MySQL Contract Job Trends in England
MySQL
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing MySQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 381 | 300 | 237 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -81 | -63 | -29 |
| Contract jobs citing MySQL | 285 | 241 | 316 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.61% | 0.83% | 1.02% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 4.19% | 4.57% | 5.68% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 205 | 174 | 206 |
| 10th Percentile | £355 | £204 | £203 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £314 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.93% | -5.56% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £524 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £680 | £593 | £641 |
| UK median daily rate | £519 | £425 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.13% | -5.56% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £38.95 | £29.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.51 | £61.75 | £34.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.09 | £76.75 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -67.31% | +70.56% | -31.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.75 | £87.50 | £48.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.00 | - | £48.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £42.50 | £76.75 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.63% | +70.56% | -30.77% |
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 citing database or business intelligence skills in England.
| 6 months to 2 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills | 6,805 | 5,271 | 5,568 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 14.68% | 18.12% | 17.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,501 | 3,615 | 3,751 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £328 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £507 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.58% | -7.82% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £631 | £625 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £736 | £800 |
| UK median daily rate | £513 | £500 | £529 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.50% | -5.48% | -1.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 296 | 78 | 80 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.08 | £19.94 | £17.95 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.50 | £29.00 | £23.98 |
| Median hourly rate | £39.00 | £43.50 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.34% | +24.29% | -29.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.25 | £65.00 | £56.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.68 | £85.30 | £66.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £40.18 | £43.50 | £31.55 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.63% | +37.90% | -34.89% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in England
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 2 November 2026.
MySQL Hourly Rate Trend in England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MySQL.
MySQL Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing MySQL in England over the 6 months to 2 November 2026.
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 2 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -67 | 116 | £510 | +13.33% | 91 |
| Midlands | -5 | 60 | £485 | +19.34% | 21 |
| North of England | -54 | 59 | £520 | +9.47% | 20 |
| West Midlands | -13 | 47 | £538 | +32.31% | 9 |
| North West | -19 | 47 | £523 | +16.11% | 11 |
| South East | -91 | 18 | £459 | +121.20% | 20 |
| East Midlands | -5 | 13 | £300 | -30.48% | 12 |
| East of England | -23 | 12 | £469 | -2.09% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | -48 | 10 | £200 | -53.76% | 5 |
| South West | -39 | 5 | £456 | -1.88% | 20 |
| North East | -37 | 2 | £523 | -0.48% | 4 |
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MySQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PostgreSQL | 57.9% | 165 |
| 2 | SQL Server | 38.2% | 109 |
| 3 | MongoDB | 23.5% | 67 |
| 4 | Relational Database | 20.4% | 58 |
| 5 | Redis | 13.0% | 37 |
| 6 | NoSQL | 12.6% | 36 |
| 7 | Power BI | 9.1% | 26 |
| 8 | Amazon RDS | 8.1% | 23 |
| 9 | Amazon Aurora | 5.6% | 16 |
| 9 | SQL Server Integration Services | 5.6% | 16 |
| 11 | DynamoDB | 5.3% | 15 |
| 12 | Oracle Database | 4.9% | 14 |
| 13 | Pentaho | 4.6% | 13 |
| 14 | RDBMS | 4.2% | 12 |
| 15 | Amazon Redshift | 3.9% | 11 |
| 15 | Data Warehouse | 3.9% | 11 |
| 17 | BusinessObjects | 2.8% | 8 |
| 18 | Apache Cassandra | 2.5% | 7 |
| 19 | BigQuery | 2.1% | 6 |
| 19 | Data Lake | 2.1% | 6 |