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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 313 227
Rank change year-on-year -85 -86 +6
Contract jobs citing MySQL 238 205 336
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.74% 1.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.45% 4.13% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 144 226
10th Percentile £310 £204 £216
25th Percentile £409 £333 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £530 £565
90th Percentile £663 £586 £675
UK median daily rate £486 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.06% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 3
10th Percentile - - £29.50
25th Percentile - £68.25 £34.38
Median hourly rate £13.51 £80.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -83.11% +77.78% -17.81%
75th Percentile £61.38 £87.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £77.00 - £48.50
UK median hourly rate £35.30 £80.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -55.88% +77.78% -15.89%

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 6,897 4,959 5,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.99% 17.99% 18.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,603 3,400 4,159
10th Percentile £358 £334 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £622 £638 £675
90th Percentile £709 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £531
% change year-on-year - -5.75% -2.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 78 79
10th Percentile £15.72 £21.24 £17.50
25th Percentile £24.40 £31.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £42.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +19.99% -36.36%
75th Percentile £61.13 £65.00 £60.78
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.00 £72.20
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -1.25% +14.29% -36.36%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -76 86 £525 +16.67% 210
North of England -65 55 £501 +6.62% 58
North West -30 44 £511 +16.71% 29
Midlands -22 40 £447 -3.35% 21
West Midlands -27 27 £448 +6.87% 15
South East -65 25 £400 +92.77% 41
East of England -18 15 £469 -2.09% 17
East Midlands -10 13 £300 -40.59% 6
Yorkshire -38 9 £398 -18.46% 19
South West -50 9 £409 -20.58% 22
North East -47 2 £523 +4.50% 11
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 10 (4.20%) Apache
2 6 (2.52%) Confluence
3 5 (2.10%) IIS
3 5 (2.10%) WordPress
4 4 (1.68%) nginx
4 4 (1.68%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.68%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.26%) CMS
6 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.84%) SAS
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.42%) Drupal
7 1 (0.42%) JBoss
7 1 (0.42%) Luigi
7 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.42%) Magento
2 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 109 (45.80%) AWS
2 72 (30.25%) Azure
3 29 (12.18%) GCP
3 29 (12.18%) GitHub
3 29 (12.18%) Serverless
4 22 (9.24%) Power Platform
5 19 (7.98%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
6 17 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (5.88%) Amazon SQS
8 13 (5.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 12 (5.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (3.78%) Amazon S3
11 9 (3.78%) AWS KMS
12 8 (3.36%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (2.94%) Azure Databricks
14 6 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
15 5 (2.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.30%) SSL
2 11 (4.62%) DNS
3 8 (3.36%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.52%) HTTP
4 6 (2.52%) SSH
5 5 (2.10%) 5G
5 5 (2.10%) Firewall
6 4 (1.68%) 4G
7 2 (0.84%) BIG-IP
7 2 (0.84%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.42%) FTP
8 1 (0.42%) MQTT
8 1 (0.42%) NAS
8 1 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.42%) SAN
8 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (56.30%) PostgreSQL
2 87 (36.55%) SQL Server
3 45 (18.91%) Relational Database
4 44 (18.49%) MongoDB
5 35 (14.71%) NoSQL
6 32 (13.45%) Redis
7 22 (9.24%) Power BI
8 21 (8.82%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (6.30%) Amazon Aurora
9 15 (6.30%) DynamoDB
10 13 (5.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (5.04%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (4.20%) Oracle Database
13 9 (3.78%) RDBMS
14 7 (2.94%) Pentaho
15 6 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (2.52%) Data Lake
16 5 (2.10%) Apache Cassandra
16 5 (2.10%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 55 (23.11%) Git
2 28 (11.76%) GitLab
3 26 (10.92%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.62%) JUnit
5 9 (3.78%) JIRA
6 6 (2.52%) Gradle
6 6 (2.52%) Maven
7 5 (2.10%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (1.68%) Mocha
8 4 (1.68%) Mockito
8 4 (1.68%) Selenium
8 4 (1.68%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.26%) Android Studio
9 3 (1.26%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.26%) Xcode
10 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.84%) Firebug
10 2 (0.84%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.84%) Karma Test Runner
11 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (27.31%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 24 (10.08%) Finance
5 11 (4.62%) Retail
6 9 (3.78%) Banking
7 6 (2.52%) Marketing
7 6 (2.52%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.10%) Advertising
8 5 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.84%) Front Office
11 2 (0.84%) Legal
11 2 (0.84%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.42%) Electronics
