MySQL Contract Job Trends in Somerset

MySQL
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring MySQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing MySQL 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.05% 0.59% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.45% 6.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £450 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% -2.44%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 31 16 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 16.23% 9.47% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 13
10th Percentile £356 £411 £338
25th Percentile £408 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -16.28%
75th Percentile £701 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £701 £724
South West median daily rate £525 £531 £575
% change year-on-year -1.18% -7.61% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £18.70
25th Percentile £61.50 - £28.94
Median hourly rate £63.00 - £46.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 - £46.09
90th Percentile - - £46.14
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £28.56 £49.34
% change year-on-year +127.57% -42.11% -13.23%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MySQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

MySQL job vacancy trend in Somerset

MySQL
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing MySQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing MySQL

MySQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing MySQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing MySQL

MySQL
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Yeovil - 2 - -
MySQL
South West

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) CyberArk Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) PLM
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) PTC