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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 291 223
Rank change year-on-year -110 -68 +35
Contract jobs citing MySQL 223 224 388
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.82% 1.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.25% 4.51% 5.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 148 278
10th Percentile £280 £325 £300
25th Percentile £402 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £458 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.51% -1.08% -5.13%
75th Percentile £494 £538 £599
90th Percentile £575 £600 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £465 £463
% change year-on-year -3.23% +0.54% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 7
10th Percentile £13.29 £23.68 £36.00
25th Percentile £13.51 £27.93 £44.38
Median hourly rate £25.09 £35.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.31% -48.15% +28.57%
75th Percentile £77.00 £57.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £90.00 £71.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £54.75 £35.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +56.43% -50.00% +76.77%

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 requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,851 4,972 6,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.28% 18.22% 17.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,598 3,447 4,679
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £416 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £600 £642 £675
90th Percentile £703 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 91 127
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £24.13 £24.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £38.38 £34.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.87% -11.69% -33.04%
75th Percentile £73.00 £62.88 £51.00
90th Percentile £79.39 £70.00 £69.15
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +12.86% -6.67% -31.82%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -88 77 £450 - 68
Midlands -14 47 £447 -8.72% 8
North of England -73 39 £477 +6.00% 25
West Midlands -34 37 £447 -13.20% 7
South East -73 35 £395 +12.86% 25
North West -33 31 £478 +7.42% 13
South West -32 11 £409 -25.64% 26
East Midlands -10 10 £540 +10.20% 1
East of England -18 9 £850 +76.17% 8
Yorkshire -59 6 £333 -16.98% 3
North East -43 2 £400 -18.37% 9
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 (4.48%) Apache
2 7 (3.14%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.69%) Confluence
4 5 (2.24%) IIS
4 5 (2.24%) nginx
4 5 (2.24%) SAS
5 4 (1.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.79%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.79%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.35%) Moodle
7 2 (0.90%) Appian
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.45%) CMS
8 1 (0.45%) Luigi
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (2.24%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.45%) Magento
2 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 99 (44.39%) AWS
2 55 (24.66%) Azure
3 34 (15.25%) GCP
4 23 (10.31%) Power Platform
5 17 (7.62%) GitHub
6 13 (5.83%) Serverless
7 8 (3.59%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (3.14%) AWS Step Functions
8 7 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.69%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.69%) SaaS
10 5 (2.24%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.24%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.79%) Amazon Kinesis
11 4 (1.79%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.79%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.14%) Firewall
2 5 (2.24%) DNS
2 5 (2.24%) SSL
3 2 (0.90%) BIG-IP
3 2 (0.90%) FTP
3 2 (0.90%) NaaS
3 2 (0.90%) SAN
3 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.90%) WAN
4 1 (0.45%) HTTP
4 1 (0.45%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.45%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.45%) MQTT
4 1 (0.45%) NAS
4 1 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (42.15%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (29.60%) SQL Server
3 45 (20.18%) Relational Database
4 27 (12.11%) MongoDB
5 26 (11.66%) NoSQL
6 23 (10.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 23 (10.31%) Power BI
7 16 (7.17%) Pentaho
8 15 (6.73%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (5.38%) Hadoop
10 12 (5.38%) Oracle Database
11 11 (4.93%) Apache Cassandra
11 11 (4.93%) RDBMS
12 9 (4.04%) Redis
13 8 (3.59%) Metadata
14 7 (3.14%) Data Lake
15 6 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (2.69%) Big Data
15 6 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 44 (19.73%) Git
2 19 (8.52%) GitLab
3 15 (6.73%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.93%) Maven
5 9 (4.04%) JIRA
5 9 (4.04%) JUnit
6 7 (3.14%) Gradle
7 5 (2.24%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (1.35%) Android Studio
8 3 (1.35%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.35%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.35%) ERwin
8 3 (1.35%) Mockito
8 3 (1.35%) Xcode
9 2 (0.90%) Firebug
9 2 (0.90%) JMeter
9 2 (0.90%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.90%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.90%) Selenium
9 2 (0.90%) SonarQube
General
1 52 (23.32%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (9.42%) Finance
4 20 (8.97%) Retail
