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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 315 222
Rank change year-on-year -98 -93 +24
Contract jobs citing MySQL 230 212 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.76% 1.08%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.31% 4.23% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 142 248
10th Percentile £303 £204 £228
25th Percentile £404 £351 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £448 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -0.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £565
90th Percentile £600 £582 £675
UK median daily rate £455 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 4
10th Percentile - £35.07 £31.13
25th Percentile £13.51 £56.40 £38.44
Median hourly rate £19.30 £76.75 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -74.85% +65.95% -13.95%
75th Percentile £77.00 £81.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £88.70 £85.25 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £25.09 £76.75 £46.25
% change year-on-year -67.31% +65.95% +0.43%

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 6,952 5,015 6,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.22% 18.08% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,648 3,453 4,323
10th Percentile £358 £338 £350
25th Percentile £423 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.96% -0.91%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £675
90th Percentile £707 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 82 91
10th Percentile £14.85 £20.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.16 £25.34 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.99 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.32% -0.03% -36.36%
75th Percentile £60.94 £63.31 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.58 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £35.50 £33.22
% change year-on-year +7.75% +6.88% -39.61%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -76 78 £525 +16.67% 27
Midlands -10 49 £445 -10.10% 6
North of England -64 47 £481 +6.89% 22
North West -31 36 £481 +8.09% 16
West Midlands -17 35 £448 -3.24% 5
South East -77 27 £400 +92.77% 30
East Midlands -5 14 £300 -40.59% 1
East of England -15 13 £638 +33.16% 12
South West -46 9 £409 -20.58% 7
Yorkshire -43 8 £333 -15.61% 3
North East -46 3 £500 - 3
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 (3.91%) Apache
2 7 (3.04%) Confluence
3 5 (2.17%) IIS
3 5 (2.17%) WordPress
4 4 (1.74%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.74%) nginx
4 4 (1.74%) SAS
4 4 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.74%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.30%) CMS
6 2 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.87%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.87%) 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%) Moodle
7 1 (0.43%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.61%) 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
1 103 (44.78%) AWS
2 62 (26.96%) Azure
3 26 (11.30%) GCP
4 24 (10.43%) GitHub
4 24 (10.43%) Serverless
5 22 (9.57%) Power Platform
6 18 (7.83%) AWS CloudFormation
7 15 (6.52%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (6.52%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (5.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 12 (5.22%) Amazon SQS
9 11 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 8 (3.48%) AWS KMS
12 7 (3.04%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (3.04%) SaaS
13 6 (2.61%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.61%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.74%) AWS Step Functions
14 4 (1.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.35%) SSL
2 9 (3.91%) DNS
3 6 (2.61%) Firewall
3 6 (2.61%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.74%) HTTP
4 4 (1.74%) SSH
5 3 (1.30%) 5G
6 2 (0.87%) 4G
6 2 (0.87%) BIG-IP
6 2 (0.87%) FTP
6 2 (0.87%) NaaS
6 2 (0.87%) WAN
7 1 (0.43%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.43%) MQTT
7 1 (0.43%) NAS
7 1 (0.43%) SAN
7 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (30.43%) SQL Server
3 41 (17.83%) Relational Database
4 40 (17.39%) MongoDB
5 35 (15.22%) NoSQL
6 28 (12.17%) Redis
7 22 (9.57%) Power BI
8 20 (8.70%) Amazon Redshift
9 19 (8.26%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (6.09%) Amazon Aurora
11 13 (5.65%) Pentaho
12 11 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (4.78%) DynamoDB
13 9 (3.91%) RDBMS
13 9 (3.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (3.48%) Oracle Database
15 7 (3.04%) Apache Cassandra
16 6 (2.61%) Data Lake
17 5 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
17 5 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 50 (21.74%) Git
2 25 (10.87%) GitLab
3 22 (9.57%) Jenkins
4 10 (4.35%) JIRA
5 9 (3.91%) JUnit
6 6 (2.61%) Maven
7 5 (2.17%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (1.74%) Gradle
8 4 (1.74%) Mocha
9 3 (1.30%) Android Studio
9 3 (1.30%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.30%) Mockito
9 3 (1.30%) Xcode
10 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.87%) Firebug
10 2 (0.87%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.87%) Karma Test Runner
10 2 (0.87%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.87%) Selenium
10 2 (0.87%) SonarQube
General
1 57 (24.78%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (12.61%) Public Sector
4 18 (7.83%) Finance
5 13 (5.65%) Retail
6 7 (3.04%) Marketing
7 6 (2.61%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.17%) Advertising
8 5 (2.17%) Banking
