MySQL Contract Job Trends in England

MySQL
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring MySQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 303 224
Rank change year-on-year -99 -79 +17
Contract jobs citing MySQL 233 221 365
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.79% 1.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.33% 4.41% 5.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 152 254
10th Percentile £312 £204 £250
25th Percentile £408 £361 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £529 £575
90th Percentile £598 £582 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 5
10th Percentile - £35.07 £32.75
25th Percentile £13.51 £56.40 £42.50
Median hourly rate £19.30 £76.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -74.85% +61.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile £80.25 £81.88 £68.75
90th Percentile £90.00 £85.25 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £25.09 £76.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -67.31% +61.58% -9.52%

All Database & BI 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 7,001 5,014 6,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.32% 18.04% 18.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,694 3,461 4,355
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 80 91
10th Percentile £14.85 £20.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £24.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.82 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.87% -0.53% -36.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £56.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.71 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.55% -37.34%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MySQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

MySQL job vacancy trend in England

MySQL
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MySQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MySQL

MySQL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MySQL in England over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for MySQL in England

MySQL
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MySQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MySQL

MySQL
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MySQL in England over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

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 17 August 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 -84 79 £525 +16.67% 102
Midlands -9 48 £448 -8.67% 10
North of England -65 47 £481 +6.89% 30
West Midlands -15 40 £448 +27.86% 6
North West -22 36 £481 +8.09% 18
South East -70 30 £401 +93.37% 33
East of England -11 13 £638 +33.16% 13
South West -45 9 £409 -20.58% 11
East Midlands -16 8 £540 +8.54% 4
Yorkshire -40 8 £333 -15.61% 4
North East -49 3 £500 - 8
MySQL
UK

