MySQL Contracts in England

MySQL
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 245 270 202
Rank change year-on-year +25 -68 -8
Contract jobs citing MySQL 357 452 1,027
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.95% 0.96% 1.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.57% 5.48% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 313 764
10th Percentile £317 £326 £363
25th Percentile £359 £410 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% -1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £625
90th Percentile £694 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £505
% change year-on-year -5.00% -0.99% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 14
10th Percentile £25.20 £22.16 -
25th Percentile £38.44 £30.88 £20.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +144.19% +7.50%
75th Percentile £73.13 £60.63 £45.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £71.45 £48.80
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £46.05 £27.00
% change year-on-year +49.29% +70.56% +35.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,409 8,241 13,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.09% 17.52% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,613 5,916 9,942
10th Percentile £350 £365 £369
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £669
90th Percentile £800 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 154 165
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £14.50
25th Percentile £20.77 £32.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% +37.86% +72.48%
75th Percentile £52.83 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.30 £82.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £43.95
% change year-on-year -31.73% +33.31% +62.78%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MySQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MySQL in England

MySQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for MySQL in England

MySQL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MySQL in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MySQL in England

MySQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for MySQL in England

MySQL
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MySQL in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MySQL in England

MySQL
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
London +48 175 £500 - 116
North of England +7 63 £515 +17.05% 81
Midlands +37 45 £358 -28.40% 45
West Midlands +43 41 £358 -28.40% 28
South East -3 39 £375 -25.00% 61
North West +4 28 £450 +7.14% 49
Yorkshire +12 26 £550 +7.26% 24
South West -13 11 £525 +5.00% 39
North East +12 9 - - 8
East of England -5 7 £375 -16.67% 29
East Midlands +4 4 £300 -38.46% 17
MySQL
UK

