MySQL DBA Contracts

MySQL Database Administrator
UK

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median MySQL Database Administrator daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 562 705
Rank change year-on-year +47 +143 +143
Contract jobs requiring a MySQL DBA 5 20 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.046% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.049% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 19 10
10th Percentile - £425 £411
25th Percentile - £544 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £588 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +23.68% -13.64%
75th Percentile - £678 -
90th Percentile - £850 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £600 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

MySQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured MySQL DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MySQL DBA in the UK

MySQL DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MySQL DBA.

Daily rate trend for MySQL DBA in the UK

MySQL DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MySQL DBA.

Hourly rate trend for MySQL DBA in the UK

MySQL DBA
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +49 5 - - 1
London +30 4 - -
Work from Home +35 2 - - 1
UK excluding London +59 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, MySQL DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring MySQL DBA in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) MySQL
2 4 (80.00%) AWS
2 4 (80.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 4 (80.00%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (60.00%) Data Security
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Replication
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Database Security

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) MySQL
2 4 (80.00%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon Aurora
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Security
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Database Security
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java