MySQL
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.86%) Apache
2 8 (3.43%) Confluence
3 5 (2.15%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.15%) IIS
3 5 (2.15%) SAS
3 5 (2.15%) WordPress
4 4 (1.72%) nginx
4 4 (1.72%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.72%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (1.29%) CMS
5 3 (1.29%) Moodle
6 2 (0.86%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.43%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.43%) Drupal
7 1 (0.43%) JBoss
7 1 (0.43%) Luigi
7 1 (0.43%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.58%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.43%) Magento
2 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 102 (43.78%) AWS
2 61 (26.18%) Azure
3 27 (11.59%) GCP
4 23 (9.87%) Power Platform
5 18 (7.73%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (7.30%) GitHub
6 17 (7.30%) Serverless
7 12 (5.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 10 (4.29%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (4.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 9 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.43%) Amazon SQS
10 8 (3.43%) AWS KMS
10 8 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (3.00%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (3.00%) SaaS
12 6 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.58%) Amazon S3
13 5 (2.15%) Snowflake
14 4 (1.72%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.29%) SSL
2 9 (3.86%) DNS
3 7 (3.00%) Firewall
4 6 (2.58%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.72%) HTTP
5 4 (1.72%) SSH
6 3 (1.29%) 5G
7 2 (0.86%) 4G
7 2 (0.86%) BIG-IP
7 2 (0.86%) FTP
7 2 (0.86%) NaaS
7 2 (0.86%) SAN
7 2 (0.86%) WAN
8 1 (0.43%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.43%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.43%) MQTT
8 1 (0.43%) NAS
8 1 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (49.36%) PostgreSQL
2 76 (32.62%) SQL Server
3 40 (17.17%) Relational Database
4 37 (15.88%) MongoDB
5 32 (13.73%) NoSQL
6 23 (9.87%) Power BI
7 22 (9.44%) Redis
8 21 (9.01%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (8.58%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (6.01%) Amazon Aurora
10 14 (6.01%) Pentaho
11 12 (5.15%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (3.86%) DynamoDB
12 9 (3.86%) RDBMS
12 9 (3.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (3.43%) Oracle Database
14 7 (3.00%) Apache Cassandra
15 6 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (2.58%) Data Lake
15 6 (2.58%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 50 (21.46%) Git
2 25 (10.73%) GitLab
3 20 (8.58%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.72%) JIRA
5 9 (3.86%) JUnit
6 7 (3.00%) Maven
7 5 (2.15%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (1.72%) Gradle
8 4 (1.72%) Mocha
9 3 (1.29%) Android Studio
9 3 (1.29%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.29%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.29%) Mockito
9 3 (1.29%) Xcode
10 2 (0.86%) Firebug
10 2 (0.86%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.86%) Karma Test Runner
10 2 (0.86%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.86%) Selenium
10 2 (0.86%) SonarQube
General
1 64 (27.47%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (12.88%) Public Sector
4 18 (7.73%) Finance
5 14 (6.01%) Retail
6 6 (2.58%) Advertising
6 6 (2.58%) Marketing
7 5 (2.15%) Banking
7 5 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (2.15%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.86%) Billing
9 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.86%) Front Office
9 2 (0.86%) Legal
9 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.86%) Publishing
9 2 (0.86%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.43%) Electronics
10 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 63 (27.04%) Developer
2 56 (24.03%) DBA
3 34 (14.59%) Senior
4 31 (13.30%) Data Engineer
5 28 (12.02%) Administrator
6 21 (9.01%) Java Developer
7 19 (8.15%) SC Cleared DBA
7 19 (8.15%) SQL DBA
8 18 (7.73%) Full-Stack Developer
9 17 (7.30%) Support Engineer
10 13 (5.58%) Lead
10 13 (5.58%) Senior Developer
10 13 (5.58%) Software Engineer
11 11 (4.72%) Architect
11 11 (4.72%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (4.72%) Java Engineer
12 10 (4.29%) Software Developer
13 9 (3.86%) Python Developer
14 8 (3.43%) PHP Developer
14 8 (3.43%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (19.74%) Spring
2 43 (18.45%) CSS
3 42 (18.03%) Spring Boot
4 40 (17.17%) HTML
5 38 (16.31%) RESTful
6 35 (15.02%) Kafka
7 34 (14.59%) REST
8 27 (11.59%) React
9 21 (9.01%) Spring MVC
10 15 (6.44%) AngularJS
10 15 (6.44%) HTML5
11 14 (6.01%) CSS3
12 13 (5.58%) GraphQL
12 13 (5.58%) Node.js
13 12 (5.15%) Vue
14 11 (4.72%) Jest
15 10 (4.29%) Hibernate
15 10 (4.29%) OAuth
16 9 (3.86%) RabbitMQ
17 8 (3.43%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.59%) Cloud Native
2 22 (9.44%) Replication
3 16 (6.87%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.87%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (5.15%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.86%) Clustering
6 8 (3.43%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.00%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.58%) Mobile Payment
9 5 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.15%) Life Science
9 5 (2.15%) PKI
10 4 (1.72%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.72%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.72%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.29%) Legacy Code
11 3 (1.29%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (21.03%) Linux
2 22 (9.44%) Windows
3 21 (9.01%) Unix
4 11 (4.72%) Ubuntu
5 10 (4.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.86%) Android
6 9 (3.86%) Windows Server
7 6 (2.58%) Solaris
8 3 (1.29%) CentOS
9 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.43%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (33.05%) CI/CD
2 56 (24.03%) Agile
3 52 (22.32%) DevOps
3 52 (22.32%) Performance Tuning
4 49 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (16.74%) Microservices
6 35 (15.02%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (15.02%) Software Engineering
7 29 (12.45%) Data Modelling
7 29 (12.45%) Full-Stack Development
7 29 (12.45%) Observability
8 28 (12.02%) AI
9 27 (11.59%) ETL
10 26 (11.16%) Code Quality
11 25 (10.73%) Test Automation
12 24 (10.30%) Analytics
13 23 (9.87%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (9.87%) MVC
13 23 (9.87%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 106 (45.49%) SQL
2 75 (32.19%) Java
3 65 (27.90%) Python
4 47 (20.17%) JavaScript
5 22 (9.44%) PHP
6 19 (8.15%) Bash
7 18 (7.73%) PowerShell
8 15 (6.44%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.72%) Shell Script
10 10 (4.29%) PL/SQL
11 9 (3.86%) TypeScript
12 8 (3.43%) Perl
13 7 (3.00%) C#
14 5 (2.15%) Ruby
15 4 (1.72%) C++
15 4 (1.72%) Kotlin
16 3 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (1.29%) Go
16 3 (1.29%) HiveQL
17 2 (0.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 91 (39.06%) Security Cleared
2 77 (33.05%) SC Cleared
3 26 (11.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (9.44%) Degree
5 15 (6.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (4.72%) Oracle Certification
8 10 (4.29%) OCP
9 9 (3.86%) AWS Certification
9 9 (3.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.00%) Azure Certification
11 6 (2.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.29%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.43%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.16%) QA
2 15 (6.44%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.58%) GDPR
4 5 (2.15%) SLA
5 4 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.72%) WCAG
6 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (19.31%) Docker
2 8 (3.43%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.29%) Dovecot
4 3 (1.29%) HDFS
4 3 (1.29%) Postfix
5 2 (0.86%) Varnish
6 1 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.43%) NFS
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 42 (18.03%) Kubernetes
2 41 (17.60%) Terraform
3 26 (11.16%) Grafana
4 18 (7.73%) Ansible
5 11 (4.72%) Prometheus
6 7 (3.00%) SCOM
7 4 (1.72%) Kibana
7 4 (1.72%) Puppet
8 3 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.29%) HAProxy
8 3 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.86%) Amdocs OSS
9 2 (0.86%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.43%) Argo
10 1 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 84 (36.05%) Oracle
2 57 (24.46%) Microsoft
3 19 (8.15%) Talend
4 17 (7.30%) Google
5 16 (6.87%) Denodo
6 14 (6.01%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.58%) Informatica
7 6 (2.58%) Splunk
8 5 (2.15%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.72%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.72%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.29%) Cisco
10 3 (1.29%) Databricks
10 3 (1.29%) F5
10 3 (1.29%) Juniper
10 3 (1.29%) SAP
10 3 (1.29%) Sybase
11 2 (0.86%) Amdocs
11 2 (0.86%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.86%) TIBCO