MySQL Contracts in the UK excluding London

MySQL
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 215 225
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 -43
Contract jobs citing MySQL 123 180 244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.96% 0.88% 1.04%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.16% 7.07% 6.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 130 161
10th Percentile £324 £325 £338
25th Percentile £387 £358 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £709 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +2.62% -4.50% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 9
10th Percentile £22.27 £25.25 -
25th Percentile £24.39 £37.06 £22.16
Median hourly rate £28.45 £68.75 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year -58.62% +73.61% +84.19%
75th Percentile £31.99 £74.38 £57.50
90th Percentile £33.80 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £28.45 £70.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -59.36% +60.92% +102.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,998 2,547 3,604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.63% 12.51% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,366 1,806 2,582
10th Percentile £313 £314 £338
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.37% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £542
% change year-on-year - -3.05% -0.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 98 114
10th Percentile £19.10 £13.50 £21.46
25th Percentile £22.99 £17.68 £31.84
Median hourly rate £31.64 £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% -27.27% +57.14%
75th Percentile £65.62 £60.75 £67.27
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.50 £75.68
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £40.00 £58.59
% change year-on-year -13.75% -31.73% +30.20%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MySQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MySQL in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MySQL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MySQL in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MySQL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
North of England +17 48 £453 -2.16% 147
South East +39 31 £408 -4.12% 136
Yorkshire +19 21 £451 -18.05% 38
North West +3 20 £445 -1.11% 90
Scotland +13 17 £500 +0.81% 17
Midlands -9 12 £505 +41.06% 58
South West +32 7 £650 +44.44% 56
North East -3 7 £465 - 26
West Midlands -9 7 £533 +48.74% 41
East of England +28 5 £438 -7.89% 59
East Midlands +5 5 £500 +66.67% 13
Northern Ireland - 2 £400 - 7
Wales -21 1 £238 -56.42% 11
MySQL
UK

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (12.20%) Confluence
2 9 (7.32%) Apache
3 5 (4.07%) CMS
3 5 (4.07%) WordPress
4 4 (3.25%) Apache Spark
4 4 (3.25%) Drupal
5 3 (2.44%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.63%) IIS
6 2 (1.63%) OpenEdge
6 2 (1.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (45.53%) AWS
2 23 (18.70%) Azure
3 11 (8.94%) Serverless
4 10 (8.13%) Power Platform
5 9 (7.32%) Amazon S3
5 9 (7.32%) GitHub
5 9 (7.32%) Slack
6 8 (6.50%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (6.50%) GCP
7 7 (5.69%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (4.88%) AWS CodeBuild
9 5 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (4.07%) Kong
10 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (3.25%) Power Automate
11 3 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (2.44%) CloudFront
11 3 (2.44%) PowerApps
11 3 (2.44%) Route 53
12 2 (1.63%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.50%) HTTP
2 5 (4.07%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.25%) Internet
4 3 (2.44%) Firewall
5 2 (1.63%) MQTT
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.81%) LAN
6 1 (0.81%) VLAN
6 1 (0.81%) VPN
6 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (52.85%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (39.02%) MongoDB
3 32 (26.02%) Relational Database
4 23 (18.70%) SQL Server
5 19 (15.45%) NoSQL
6 16 (13.01%) Apache Cassandra
7 10 (8.13%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (7.32%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (6.50%) MariaDB
10 6 (4.88%) Power BI
10 6 (4.88%) RDBMS
10 6 (4.88%) Redis
11 5 (4.07%) Apache Hive
11 5 (4.07%) Hadoop
12 4 (3.25%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (3.25%) Big Data
12 4 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (3.25%) Tableau
13 3 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (35.77%) Git
2 24 (19.51%) JIRA
3 14 (11.38%) Jenkins
4 13 (10.57%) GitLab
5 12 (9.76%) JUnit
6 10 (8.13%) Cucumber
6 10 (8.13%) Jasmine
7 7 (5.69%) Maven
8 6 (4.88%) SonarQube
9 5 (4.07%) Artifactory
9 5 (4.07%) gulp
9 5 (4.07%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (4.07%) Subversion
10 4 (3.25%) Bitbucket Server
11 3 (2.44%) Bitbucket
11 3 (2.44%) Visual Studio
11 3 (2.44%) webpack
12 2 (1.63%) Ant
12 2 (1.63%) Gradle
12 2 (1.63%) Mockito
General
1 37 (30.08%) Social Skills