8 5 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.87%) Billing
10 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Front Office
10 2 (0.87%) Legal
10 2 (0.87%) Publishing
10 2 (0.87%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.43%) Electronics
11 1 (0.43%) French Language
11 1 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 62 (26.96%) Developer
2 50 (21.74%) DBA
3 33 (14.35%) Senior
4 30 (13.04%) Data Engineer
5 25 (10.87%) Administrator
6 21 (9.13%) Java Developer
7 19 (8.26%) Full-Stack Developer
8 17 (7.39%) SQL DBA
8 17 (7.39%) Support Engineer
9 16 (6.96%) SC Cleared DBA
10 15 (6.52%) Lead
11 14 (6.09%) Software Engineer
12 12 (5.22%) Java Engineer
12 12 (5.22%) Senior Developer
13 11 (4.78%) Architect
13 11 (4.78%) AWS Engineer
14 10 (4.35%) Python Developer
14 10 (4.35%) Software Developer
15 8 (3.48%) Java Software Engineer
15 8 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (20.00%) Spring
2 44 (19.13%) CSS
3 43 (18.70%) HTML
3 43 (18.70%) Spring Boot
4 41 (17.83%) Terraform
5 40 (17.39%) RESTful
6 36 (15.65%) REST
7 34 (14.78%) Kafka
8 29 (12.61%) React
9 20 (8.70%) Spring MVC
10 17 (7.39%) HTML5
11 16 (6.96%) AngularJS
11 16 (6.96%) CSS3
12 15 (6.52%) GraphQL
12 15 (6.52%) Node.js
13 14 (6.09%) Vue
14 13 (5.65%) Django
14 13 (5.65%) FastAPI
15 12 (5.22%) OAuth
16 11 (4.78%) Celery
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.17%) Cloud Native
2 21 (9.13%) Replication
3 16 (6.96%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.96%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (5.22%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.35%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.48%) Clustering
7 7 (3.04%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.61%) Mobile Payment
9 5 (2.17%) Life Science
9 5 (2.17%) PKI
10 4 (1.74%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.74%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.74%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.30%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.87%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.87%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 48 (20.87%) Linux
2 21 (9.13%) Windows
3 19 (8.26%) Unix
4 11 (4.78%) Ubuntu
5 9 (3.91%) Android
5 9 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.91%) Windows Server
6 6 (2.61%) Solaris
7 3 (1.30%) CentOS
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.43%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (34.35%) CI/CD
2 58 (25.22%) DevOps
3 56 (24.35%) Agile
4 47 (20.43%) Performance Tuning
5 45 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (17.39%) Microservices
7 36 (15.65%) Software Engineering
8 35 (15.22%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (13.48%) Full-Stack Development
10 29 (12.61%) Observability
11 28 (12.17%) AI
11 28 (12.17%) Data Modelling
12 26 (11.30%) Code Quality
12 26 (11.30%) Test Automation
13 25 (10.87%) ETL
13 25 (10.87%) Event-Driven
14 24 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (10.43%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 24 (10.43%) Validation
15 23 (10.00%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 104 (45.22%) SQL
2 76 (33.04%) Java
3 69 (30.00%) Python
4 47 (20.43%) JavaScript
5 20 (8.70%) PHP
6 17 (7.39%) Bash
7 15 (6.52%) PowerShell
8 13 (5.65%) T-SQL
9 12 (5.22%) Shell Script
10 11 (4.78%) TypeScript
11 9 (3.91%) PL/SQL
12 8 (3.48%) Perl
13 7 (3.04%) C#
14 5 (2.17%) Kotlin
15 4 (1.74%) C++
15 4 (1.74%) Ruby
16 3 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (1.30%) Go
17 2 (0.87%) HiveQL
17 2 (0.87%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 84 (36.52%) Security Cleared
2 70 (30.43%) SC Cleared
3 23 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (9.57%) Degree
5 15 (6.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.91%) AWS Certification
7 9 (3.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.48%) Oracle Certification
9 7 (3.04%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.04%) OCP
10 6 (2.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.30%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.43%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.30%) QA
2 14 (6.09%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.61%) GDPR
4 4 (1.74%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.74%) SLA
4 4 (1.74%) WCAG
5 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (23.04%) Docker
2 7 (3.04%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.30%) Dovecot
4 3 (1.30%) Postfix
5 2 (0.87%) HDFS
5 2 (0.87%) Varnish
6 1 (0.43%) NFS
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 44 (19.13%) Kubernetes
2 25 (10.87%) Grafana
3 17 (7.39%) Ansible
4 11 (4.78%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.04%) SCOM
6 4 (1.74%) Kibana
6 4 (1.74%) Puppet
7 3 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.30%) HAProxy
7 3 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.87%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.43%) Argo
9 1 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 79 (34.35%) Oracle
2 51 (22.17%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.83%) Talend
4 16 (6.96%) Google
5 15 (6.52%) Denodo
6 14 (6.09%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.61%) Splunk
8 5 (2.17%) Databricks
8 5 (2.17%) Informatica
9 4 (1.74%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.74%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.30%) Cisco
10 3 (1.30%) F5
10 3 (1.30%) Juniper
10 3 (1.30%) SAP
10 3 (1.30%) Sybase
11 2 (0.87%) Ciena
11 2 (0.87%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.87%) MuleSoft