12 1 (0.42%) French Language
12 1 (0.42%) Local Government
12 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 70 (29.41%) Developer
2 59 (24.79%) DBA
3 34 (14.29%) Senior
4 33 (13.87%) Administrator
5 26 (10.92%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (10.08%) SQL DBA
7 23 (9.66%) Java Developer
8 19 (7.98%) SC Cleared DBA
9 18 (7.56%) Data Engineer
10 17 (7.14%) Lead
11 16 (6.72%) Software Engineer
12 14 (5.88%) Python Developer
13 13 (5.46%) Java Engineer
13 13 (5.46%) Support Engineer
14 11 (4.62%) Python Engineer
14 11 (4.62%) Senior Developer
15 10 (4.20%) Architect
15 10 (4.20%) AWS Engineer
15 10 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
16 9 (3.78%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (22.69%) HTML
2 53 (22.27%) CSS
3 49 (20.59%) Terraform
4 46 (19.33%) RESTful
5 44 (18.49%) Spring
6 43 (18.07%) REST
6 43 (18.07%) Spring Boot
7 42 (17.65%) React
8 38 (15.97%) Kafka
9 24 (10.08%) HTML5
10 23 (9.66%) CSS3
11 21 (8.82%) AngularJS
12 20 (8.40%) FastAPI
12 20 (8.40%) GraphQL
12 20 (8.40%) Node.js
12 20 (8.40%) Vue
13 18 (7.56%) Django
13 18 (7.56%) OAuth
13 18 (7.56%) Spring MVC
14 14 (5.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.03%) Cloud Native
2 25 (10.50%) Replication
3 16 (6.72%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 11 (4.62%) Clustering
5 11 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.78%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.94%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.52%) Mobile Payment
8 6 (2.52%) PKI
9 5 (2.10%) Life Science
10 4 (1.68%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.68%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.68%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.84%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 49 (20.59%) Linux
2 22 (9.24%) Windows
3 18 (7.56%) Unix
4 14 (5.88%) Windows Server
5 13 (5.46%) Solaris
5 13 (5.46%) Ubuntu
6 11 (4.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (3.78%) Android
8 3 (1.26%) CentOS
9 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.42%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.42%) Rocky
10 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (37.39%) CI/CD
2 72 (30.25%) DevOps
3 59 (24.79%) Agile
4 53 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (21.01%) Microservices
6 49 (20.59%) Performance Tuning
7 45 (18.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (16.39%) Software Engineering
9 37 (15.55%) Full-Stack Development
10 33 (13.87%) Event-Driven
11 32 (13.45%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 29 (12.18%) Code Quality
13 28 (11.76%) AI
14 27 (11.34%) Containerisation
15 26 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (10.92%) Data Modelling
15 26 (10.92%) Test Automation
16 25 (10.50%) Observability
16 25 (10.50%) Scrum
17 24 (10.08%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 116 (48.74%) SQL
2 77 (32.35%) Java
2 77 (32.35%) Python
3 56 (23.53%) JavaScript
4 20 (8.40%) Bash
4 20 (8.40%) TypeScript
5 19 (7.98%) PowerShell
6 18 (7.56%) PHP
7 17 (7.14%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.46%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.94%) C#
9 7 (2.94%) Perl
9 7 (2.94%) PL/SQL
10 6 (2.52%) Ruby
11 5 (2.10%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.26%) Go
12 3 (1.26%) Rust
13 2 (0.84%) C++
13 2 (0.84%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.84%) VBA
Qualifications
1 91 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 78 (32.77%) SC Cleared
3 33 (13.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (13.03%) Degree
5 20 (8.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (7.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (5.04%) Oracle Certification
8 11 (4.62%) Azure Certification
8 11 (4.62%) OCP
9 10 (4.20%) AWS Certification
9 10 (4.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (4.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (2.10%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.42%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.61%) QA
2 11 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.52%) GDPR
4 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.26%) WCAG
5 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 63 (26.47%) Docker
2 11 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.10%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.26%) Dovecot
4 3 (1.26%) Postfix
5 2 (0.84%) Varnish
6 1 (0.42%) NFS
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 50 (21.01%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.98%) Grafana
3 16 (6.72%) Ansible
4 13 (5.46%) Prometheus
5 12 (5.04%) SCOM
6 5 (2.10%) Puppet
7 4 (1.68%) HAProxy
7 4 (1.68%) Kibana
8 3 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.84%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.42%) Argo
10 1 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.42%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 82 (34.45%) Oracle
2 62 (26.05%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.56%) Google
4 16 (6.72%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.20%) Databricks
6 9 (3.78%) Talend
7 7 (2.94%) Splunk
8 6 (2.52%) Denodo
9 4 (1.68%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.26%) Cisco
10 3 (1.26%) F5
10 3 (1.26%) Informatica
10 3 (1.26%) Juniper
10 3 (1.26%) SAP
11 2 (0.84%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.84%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.84%) Solace
11 2 (0.84%) Sybase
11 2 (0.84%) TIBCO