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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 316 236
Rank change year-on-year -93 -80 -2
Contract jobs citing MySQL 237 210 346
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.76% 1.05%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.46% 4.18% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 151 233
10th Percentile £310 £204 £213
25th Percentile £409 £343 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £565
90th Percentile £663 £575 £670
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% -18.18%
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% -17.43%

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 6,859 5,020 5,969
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.88% 18.20% 18.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,587 3,449 4,128
10th Percentile £356 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £623 £638 £675
90th Percentile £712 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.54% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 73 82
10th Percentile £15.82 £21.06 £17.50
25th Percentile £23.16 £29.07 £21.44
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +20.00% -34.09%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £61.19
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £40.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.16% +14.99% -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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -71 88 £525 +16.67% 264
North of England -57 54 £511 +7.49% 76
North West -27 44 £520 +18.86% 43
Midlands -27 37 £447 -3.35% 26
South East -76 26 £401 +93.37% 47
West Midlands -32 25 £449 +1.13% 16
East of England -15 15 £469 -2.09% 12
East Midlands -9 12 £300 -40.59% 10
South West -44 9 £409 -16.53% 25
Yorkshire -43 8 £463 -6.33% 19
North East -48 2 £523 +4.50% 15
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 (4.22%) Apache
2 7 (2.95%) Confluence
3 5 (2.11%) IIS
3 5 (2.11%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.11%) WordPress
4 4 (1.69%) nginx
5 3 (1.27%) CMS
5 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.27%) Tomcat
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%) Traefik
7 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.53%) 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
1 108 (45.57%) AWS
2 72 (30.38%) Azure
3 29 (12.24%) GCP
3 29 (12.24%) Serverless
4 28 (11.81%) GitHub
5 19 (8.02%) AWS CloudFormation
5 19 (8.02%) Power Platform
6 17 (7.17%) AWS Lambda
6 17 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.17%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (6.33%) Amazon SQS
8 14 (5.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (5.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (4.64%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (4.22%) Amazon S3
12 9 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (3.80%) AWS KMS
13 7 (2.95%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (2.95%) Azure Databricks
14 5 (2.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.33%) SSL
2 12 (5.06%) DNS
3 9 (3.80%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.95%) HTTP
4 7 (2.95%) SSH
5 6 (2.53%) 5G
6 5 (2.11%) 4G
7 4 (1.69%) Firewall
8 2 (0.84%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.84%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.42%) MQTT
9 1 (0.42%) NAS
9 1 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.42%) SAN
9 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (56.96%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (37.55%) SQL Server
3 45 (18.99%) Relational Database
4 43 (18.14%) MongoDB
5 34 (14.35%) NoSQL
6 33 (13.92%) Redis
7 20 (8.44%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (8.02%) Power BI
9 15 (6.33%) Amazon Aurora
9 15 (6.33%) DynamoDB
10 13 (5.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (4.22%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (3.80%) Oracle Database
13 8 (3.38%) RDBMS
14 6 (2.53%) Data Lake
14 6 (2.53%) Pentaho
15 5 (2.11%) Apache Cassandra
15 5 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (2.11%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 55 (23.21%) Git
2 28 (11.81%) GitLab
2 28 (11.81%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.64%) JUnit
4 9 (3.80%) JIRA
5 7 (2.95%) Maven
6 6 (2.53%) Gradle
7 5 (2.11%) Browser DevTools
7 5 (2.11%) Selenium
7 5 (2.11%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.69%) Mocha
8 4 (1.69%) Mockito
9 3 (1.27%) Android Studio
9 3 (1.27%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.27%) 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%) Gerrit
General
1 64 (27.00%) Social Skills
2 34 (14.35%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (11.39%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.70%) Finance
5 12 (5.06%) Retail
6 10 (4.22%) Banking
7 7 (2.95%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.11%) Advertising
8 5 (2.11%) Marketing
8 5 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.84%) Front Office
11 2 (0.84%) Legal
11 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
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%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (30.38%) Developer
2 61 (25.74%) DBA
