 267
Rank change year-on-year -56 +36 -55
Contract jobs citing MySQL 214 380 461
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.81% 1.02% 0.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.39% 5.79% 5.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 270 316
10th Percentile £333 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £358 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £593 £575
90th Percentile £613 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £468 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +1.08% -7.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 7
10th Percentile £23.68 £25.20 £19.50
25th Percentile £27.93 £38.44 £30.88
Median hourly rate £35.00 £57.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.13 £60.63
90th Percentile £71.00 £76.50 £71.45
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £68.75 £39.60
% change year-on-year -49.09% +73.61% -12.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

MySQL falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 4,876 6,559 8,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.39% 17.60% 17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,375 4,722 5,899
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £813 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 140 156
10th Percentile £19.25 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £24.25 £20.36 £32.37
Median hourly rate £34.00 £39.25 £58.05
Median % change year-on-year -13.38% -32.38% +53.56%
75th Percentile £62.88 £51.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.60 £82.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £38.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -7.89% -33.91% +52.12%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MySQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MySQL in England

MySQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MySQL in England.

Daily rate trend for MySQL in England

MySQL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MySQL in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MySQL in England

MySQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MySQL in England.

Hourly rate trend for MySQL in England

MySQL
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MySQL in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for MySQL in England

MySQL
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 5 July 2025. 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 -40 94 £450 -10.00% 685
North of England -25 35 £463 -8.91% 254
South East +20 31 £375 +7.14% 224
Yorkshire -10 13 £401 -27.45% 78
Midlands -27 12 £490 +36.87% 115
South West +35 11 £550 +23.94% 103
North East +1 11 £490 - 17
North West -14 11 £445 -1.11% 159
East of England +25 6 £483 +28.67% 103
East Midlands +5 6 £490 +22.50% 47
West Midlands -30 6 £515 +43.85% 68
MySQL
UK