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 25 (7.00%) Apache
2 12 (3.36%) Confluence
3 11 (3.08%) Drupal
4 9 (2.52%) Apache Solr
4 9 (2.52%) nginx
5 8 (2.24%) Apache Spark
5 8 (2.24%) IIS
6 6 (1.68%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 5 (1.40%) OpenStack
8 4 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (1.12%) SharePoint
8 4 (1.12%) WebSphere
8 4 (1.12%) WordPress
9 3 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.84%) Moodle
9 3 (0.84%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.56%) Jadu
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.96%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.56%) FileZilla
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.68%) Shopify
3 5 (1.40%) Magento
4 4 (1.12%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.56%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.56%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.28%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 113 (31.65%) AWS
2 86 (24.09%) Azure
3 43 (12.04%) GitHub
3 43 (12.04%) Power Platform
4 31 (8.68%) GCP
5 18 (5.04%) Amazon S3
6 17 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (4.76%) Serverless
7 14 (3.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 14 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (3.64%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (2.80%) SaaS
10 9 (2.52%) WhatsApp
11 8 (2.24%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.96%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.96%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.92%) DNS
2 10 (2.80%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.96%) DHCP
3 7 (1.96%) Firewall
3 7 (1.96%) SAN
3 7 (1.96%) SSH
4 6 (1.68%) NAS
5 5 (1.40%) HTTP
5 5 (1.40%) HTTPS
6 4 (1.12%) 5G
6 4 (1.12%) Diameter Protocol
6 4 (1.12%) IPsec
6 4 (1.12%) LTE
6 4 (1.12%) OpenLDAP
7 3 (0.84%) FTP
7 3 (0.84%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.84%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.84%) VPN
8 2 (0.56%) VLAN
8 2 (0.56%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (26.33%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (25.49%) SQL Server
3 65 (18.21%) Relational Database
4 43 (12.04%) Power BI
5 40 (11.20%) MongoDB
6 35 (9.80%) NoSQL
7 32 (8.96%) Amazon Redshift
8 27 (7.56%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (5.32%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (5.32%) RDBMS
9 19 (5.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (4.48%) Qlik Sense
11 15 (4.20%) DynamoDB
11 15 (4.20%) MariaDB
12 14 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (3.92%) Oracle Reports
13 11 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (2.80%) Oracle Database
15 8 (2.24%) Couchbase
15 8 (2.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 76 (21.29%) Git
2 23 (6.44%) Jenkins
3 22 (6.16%) GitLab
4 17 (4.76%) JIRA
5 11 (3.08%) Cypress.io
6 10 (2.80%) SonarQube
7 9 (2.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 8 (2.24%) Maven
9 7 (1.96%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.96%) ERwin
10 6 (1.68%) Subversion
10 6 (1.68%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.40%) AppScan
11 5 (1.40%) Burp Suite
11 5 (1.40%) Gradle
11 5 (1.40%) JMeter
11 5 (1.40%) JUnit
12 4 (1.12%) LoadRunner
12 4 (1.12%) PHPUnit
12 4 (1.12%) Selenium
General
1 71 (19.89%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.97%) Finance
3 27 (7.56%) Banking
4 21 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 20 (5.60%) Retail
6 15 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.52%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.96%) Legal
9 7 (1.96%) Marketing
9 7 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.68%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.12%) Advertising
11 4 (1.12%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (1.12%) Multimedia
11 4 (1.12%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (33.05%) Developer
2 27 (7.56%) Full Stack Developer
3 26 (7.28%) Software Engineer
4 24 (6.72%) Senior
5 21 (5.88%) DBA
6 19 (5.32%) Architect
7 18 (5.04%) Data Engineer
8 16 (4.48%) Support Engineer
9 14 (3.92%) Data Scientist
9 14 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (3.92%) Java Developer
10 13 (3.64%) Administrator
10 13 (3.64%) PHP Developer
11 11 (3.08%) Lead
11 11 (3.08%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.80%) AWS Engineer
12 10 (2.80%) Consultant
12 10 (2.80%) Full Stack Engineer
12 10 (2.80%) Site Engineer
12 10 (2.80%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (18.49%) HTML
2 54 (15.13%) CSS
3 40 (11.20%) AngularJS
3 40 (11.20%) React
4 35 (9.80%) XML
5 33 (9.24%) Web Services
6 32 (8.96%) RESTful
7 29 (8.12%) Node.js
7 29 (8.12%) SOAP
8 26 (7.28%) LDAP
9 24 (6.72%) Spring
10 22 (6.16%) REST
11 20 (5.60%) Laravel
11 20 (5.60%) SailPoint
12 18 (5.04%) jQuery
12 18 (5.04%) JSON
13 17 (4.76%) Spring Boot
14 16 (4.48%) JDBC
14 16 (4.48%) Vue
15 15 (4.20%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.44%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.20%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.80%) Clustering
4 8 (2.24%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.24%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.24%) Public Cloud
5 7 (1.96%) PKI
5 7 (1.96%) Replication
6 6 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (1.68%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.40%) Fat Client
7 5 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.40%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.40%) Thin Client
8 4 (1.12%) Credit Derivative
8 4 (1.12%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.84%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 80 (22.41%) Linux
2 39 (10.92%) Windows
3 18 (5.04%) Unix
4 17 (4.76%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.80%) CentOS
6 9 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.96%) VMS
8 5 (1.40%) Android
8 5 (1.40%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.12%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (1.12%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (33.33%) Agile
2 80 (22.41%) DevOps
3 70 (19.61%) Software Engineering
4 63 (17.65%) Scrum
5 56 (15.69%) CI/CD
6 50 (14.01%) Continuous Integration
6 50 (14.01%) ETL
7 48 (13.45%) Full Stack Development
8 46 (12.89%) Business Intelligence
9 44 (12.32%) Analytics
10 43 (12.04%) Configuration Management
11 37 (10.36%) Computer Science
12 36 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (9.80%) Data Modelling
14 33 (9.24%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (8.96%) Data Analytics
15 32 (8.96%) Migration
16 31 (8.68%) Containerisation
17 30 (8.40%) Test Strategy
18 29 (8.12%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 123 (34.45%) SQL
2 112 (31.37%) JavaScript
3 91 (25.49%) Java
4 79 (22.13%) Python
5 73 (20.45%) PHP
6 35 (9.80%) Bash
7 29 (8.12%) PowerShell
8 24 (6.72%) C#
9 23 (6.44%) TypeScript
10 19 (5.32%) Go
11 18 (5.04%) Shell Script
12 15 (4.20%) T-SQL
13 10 (2.80%) Ruby
14 9 (2.52%) Perl
15 8 (2.24%) Kotlin
15 8 (2.24%) Rust
16 7 (1.96%) C++
16 7 (1.96%) PL/SQL
17 6 (1.68%) Scala
18 5 (1.40%) C
Qualifications
1 62 (17.37%) Security Cleared
2 53 (14.85%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.61%) Degree
4 30 (8.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (5.60%) Master's Degree
6 16 (4.48%) PMI Certification
6 16 (4.48%) PMP
7 6 (1.68%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.84%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.56%) CISSP
10 2 (0.56%) MCITP
10 2 (0.56%) MCSE
10 2 (0.56%) MCTS
10 2 (0.56%) SANS
11 1 (0.28%) CCNP
11 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.28%) OCP
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.00%) QA
2 20 (5.60%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.36%) GDPR
4 7 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.40%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.40%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.40%) NIST
6 3 (0.84%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.84%) SLA
7 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.28%) COPPA
System Software
1 65 (18.21%) Docker
2 35 (9.80%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.20%) IAG
4 13 (3.64%) ACF2
4 13 (3.64%) RACF
5 7 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.12%) vSphere
7 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.56%) KVM
8 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.56%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.28%) Ceph
9 1 (0.28%) HDFS
9 1 (0.28%) iptables
9 1 (0.28%) Lustre
9 1 (0.28%) NFS
9 1 (0.28%) Samba
9 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 56 (15.69%) Kubernetes
2 53 (14.85%) Grafana
3 45 (12.61%) Ansible
4 40 (11.20%) Terraform
5 16 (4.48%) Prometheus
6 14 (3.92%) Progress Chef
6 14 (3.92%) Puppet
7 9 (2.52%) Nessus
8 8 (2.24%) Graylog
8 8 (2.24%) HP Fortify
9 5 (1.40%) Kibana
9 5 (1.40%) Packer
9 5 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.40%) WebInspect
10 4 (1.12%) Nagios
10 4 (1.12%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (1.12%) vRealize
10 4 (1.12%) WSUS
10 4 (1.12%) yum
10 4 (1.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (28.85%) Oracle
2 54 (15.13%) Microsoft
3 36 (10.08%) ServiceNow
4 27 (7.56%) Denodo
4 27 (7.56%) Talend
5 26 (7.28%) Google
6 20 (5.60%) Splunk
7 17 (4.76%) Sybase
8 16 (4.48%) Salesforce
8 16 (4.48%) VMware
9 13 (3.64%) Red Hat
9 13 (3.64%) SAP
10 11 (3.08%) Informatica
11 7 (1.96%) Adobe
12 6 (1.68%) IBM
13 5 (1.40%) Atlassian
13 5 (1.40%) Checkmarx
13 5 (1.40%) CyberArk
13 5 (1.40%) Veracode
14 4 (1.12%) Arqiva