MySQL
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 32 | 21 | 49 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | +28 | +13 |
| Contract jobs citing MySQL | 4 | 20 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales | 1.53% | 5.71% | 0.47% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 12.12% | 39.22% | 3.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 19 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £434 | £395 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £448 | £458 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £469 | £515 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.98% | -20.77% | +23.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £478 | £551 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £484 | £689 | - |
| Wales median daily rate | £469 | £515 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.98% | -20.77% | +23.22% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South Wales
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 South Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 33 | 51 | 66 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales | 12.60% | 14.57% | 15.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 40 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £240 | £246 | £330 |
| 25th Percentile | £328 | £405 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £508 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.26% | -5.58% | -2.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £483 | £551 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £530 | £638 | £690 |
| Wales median daily rate | £425 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.00% | -4.76% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £17.85 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £19.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.84 | - | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £24.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £25.55 |
| Wales median hourly rate | £22.84 | - | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +25.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing MySQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MySQL in South Wales.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MySQL in South Wales.
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Contract Job Locations in South Wales
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 Wales region over the 6 months to 2 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | -9 | 4 | £469 | -9.86% | 8 |
| MySQL Wales |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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: