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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 115 158
Rank change year-on-year -53 +43 -12
Contract jobs citing MySQL 39 40 48
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.72% 1.36% 0.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.10% 9.71% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 21 29
10th Percentile £204 £200 £305
25th Percentile £204 £338 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £384 £425
Median % change year-on-year -45.89% -9.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £406 £425 £538
90th Percentile £528 £473 £569
England median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £67.31
25th Percentile - £20.85 £70.77
Median hourly rate - £21.90 £76.53
Median % change year-on-year - -71.38% +112.58%
75th Percentile - £22.95 £78.27
90th Percentile - - £79.31
England median hourly rate £56.47 £28.45 £68.75
% change year-on-year +98.49% -58.62% +57.58%

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 639 412 654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.82% 14.02% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 282 415
10th Percentile £305 £321 £302
25th Percentile £400 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -1.69%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £624
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 36
10th Percentile £12.29 £23.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £25.72 £25.30 £20.24
Median hourly rate £36.71 £42.50 £58.95
Median % change year-on-year -13.62% -27.91% +7.19%
75th Percentile £40.00 £59.24 £77.34
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.62 £82.23
England median hourly rate £50.00 £33.11 £40.13
% change year-on-year +51.01% -17.48% -28.86%

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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -30 24 £306 -23.05% 13
Berkshire -34 16 £208 -47.86% 3
Surrey -8 11 £208 -40.71% 2
Buckinghamshire -15 7 £450 - 8
Hampshire -45 2 £398 -1.24% 4
Oxfordshire -10 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 (5.13%) Appian
2 1 (2.56%) Apache
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.56%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) AWS
2 10 (25.64%) SaaS
3 9 (23.08%) Sauce Labs
4 7 (17.95%) Azure
5 6 (15.38%) GitHub
6 4 (10.26%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (7.69%) Amazon Cognito
7 3 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (7.69%) GCP
8 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) Wireless
2 1 (2.56%) Firewall
2 1 (2.56%) iSCSI
2 1 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (2.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (64.10%) Relational Database
2 10 (25.64%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (15.38%) SQL Server
4 3 (7.69%) MongoDB
5 2 (5.13%) MariaDB
5 2 (5.13%) RDBMS
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.56%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 10 (25.64%) Browser DevTools
2 9 (23.08%) Android Studio
2 9 (23.08%) Eclipse
2 9 (23.08%) Xcode
3 3 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 3 (7.69%) JUnit
3 3 (7.69%) Storybook
4 1 (2.56%) Firebug
4 1 (2.56%) JIRA
4 1 (2.56%) PHPUnit
General
1 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Telecoms
3 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.69%) Electronics
4 3 (7.69%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Marketing
4 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (48.72%) Technical Support
2 11 (28.21%) Developer
2 11 (28.21%) Support Engineer
3 10 (25.64%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (25.64%) Technical Support Engineer
4 9 (23.08%) UX Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 6 (15.38%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (10.26%) DBA
7 3 (7.69%) AWS Developer
7 3 (7.69%) SQL DBA
8 2 (5.13%) Java Developer
8 2 (5.13%) Lead
8 2 (5.13%) PHP Developer
8 2 (5.13%) Senior
9 1 (2.56%) Applications Support
9 1 (2.56%) Applications Support Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
9 1 (2.56%) Senior DBA
9 1 (2.56%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (41.03%) React
2 15 (38.46%) CSS
3 13 (33.33%) GraphQL
4 9 (23.08%) Ajax
4 9 (23.08%) AngularJS
5 6 (15.38%) HTML
6 4 (10.26%) OAuth
6 4 (10.26%) REST
6 4 (10.26%) Spring
6 4 (10.26%) Spring Boot
7 3 (7.69%) Node.js
7 3 (7.69%) RESTful
7 3 (7.69%) SOAP
7 3 (7.69%) Vitest
8 2 (5.13%) .NET
8 2 (5.13%) J2EE
8 2 (5.13%) Laravel
9 1 (2.56%) CSS3
9 1 (2.56%) HTML5
9 1 (2.56%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Mobile App
2 3 (7.69%) Replication
3 2 (5.13%) Clustering
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (61.54%) Linux
2 22 (56.41%) Windows
3 19 (48.72%) Unix
4 9 (23.08%) Android
5 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) OO
2 12 (30.77%) User Experience
3 10 (25.64%) OOP
3 10 (25.64%) Process Improvement
4 9 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 9 (23.08%) Mobile Application Development
5 7 (17.95%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (15.38%) CI/CD
7 5 (12.82%) Agile
8 4 (10.26%) Customer Service
8 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling
8 4 (10.26%) Microservices
8 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (7.69%) API Development
9 3 (7.69%) API Integration
9 3 (7.69%) Backlog Management
9 3 (7.69%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
9 3 (7.69%) Front End Development
9 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (7.69%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 27 (69.23%) Java
2 26 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 26 (66.67%) Python
3 20 (51.28%) Perl
4 17 (43.59%) SQL
5 4 (10.26%) Bash
5 4 (10.26%) PHP
5 4 (10.26%) PowerShell
6 3 (7.69%) T-SQL
6 3 (7.69%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.56%) Korn
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Degree
2 9 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.56%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Grafana
1 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
1 1 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (56.41%) Oracle
2 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 9 (23.08%) Splunk
4 6 (15.38%) ServiceNow
5 3 (7.69%) SAP
6 1 (2.56%) Dell
6 1 (2.56%) Red Hat