PHP MySQL Developer Contract Job Trends in London

PHP MySQL Developer
England > London

The median PHP MySQL Developer daily rate in London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 - 397
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a PHP MySQL Developer 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.013% - 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% - 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £625
75th Percentile £475 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £250 £625
% change year-on-year +80.00% -60.00% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 14,510 12,646 17,206
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 93.61% 93.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,685 8,217 12,412
10th Percentile £350 £333 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £780
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 144 338
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.83 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.55 £24.66 £19.05
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.75 £29.36
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +25.17% -16.11%
75th Percentile £59.86 £53.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.65 £66.30
England median hourly rate £33.17 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.23% - -12.50%

PHP MySQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PHP MySQL Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

PHP MySQL Developer job vacancy trend in London

PHP MySQL Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PHP MySQL Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PHP MySQL Developer job vacancies in London

PHP MySQL Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PHP MySQL Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PHP MySQL Developer job vacancies in London

PHP MySQL Developer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, PHP MySQL Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring PHP MySQL Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Moodle
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Mustache
2 1 (50.00%) Percona
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

PHP MySQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (100.00%) Moodle
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) Mustache
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Percona