MySQL Contract Job Trends in Dorset

MySQL
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring MySQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 21 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing MySQL 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 2.83% 2.15% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.65% 6.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 - -
South West median daily rate £417 £663 £525
% change year-on-year -37.06% +26.19% -

All Database & BI Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 17 29 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 16.04% 31.18% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 24 27
10th Percentile £290 £450 £344
25th Percentile £375 £469 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £500 £800
Median % change year-on-year -19.10% -37.50% +52.38%
75th Percentile £425 £675 £825
90th Percentile £475 £688 -
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MySQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

MySQL job vacancy trend in Dorset

MySQL
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing MySQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing MySQL

MySQL
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing MySQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing MySQL

MySQL
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Bournemouth +1 3 £409 - 3
MySQL
South West

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 2 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Java Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Django Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Python/Django Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
1 2 (66.67%) Spring MVC
2 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (33.33%) Django
2 1 (33.33%) React
2 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Design
2 1 (33.33%) Build Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SOLID
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle