Hybrid/Remote MySQL DBA Contract Job Trends

MySQL Database Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median MySQL Database Administrator daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 301 361
Rank change year-on-year -28 +60 +146
Contract jobs requiring a MySQL DBA 3 2 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.028% 0.019% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.020% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile - - £425
25th Percentile £506 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.63%
75th Percentile £528 - £656
90th Percentile £534 - £764
UK median daily rate £513 - £588
% change year-on-year - - +23.68%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,934 10,054 15,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 93.29% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,406 6,412 10,608
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £627
90th Percentile £721 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 374 176 503
10th Percentile £15.74 £19.30 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.31 £25.25 £20.80
Median hourly rate £51.21 £38.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.88% -19.47% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.84 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.04
UK median hourly rate £29.65 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.17% -5.71% -

MySQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'MySQL DBA' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

MySQL DBA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

MySQL DBA
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid MySQL DBA job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid MySQL DBA job vacancies

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, MySQL DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring MySQL DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) B2B
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Amazon Aurora
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon RDS

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
2 2 (66.67%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) B2B
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering