MySQL Contract Job Trends in the South East

MySQL
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring MySQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 116 141
Rank change year-on-year -29 +25 +5
Contract jobs citing MySQL 43 41 69
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.90% 1.29% 1.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.60% 8.61% 10.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 22 44
10th Percentile £204 £200 £305
25th Percentile £204 £207 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £375 £463
Median % change year-on-year -44.67% -18.92% -7.96%
75th Percentile £375 £425 £560
90th Percentile £527 £465 £594
England median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £51.53
25th Percentile - - £60.60
Median hourly rate - - £73.27
75th Percentile - - £76.53
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £69.44 £35.00 £66.13
% change year-on-year +98.40% -47.08% +127.42%

All Database & BI Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 566 476 674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.80% 15.00% 12.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 314 437
10th Percentile £285 £329 £305
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £638
90th Percentile £653 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £538 £535
% change year-on-year -6.98% +0.47% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 43
10th Percentile £12.29 £37.01 £18.20
25th Percentile £26.80 £41.25 £22.61
Median hourly rate £37.00 £63.15 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.41% +7.03% +28.26%
75th Percentile £66.39 £64.95 £76.53
90th Percentile £83.15 £65.62 £80.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +35.80% -4.71% -25.26%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

MySQL job vacancy trend in the South East

MySQL
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MySQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MySQL

MySQL
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MySQL in the South East over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for MySQL in the South East

MySQL
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MySQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MySQL

MySQL
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
Thames Valley -16 21 £208 -45.89% 19
Surrey -7 17 £208 -5.68% 10
Berkshire -8 16 £208 -45.89% 6
Buckinghamshire -3 4 £563 - 11
Hampshire -38 3 £447 +11.06% 4
Oxfordshire - 1 £275 - 2
East Sussex - 1 £150 -
Sussex - 1 £400 -
MySQL
England

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.65%) Appian
2 1 (2.33%) Apache
2 1 (2.33%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 15 (34.88%) SaaS
2 14 (32.56%) Sauce Labs
3 12 (27.91%) AWS
4 8 (18.60%) Azure
5 6 (13.95%) GitHub
6 4 (9.30%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (6.98%) Amazon Cognito
7 3 (6.98%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (6.98%) GCP
8 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (76.74%) Relational Database
2 9 (20.93%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (11.63%) MongoDB
3 5 (11.63%) SQL Server
4 4 (9.30%) RDBMS
5 2 (4.65%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (4.65%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (4.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.65%) MariaDB
5 2 (4.65%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (37.21%) Browser DevTools
2 14 (32.56%) Android Studio
2 14 (32.56%) Eclipse
2 14 (32.56%) Xcode
3 3 (6.98%) Jenkins
3 3 (6.98%) JUnit
3 3 (6.98%) Storybook
4 1 (2.33%) Firebug
4 1 (2.33%) JIRA
4 1 (2.33%) PHPUnit
General
1 22 (51.16%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.63%) Finance
2 5 (11.63%) Telecoms
3 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.98%) Electronics
4 3 (6.98%) Marketing
4 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (58.14%) Technical Support
2 17 (39.53%) Support Engineer
3 16 (37.21%) Technical Engineer
3 16 (37.21%) Technical Support Engineer
4 15 (34.88%) UX Engineer
5 11 (25.58%) Developer
5 11 (25.58%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 6 (13.95%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (6.98%) AWS Developer
8 2 (4.65%) Database Specialist
8 2 (4.65%) Java Developer
8 2 (4.65%) Lead
8 2 (4.65%) PHP Developer
8 2 (4.65%) Technical Specialist
9 1 (2.33%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 1 (2.33%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 1 (2.33%) JavaScript Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) PHP Laravel Developer
9 1 (2.33%) React Developer
9 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (51.16%) React
2 21 (48.84%) CSS
3 19 (44.19%) GraphQL
4 15 (34.88%) Ajax
4 15 (34.88%) AngularJS
5 6 (13.95%) HTML
6 4 (9.30%) OAuth
6 4 (9.30%) REST
6 4 (9.30%) Spring
6 4 (9.30%) Spring Boot
7 3 (6.98%) Node.js
7 3 (6.98%) RESTful
7 3 (6.98%) SOAP
7 3 (6.98%) Vitest
8 2 (4.65%) .NET
8 2 (4.65%) J2EE
8 2 (4.65%) Laravel
9 1 (2.33%) CSS3
9 1 (2.33%) HTML5
9 1 (2.33%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.88%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.65%) Clustering
2 2 (4.65%) Replication
3 1 (2.33%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 28 (65.12%) Linux
1 28 (65.12%) Windows
2 25 (58.14%) Unix
3 14 (32.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) OO
2 18 (41.86%) User Experience
3 15 (34.88%) Mobile Application Development
4 10 (23.26%) OOP
4 10 (23.26%) Process Improvement
5 9 (20.93%) Computer Science
6 7 (16.28%) Full-Stack Development
7 6 (13.95%) CI/CD
8 5 (11.63%) Agile
8 5 (11.63%) Data Modelling
8 5 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.30%) Customer Service
9 4 (9.30%) Microservices
9 4 (9.30%) Task Automation
10 3 (6.98%) API Integration
10 3 (6.98%) API Management
10 3 (6.98%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
10 3 (6.98%) End-to-End Testing
10 3 (6.98%) Front End Development
10 3 (6.98%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 33 (76.74%) Java
2 32 (74.42%) JavaScript
2 32 (74.42%) Python
3 26 (60.47%) Perl
4 17 (39.53%) SQL
5 4 (9.30%) PHP
6 3 (6.98%) Bash
6 3 (6.98%) PowerShell
6 3 (6.98%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (20.93%) Degree
2 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
2 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) AWS Certification
3 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.65%) OCP
4 2 (4.65%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (2.33%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) GDPR
2 2 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (69.77%) Oracle
2 18 (41.86%) Microsoft
3 14 (32.56%) Splunk
4 12 (27.91%) ServiceNow
5 3 (6.98%) SAP