2 29 (23.58%) Public Sector
3 16 (13.01%) Finance
4 12 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.13%) Banking
6 4 (3.25%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.63%) Automotive
7 2 (1.63%) Health Technology
7 2 (1.63%) Korean Language
7 2 (1.63%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.63%) Retail
8 1 (0.81%) Advertising
8 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.81%) Local Government
8 1 (0.81%) Military
8 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (50.41%) Developer
2 20 (16.26%) Full-Stack Developer
3 18 (14.63%) Java Developer
4 16 (13.01%) Senior
5 14 (11.38%) Software Engineer
6 13 (10.57%) Senior Developer
7 12 (9.76%) Senior Java Developer
8 8 (6.50%) DBA
9 7 (5.69%) Data Engineer
9 7 (5.69%) PHP Developer
10 6 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (4.88%) Lead
10 6 (4.88%) Python Developer
11 5 (4.07%) React Developer
12 4 (3.25%) Analyst
12 4 (3.25%) AWS Developer
12 4 (3.25%) AWS Engineer
12 4 (3.25%) Java Engineer
12 4 (3.25%) PHP Software Engineer
12 4 (3.25%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (26.83%) React
2 29 (23.58%) Spring
3 28 (22.76%) Spring Boot
4 27 (21.95%) RESTful
5 19 (15.45%) AngularJS
6 18 (14.63%) Kafka
7 17 (13.82%) REST
8 16 (13.01%) .NET
8 16 (13.01%) Node.js
9 13 (10.57%) HTML
10 12 (9.76%) CSS
11 11 (8.94%) RabbitMQ
11 11 (8.94%) Spring Security
12 10 (8.13%) Hibernate
12 10 (8.13%) JSON
12 10 (8.13%) Spring Batch
12 10 (8.13%) Swagger
12 10 (8.13%) Web Services
13 9 (7.32%) OpenAPI
13 9 (7.32%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 7 (5.69%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.25%) Legacy Code
3 4 (3.25%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.44%) NHS
5 2 (1.63%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.63%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (1.63%) Infotainment
5 2 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.63%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.63%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.63%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.63%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 30 (24.39%) Linux
2 16 (13.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (4.88%) Windows
4 4 (3.25%) Unix
5 2 (1.63%) Android
5 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.63%) CentOS
6 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.77%) Microservices
2 43 (34.96%) CI/CD
3 37 (30.08%) Agile
4 36 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (25.20%) Software Engineering
6 25 (20.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 24 (19.51%) TDD
8 23 (18.70%) DevOps
9 19 (15.45%) Mentoring
10 16 (13.01%) Containerisation
11 15 (12.20%) ETL
11 15 (12.20%) OWASP
11 15 (12.20%) Technical Leadership
11 15 (12.20%) Test Automation
12 14 (11.38%) BDD
12 14 (11.38%) Scrum
13 13 (10.57%) Continuous Delivery
13 13 (10.57%) MVC
14 11 (8.94%) OO
14 11 (8.94%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 51 (41.46%) SQL
2 46 (37.40%) Java
3 37 (30.08%) JavaScript
4 34 (27.64%) Python
5 27 (21.95%) PHP
6 17 (13.82%) Bash
7 15 (12.20%) TypeScript
8 8 (6.50%) C#
9 3 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (2.44%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.44%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.63%) Bicep
10 2 (1.63%) Perl
10 2 (1.63%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.63%) Ruby
11 1 (0.81%) R
11 1 (0.81%) VB
11 1 (0.81%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.81%) VB6
11 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (20.33%) Security Cleared
2 19 (15.45%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.50%) Degree
4 5 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.44%) OCP
6 3 (2.44%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.81%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.69%) QA
3 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.81%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.81%) NCSC
3 1 (0.81%) NIST
3 1 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (21.14%) Docker
2 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (21.95%) Kubernetes
2 18 (14.63%) Terraform
3 4 (3.25%) Ansible
3 4 (3.25%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.44%) Grafana
5 2 (1.63%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.81%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.81%) logstash
6 1 (0.81%) Packer
6 1 (0.81%) Puppet
6 1 (0.81%) QRadar
6 1 (0.81%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 35 (28.46%) Oracle
2 12 (9.76%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.13%) Zend
4 4 (3.25%) Databricks
5 3 (2.44%) Brio
5 3 (2.44%) Cloudera
5 3 (2.44%) Informatica
5 3 (2.44%) Talend
6 2 (1.63%) Cisco
6 2 (1.63%) IBM
6 2 (1.63%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.63%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.63%) SAP
7 1 (0.81%) Google
7 1 (0.81%) Jaspersoft
7 1 (0.81%) VMware