5 18 (8.07%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.69%) Advertising
6 6 (2.69%) Marketing
7 5 (2.24%) Banking
7 5 (2.24%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.90%) Billing
9 2 (0.90%) Front Office
9 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.90%) Publishing
9 2 (0.90%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.45%) Electronics
10 1 (0.45%) French Language
10 1 (0.45%) Legal
10 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (26.01%) Developer
2 45 (20.18%) DBA
3 35 (15.70%) Data Engineer
4 30 (13.45%) Senior
5 27 (12.11%) Java Developer
6 19 (8.52%) Administrator
7 18 (8.07%) Support Engineer
8 15 (6.73%) Full-Stack Developer
8 15 (6.73%) SQL DBA
9 14 (6.28%) Java Engineer
9 14 (6.28%) Lead
10 13 (5.83%) SC Cleared DBA
11 12 (5.38%) Senior Developer
11 12 (5.38%) Software Engineer
12 10 (4.48%) Software Developer
13 9 (4.04%) Technical Support
14 8 (3.59%) 2nd Line Support
14 8 (3.59%) AWS Engineer
14 8 (3.59%) PHP Developer
14 8 (3.59%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (23.32%) Spring
2 47 (21.08%) Spring Boot
3 39 (17.49%) CSS
4 35 (15.70%) HTML
5 33 (14.80%) RESTful
6 32 (14.35%) React
7 29 (13.00%) Kafka
8 25 (11.21%) Spring MVC
9 24 (10.76%) REST
10 15 (6.73%) AngularJS
10 15 (6.73%) CSS3
10 15 (6.73%) HTML5
11 14 (6.28%) Vue
12 13 (5.83%) GraphQL
13 11 (4.93%) Redux
14 10 (4.48%) Hibernate
14 10 (4.48%) Jest
15 9 (4.04%) jQuery
15 9 (4.04%) Node.js
15 9 (4.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.97%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.83%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (5.38%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.93%) Replication
5 8 (3.59%) Mobile Payment
6 6 (2.69%) Clustering
6 6 (2.69%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.79%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.35%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.35%) Life Science
8 3 (1.35%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.35%) PKI
9 2 (0.90%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (25.11%) Linux
2 27 (12.11%) Unix
3 25 (11.21%) Windows
4 11 (4.93%) Android
4 11 (4.93%) Ubuntu
5 9 (4.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.14%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.79%) Solaris
8 3 (1.35%) CentOS
9 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.45%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (25.56%) CI/CD
2 50 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (19.28%) Microservices
4 42 (18.83%) Agile
5 36 (16.14%) DevOps
6 34 (15.25%) Performance Tuning
7 32 (14.35%) ETL
8 29 (13.00%) Analytics
9 27 (12.11%) Software Engineering
10 26 (11.66%) Full-Stack Development
10 26 (11.66%) MVC
11 25 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (10.76%) Containerisation
13 23 (10.31%) Code Quality
13 23 (10.31%) Data Integration
14 22 (9.87%) AI
14 22 (9.87%) Business Intelligence
14 22 (9.87%) Observability
15 20 (8.97%) Data Modelling
16 19 (8.52%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 103 (46.19%) SQL
2 83 (37.22%) Java
3 65 (29.15%) Python
4 45 (20.18%) JavaScript
5 18 (8.07%) PHP
6 17 (7.62%) Bash
7 16 (7.17%) PowerShell
8 12 (5.38%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.93%) Perl
10 10 (4.48%) Shell Script
11 9 (4.04%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.69%) Go
12 6 (2.69%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.79%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.35%) HiveQL
14 3 (1.35%) Ruby
15 2 (0.90%) C#
15 2 (0.90%) C++
15 2 (0.90%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 81 (36.32%) Security Cleared
2 69 (30.94%) SC Cleared
3 25 (11.21%) Degree
4 20 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.04%) Oracle Certification
7 8 (3.59%) OCP
8 7 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.35%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.90%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.87%) QA
2 16 (7.17%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.24%) GDPR
4 4 (1.79%) SLA
5 3 (1.35%) FATCA
6 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.90%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (15.70%) Docker
2 9 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.35%) Dovecot
4 3 (1.35%) HDFS
4 3 (1.35%) Postfix
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.45%) NFS
6 1 (0.45%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 27 (12.11%) Grafana
1 27 (12.11%) Kubernetes
2 24 (10.76%) Terraform
3 16 (7.17%) Ansible
4 11 (4.93%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.24%) SCOM
6 4 (1.79%) Kibana
6 4 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.35%) HAProxy
7 3 (1.35%) Puppet
8 2 (0.90%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.45%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 88 (39.46%) Oracle
2 53 (23.77%) Microsoft
3 25 (11.21%) Talend
4 21 (9.42%) Google
5 18 (8.07%) Denodo
6 11 (4.93%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.14%) Informatica
8 6 (2.69%) Splunk
9 4 (1.79%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.35%) Cisco
10 3 (1.35%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.35%) F5
10 3 (1.35%) Juniper
11 2 (0.90%) Amdocs
11 2 (0.90%) Ciena
11 2 (0.90%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.90%) Netlify
11 2 (0.90%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.90%) Sybase