MySQL Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Related Skills 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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

Location	6 months to 21 Sep 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	16	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing MySQL	0	2	0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset	-	1.53%	-
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category	-	10.53%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	0	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
South West median daily rate	£490	£350	£500
% change year-on-year	+40.00%	-30.00%	+1.27%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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	13	19	22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset	12.75%	14.50%	8.40%
Number of daily rates quoted	8	14	21
10^th Percentile	£329	£406	£310
25^th Percentile	£359	£419	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£488	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-17.95%	-2.50%	-2.44%
75^th Percentile	£441	£506	£538
90^th Percentile	£461	£515	£688
South West median daily rate	£475	£523	£550
% change year-on-year	-9.09%	-5.00%	+4.76%