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 22 (10.28%) Apache
2 15 (7.01%) Confluence
3 9 (4.21%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.80%) Camunda
4 6 (2.80%) CMS
4 6 (2.80%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.80%) WordPress
5 5 (2.34%) Drupal
6 4 (1.87%) Alfresco
6 4 (1.87%) IIS
6 4 (1.87%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.40%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.93%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.93%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.47%) JBoss
9 1 (0.47%) SAS
9 1 (0.47%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) FileZilla
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.47%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 116 (54.21%) AWS
2 37 (17.29%) Azure
3 23 (10.75%) Amazon S3
4 21 (9.81%) GCP
5 19 (8.88%) Serverless
6 15 (7.01%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (6.07%) GitHub
7 13 (6.07%) Power Platform
8 12 (5.61%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (3.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (2.80%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (2.34%) AWS CodeBuild
12 5 (2.34%) Kong
12 5 (2.34%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.87%) Amazon Bedrock
13 4 (1.87%) AWS Step Functions
14 3 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (1.40%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.34%) Firewall
1 5 (2.34%) HTTP
2 4 (1.87%) Internet
3 3 (1.40%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (1.40%) Skype
3 3 (1.40%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.40%) VoIP
4 2 (0.93%) DHCP
4 2 (0.93%) DNS
4 2 (0.93%) LAN
4 2 (0.93%) VPN
4 2 (0.93%) WAN
5 1 (0.47%) FTP
5 1 (0.47%) Multicast
5 1 (0.47%) Network Security
5 1 (0.47%) OpenLDAP
5 1 (0.47%) VLAN
5 1 (0.47%) WinSCP
5 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (49.53%) PostgreSQL
2 75 (35.05%) MongoDB
3 51 (23.83%) Relational Database
4 40 (18.69%) SQL Server
5 24 (11.21%) NoSQL
6 17 (7.94%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (4.67%) DynamoDB
7 10 (4.67%) Power BI
8 9 (4.21%) Redis
9 8 (3.74%) Big Data
10 7 (3.27%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (3.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (3.27%) Apache Cassandra
10 7 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (3.27%) Hadoop
10 7 (3.27%) Oracle Database
10 7 (3.27%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (2.80%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (2.80%) Apache Hive
11 6 (2.80%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 54 (25.23%) Git
2 28 (13.08%) GitLab
2 28 (13.08%) JIRA
3 25 (11.68%) Jenkins
4 14 (6.54%) Maven
5 12 (5.61%) JUnit
6 10 (4.67%) SonarQube
7 8 (3.74%) Artifactory
7 8 (3.74%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (3.27%) Gradle
9 6 (2.80%) Eclipse
10 5 (2.34%) gulp
11 4 (1.87%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.87%) Bitbucket Server
11 4 (1.87%) Mockito
12 3 (1.40%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (1.40%) IntelliJ
12 3 (1.40%) Subversion
12 3 (1.40%) TestNG
12 3 (1.40%) Vagrant
General
1 65 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 38 (17.76%) Public Sector
3 23 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.81%) Finance
5 13 (6.07%) Banking
6 5 (2.34%) Military
7 2 (0.93%) Health Technology
7 2 (0.93%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.93%) Korean Language
8 1 (0.47%) Automotive
8 1 (0.47%) Billing
8 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.47%) Games
8 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.47%) Legal
8 1 (0.47%) Local Government
8 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.47%) Marketing
8 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 107 (50.00%) Developer
2 35 (16.36%) Full-Stack Developer
3 26 (12.15%) Java Developer
3 26 (12.15%) Senior
4 18 (8.41%) Senior Developer
5 17 (7.94%) Software Engineer
6 12 (5.61%) Lead
6 12 (5.61%) Python Developer
7 10 (4.67%) Data Engineer
8 9 (4.21%) Analyst
8 9 (4.21%) Architect
8 9 (4.21%) Software Developer
9 8 (3.74%) .NET Developer
9 8 (3.74%) DBA
9 8 (3.74%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 8 (3.74%) React Developer
9 8 (3.74%) Senior Java Developer
10 7 (3.27%) AWS Developer
10 7 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.80%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (23.36%) React
2 45 (21.03%) AngularJS
3 43 (20.09%) Spring
4 41 (19.16%) HTML
4 41 (19.16%) Spring Boot
5 37 (17.29%) Node.js
6 34 (15.89%) RESTful
7 31 (14.49%) Kafka
8 29 (13.55%) CSS
9 28 (13.08%) REST
10 24 (11.21%) .NET
11 17 (7.94%) Hibernate
11 17 (7.94%) XML
12 15 (7.01%) LAMP
12 15 (7.01%) Web Services
13 14 (6.54%) Vue
14 10 (4.67%) Laravel
15 9 (4.21%) Django
15 9 (4.21%) Ruby on Rails
16 8 (3.74%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.14%) PKI
2 7 (3.27%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (2.80%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.80%) Public Cloud
4 4 (1.87%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.87%) Legacy Code
4 4 (1.87%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.87%) Replication
5 3 (1.40%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.40%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (0.93%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.93%) Credit Risk
6 2 (0.93%) Digital Media
6 2 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.93%) NHS
6 2 (0.93%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.93%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 40 (18.69%) Linux
2 20 (9.35%) Windows
3 15 (7.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (4.67%) Unix
5 7 (3.27%) CentOS
6 4 (1.87%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.40%) Debian
7 3 (1.40%) VMS
8 2 (0.93%) Android
9 1 (0.47%) AIX
9 1 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.47%) HPUX
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.47%) Solaris
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.64%) Agile
2 58 (27.10%) Microservices
3 52 (24.30%) Full-Stack Development
4 50 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (22.43%) CI/CD
6 46 (21.50%) DevOps
7 34 (15.89%) Software Engineering
8 27 (12.62%) Containerisation
8 27 (12.62%) Mentoring
9 24 (11.21%) High Availability
10 20 (9.35%) ETL
10 20 (9.35%) TDD
11 18 (8.41%) Code Quality
11 18 (8.41%) Computer Science
12 17 (7.94%) OO
13 16 (7.48%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (7.48%) Scrum
14 15 (7.01%) Design Patterns
15 14 (6.54%) Continuous Integration
15 14 (6.54%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 81 (37.85%) Java
2 74 (34.58%) SQL
3 66 (30.84%) Python
4 60 (28.04%) JavaScript
5 33 (15.42%) PHP
6 20 (9.35%) TypeScript
7 13 (6.07%) Ruby
8 11 (5.14%) C#
9 10 (4.67%) Bash
10 4 (1.87%) Perl
10 4 (1.87%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.87%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.87%) Rust
10 4 (1.87%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.40%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.93%) Go
12 2 (0.93%) R
12 2 (0.93%) Scala
13 1 (0.47%) Dart
13 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 57 (26.64%) Security Cleared
2 43 (20.09%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.81%) Degree
4 17 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.27%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.87%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.87%) OCP
7 4 (1.87%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.40%) PhD
9 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.93%) Sun Certification
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.47%) CCNP
10 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.48%) QA
2 13 (6.07%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.40%) GDPR
3 3 (1.40%) SLA
4 2 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.93%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (21.03%) Docker
2 4 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 3 (1.40%) KVM
3 3 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.93%) VirtualBox
4 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (14.95%) Kubernetes
2 27 (12.62%) Terraform
3 14 (6.54%) Ansible
4 9 (4.21%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.74%) Grafana
6 7 (3.27%) Puppet
7 5 (2.34%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.40%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.40%) logstash
8 3 (1.40%) Nagios
8 3 (1.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (1.40%) QRadar
8 3 (1.40%) Salt
8 3 (1.40%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 2 (0.93%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.93%) Icinga
9 2 (0.93%) Istio
9 2 (0.93%) Kibana
10 1 (0.47%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.47%) Packer
Vendors
1 62 (28.97%) Oracle
2 26 (12.15%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.14%) Google
4 8 (3.74%) Cisco
4 8 (3.74%) Zend
5 7 (3.27%) Talend
6 6 (2.80%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.34%) Atlassian
7 5 (2.34%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.87%) VMware
9 3 (1.40%) Denodo
9 3 (1.40%) IBM
9 3 (1.40%) Rackspace
9 3 (1.40%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.93%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.93%) Brio
10 2 (0.93%) Informatica
10 2 (0.93%) New Relic
11 1 (0.47%) Sage
11 1 (0.47%) Splunk