3 36 (15.19%) Administrator
4 33 (13.92%) Senior
5 28 (11.81%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (10.13%) SQL DBA
7 23 (9.70%) Java Developer
8 18 (7.59%) SC Cleared DBA
9 17 (7.17%) Lead
10 16 (6.75%) Python Developer
10 16 (6.75%) Software Engineer
11 15 (6.33%) Data Engineer
12 13 (5.49%) Java Engineer
13 12 (5.06%) Support Engineer
14 11 (4.64%) Python Engineer
14 11 (4.64%) Senior Developer
15 10 (4.22%) DevOps Engineer
16 9 (3.80%) Architect
16 9 (3.80%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (3.80%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (22.78%) HTML
2 53 (22.36%) CSS
3 49 (20.68%) Terraform
4 48 (20.25%) RESTful
5 44 (18.57%) REST
5 44 (18.57%) Spring
6 43 (18.14%) React
6 43 (18.14%) Spring Boot
7 39 (16.46%) Kafka
8 25 (10.55%) HTML5
9 24 (10.13%) CSS3
10 21 (8.86%) FastAPI
11 20 (8.44%) AngularJS
11 20 (8.44%) GraphQL
11 20 (8.44%) Vue
12 19 (8.02%) Django
12 19 (8.02%) Node.js
12 19 (8.02%) Spring MVC
13 18 (7.59%) OAuth
14 15 (6.33%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.08%) Cloud Native
2 24 (10.13%) Replication
3 16 (6.75%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (5.91%) Product Ownership
5 11 (4.64%) Clustering
6 10 (4.22%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (3.38%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.95%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.53%) Mobile Payment
9 6 (2.53%) PKI
10 5 (2.11%) Life Science
10 5 (2.11%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.69%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.69%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.27%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (19.83%) Linux
2 21 (8.86%) Windows
3 18 (7.59%) Unix
4 15 (6.33%) Solaris
5 14 (5.91%) Windows Server
6 13 (5.49%) Ubuntu
7 11 (4.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (3.80%) Android
9 3 (1.27%) CentOS
10 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.42%) Rocky
11 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (37.97%) CI/CD
2 74 (31.22%) DevOps
3 61 (25.74%) Agile
4 50 (21.10%) Microservices
4 50 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (20.25%) Performance Tuning
6 46 (19.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 38 (16.03%) Software Engineering
8 37 (15.61%) Full-Stack Development
9 33 (13.92%) Event-Driven
9 33 (13.92%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 28 (11.81%) AI
10 28 (11.81%) Code Quality
10 28 (11.81%) Containerisation
11 27 (11.39%) Test Automation
12 26 (10.97%) Scrum
13 24 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (10.13%) Data Modelling
13 24 (10.13%) Migration
13 24 (10.13%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 117 (49.37%) SQL
2 78 (32.91%) Python
3 75 (31.65%) Java
4 55 (23.21%) JavaScript
5 21 (8.86%) Bash
5 21 (8.86%) TypeScript
6 18 (7.59%) PHP
6 18 (7.59%) PowerShell
7 17 (7.17%) T-SQL
8 14 (5.91%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.95%) C#
9 7 (2.95%) PL/SQL
10 6 (2.53%) Perl
10 6 (2.53%) Ruby
11 5 (2.11%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.27%) Go
12 3 (1.27%) Rust
13 2 (0.84%) C++
13 2 (0.84%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.84%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (37.97%) Security Cleared
2 78 (32.91%) SC Cleared
3 35 (14.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (13.92%) Degree
5 21 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (8.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (5.06%) Oracle Certification
8 11 (4.64%) AWS Certification
8 11 (4.64%) Azure Certification
8 11 (4.64%) OCP
9 10 (4.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (4.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (2.11%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.42%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.50%) QA
2 9 (3.80%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.53%) GDPR
4 3 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.27%) WCAG
5 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 66 (27.85%) Docker
2 11 (4.64%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.11%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.27%) Dovecot
4 3 (1.27%) Postfix
5 2 (0.84%) Varnish
6 1 (0.42%) NFS
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 52 (21.94%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.59%) Grafana
3 15 (6.33%) Ansible
4 14 (5.91%) Prometheus
5 12 (5.06%) SCOM
6 5 (2.11%) Puppet
7 4 (1.69%) HAProxy
7 4 (1.69%) Kibana
8 3 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.84%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.42%) Argo
10 1 (0.42%) Istio
10 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.42%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 82 (34.60%) Oracle
2 62 (26.16%) Microsoft
3 17 (7.17%) Google
4 16 (6.75%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.22%) Databricks
6 7 (2.95%) Splunk
6 7 (2.95%) Talend
7 4 (1.69%) Denodo
7 4 (1.69%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.27%) Cisco
8 3 (1.27%) F5
8 3 (1.27%) Informatica
8 3 (1.27%) Juniper
8 3 (1.27%) SAP
9 2 (0.84%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.84%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.84%) Solace
9 2 (0.84%) Sybase
9 2 (0.84%) TIBCO