MySQL Contracts in Essex

MySQL
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring MySQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MySQL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 31 31
Rank change year-on-year +13 0 +11
Contract jobs citing MySQL 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 2.50% 0.45% 2.09%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.38% 5.88% 10.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £509
25th Percentile £313 £463 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £475 £547
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -13.16% +24.60%
75th Percentile £338 £488 £567
90th Percentile - - £578
East of England median daily rate £438 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -10.26% +8.33% +5.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £35.00 £24.50 -
% change year-on-year +42.86% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 13 17 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 16.25% 7.66% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 28
10th Percentile £314 £275 £219
25th Percentile £315 £297 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £410 £360
Median % change year-on-year -21.97% +13.89% -20.00%
75th Percentile £372 £469 £500
90th Percentile £496 £494 £550
East of England median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £19.50
25th Percentile - - £20.63
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.34%
75th Percentile - - £31.88
90th Percentile - - £34.50
East of England median hourly rate £49.00 £25.18 £64.25
% change year-on-year +94.60% -60.81% +83.57%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing MySQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for MySQL in Essex

MySQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MySQL in Essex.

Daily rate trend for MySQL in Essex

MySQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MySQL in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for MySQL in Essex

MySQL
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the Essex region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Chelmsford +4 1 £325 -31.58% 1
Benfleet - 1 - -
MySQL
East of England

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality