MySQL Contracts

MySQL
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 224 262 191
Rank change year-on-year +38 -71 0
Contract jobs citing MySQL 453 564 1,301
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 1.02% 1.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.07% 5.79% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 382 940
10th Percentile £313 £350 £363
25th Percentile £360 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -0.99% +6.32%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 16
10th Percentile £25.90 £22.16 -
25th Percentile £43.44 £39.60 £20.75
Median hourly rate £68.75 £46.05 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.29% +70.56% +35.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £62.19 £46.38
90th Percentile £75.50 £71.30 £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £47.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year +42.71% +120.00% +7.50%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,468 9,744 17,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.10% 17.54% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,332 6,905 12,217
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 173 179
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.38
25th Percentile £20.77 £32.40 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% +33.31% +62.78%
75th Percentile £53.94 £73.75 £63.30
90th Percentile £72.50 £82.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.47 £56.95 £35.00
% change year-on-year -39.48% +62.71% +41.02%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the UK 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
England +25 357 £474 -5.25% 373
UK excluding London -7 198 £450 -10.00% 267
Work from Home +22 184 £475 -5.00% 211
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
Wales +41 22 £528 -18.85% 6
Scotland +18 12 £389 -29.27% 12
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
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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (5.74%) Apache
2 12 (2.65%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.65%) Confluence
3 11 (2.43%) Drupal
4 10 (2.21%) Apache Solr
4 10 (2.21%) nginx
5 8 (1.77%) IIS
6 7 (1.55%) OpenStack
7 6 (1.32%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 4 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.88%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.88%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.88%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.88%) WordPress
9 3 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.66%) Moodle
10 2 (0.44%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.44%) Jadu
10 2 (0.44%) Joomla!
10 2 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (1.55%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.44%) FileZilla
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.32%) Shopify
3 5 (1.10%) Magento
4 4 (0.88%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.44%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.44%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.22%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 139 (30.68%) AWS
2 113 (24.94%) Azure
3 65 (14.35%) GitHub
4 45 (9.93%) Power Platform
5 33 (7.28%) GCP
6 24 (5.30%) AWS CloudFormation
7 21 (4.64%) Amazon S3
8 20 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (4.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (3.75%) Amazon EC2
10 17 (3.75%) Serverless
11 13 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.21%) SaaS
14 9 (1.99%) WhatsApp
15 8 (1.77%) Amazon SQS
16 7 (1.55%) Entra ID
16 7 (1.55%) Snowflake
17 6 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.09%) DNS
1 14 (3.09%) TCP/IP
2 11 (2.43%) Firewall
3 7 (1.55%) DHCP
3 7 (1.55%) SAN
3 7 (1.55%) SSH
3 7 (1.55%) VPN
4 6 (1.32%) NAS
5 5 (1.10%) HTTP
5 5 (1.10%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.88%) 5G
6 4 (0.88%) Diameter Protocol
6 4 (0.88%) IPsec
6 4 (0.88%) LTE
6 4 (0.88%) OpenLDAP
7 3 (0.66%) FTP
7 3 (0.66%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.44%) SSL
8 2 (0.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (25.61%) SQL Server
2 113 (24.94%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (19.43%) Relational Database
4 46 (10.15%) MongoDB
5 45 (9.93%) Power BI
6 40 (8.83%) NoSQL
7 35 (7.73%) Amazon Redshift
8 27 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
9 24 (5.30%) MariaDB
10 23 (5.08%) Oracle Reports
11 22 (4.86%) RDBMS
12 20 (4.42%) Amazon RDS
13 19 (4.19%) DynamoDB
13 19 (4.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (3.97%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (3.97%) Qlik Sense
15 12 (2.65%) Redis
16 11 (2.43%) Big Data
16 11 (2.43%) Oracle Database
16 11 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 85 (18.76%) Git
2 31 (6.84%) GitLab
3 28 (6.18%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.42%) JIRA
5 19 (4.19%) Cypress.io
6 13 (2.87%) SonarQube
7 11 (2.43%) Postman
8 10 (2.21%) Maven
8 10 (2.21%) Selenium
9 9 (1.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (1.55%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.55%) Burp Suite
10 7 (1.55%) ERwin
10 7 (1.55%) Subversion
11 6 (1.32%) AppScan
11 6 (1.32%) Cucumber
11 6 (1.32%) Gradle
11 6 (1.32%) JMeter
11 6 (1.32%) JUnit
11 6 (1.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 94 (20.75%) Social Skills
2 75 (16.56%) Finance
3 33 (7.28%) Banking
4 32 (7.06%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.42%) Retail
7 17 (3.75%) Financial Institution
8 13 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.21%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.55%) Legal
10 7 (1.55%) Marketing
10 7 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.88%) Advertising
12 4 (0.88%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (0.88%) French Language
12 4 (0.88%) Multimedia
12 4 (0.88%) Retail Banking
12 4 (0.88%) Tech for Good
12 4 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 167 (36.87%) Developer
2 37 (8.17%) Full Stack Developer
3 31 (6.84%) DBA
4 30 (6.62%) Senior
4 30 (6.62%) Software Engineer
5 24 (5.30%) PHP Developer
6 21 (4.64%) Administrator
7 20 (4.42%) Architect
8 18 (3.97%) Data Engineer
9 17 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (3.75%) Support Engineer
10 16 (3.53%) Data Scientist
10 16 (3.53%) Senior Developer
11 15 (3.31%) Java Developer
11 15 (3.31%) Lead
11 15 (3.31%) SailPoint Developer
12 12 (2.65%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (2.65%) Full Stack Engineer
12 12 (2.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 11 (2.43%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (19.87%) HTML
2 71 (15.67%) CSS
3 65 (14.35%) React
4 56 (12.36%) AngularJS
5 49 (10.82%) Web Services
6 45 (9.93%) RESTful
6 45 (9.93%) XML
7 42 (9.27%) SOAP
8 35 (7.73%) LDAP
8 35 (7.73%) Node.js
9 34 (7.51%) Vue
10 33 (7.28%) .NET
11 31 (6.84%) Spring
12 29 (6.40%) Laravel
12 29 (6.40%) SailPoint
13 27 (5.96%) REST
14 24 (5.30%) JDBC
14 24 (5.30%) Servlets
15 23 (5.08%) JSP
15 23 (5.08%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.06%) Onboarding
2 15 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.09%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.09%) Public Cloud
4 12 (2.65%) Clustering
5 8 (1.77%) Cloud Native
5 8 (1.77%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.55%) PKI
6 7 (1.55%) Replication
6 7 (1.55%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (1.32%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.10%) Fat Client
8 5 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.10%) Thin Client
9 4 (0.88%) Credit Derivative
9 4 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 106 (23.40%) Linux
2 48 (10.60%) Windows
3 22 (4.86%) Unix
4 20 (4.42%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.21%) CentOS
6 9 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.55%) VMS
8 5 (1.10%) Android
8 5 (1.10%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.88%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (33.55%) Agile
2 93 (20.53%) DevOps
3 84 (18.54%) Software Engineering
4 74 (16.34%) Scrum
5 72 (15.89%) CI/CD
6 68 (15.01%) Full Stack Development
7 63 (13.91%) Continuous Integration
8 53 (11.70%) Analytics
8 53 (11.70%) ETL
9 52 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (10.60%) Business Intelligence
10 48 (10.60%) Configuration Management
11 45 (9.93%) Computer Science
12 42 (9.27%) Containerisation
12 42 (9.27%) Migration
13 40 (8.83%) Test Automation
14 39 (8.61%) Data Analytics
15 37 (8.17%) Data Modelling
16 36 (7.95%) Infrastructure as Code
17 34 (7.51%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 148 (32.67%) SQL
2 147 (32.45%) JavaScript
3 117 (25.83%) Java
4 94 (20.75%) PHP
5 82 (18.10%) Python
6 38 (8.39%) Bash
7 31 (6.84%) PowerShell
8 28 (6.18%) C#
8 28 (6.18%) TypeScript
9 24 (5.30%) Go
10 23 (5.08%) Shell Script
11 17 (3.75%) Ruby
12 15 (3.31%) T-SQL
13 10 (2.21%) Perl
14 8 (1.77%) Kotlin
14 8 (1.77%) Rust
15 7 (1.55%) C++
15 7 (1.55%) PL/SQL
16 6 (1.32%) Scala
17 5 (1.10%) C
Qualifications
1 68 (15.01%) Security Cleared
2 59 (13.02%) Degree
3 56 (12.36%) SC Cleared
4 36 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (4.42%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.97%) PMI Certification
6 18 (3.97%) PMP
7 7 (1.55%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.88%) SANS
10 2 (0.44%) CISSP
10 2 (0.44%) MCITP
10 2 (0.44%) MCSE
10 2 (0.44%) MCTS
11 1 (0.22%) CCNP
11 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.22%) GCIA
11 1 (0.22%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.38%) QA
2 20 (4.42%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.65%) GDPR
4 11 (2.43%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.10%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.10%) NIST
7 3 (0.66%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.66%) SLA
8 2 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.44%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) COPPA
9 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 76 (16.78%) Docker
2 44 (9.71%) Active Directory
3 24 (5.30%) IAG
4 21 (4.64%) ACF2
4 21 (4.64%) RACF
5 7 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.88%) vSphere
7 3 (0.66%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.44%) KVM
8 2 (0.44%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.22%) Ceph
9 1 (0.22%) HDFS
9 1 (0.22%) Lustre
9 1 (0.22%) NFS
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.22%) Postfix
9 1 (0.22%) Samba
9 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 68 (15.01%) Kubernetes
2 63 (13.91%) Grafana
3 56 (12.36%) Ansible
4 52 (11.48%) Terraform
5 23 (5.08%) Prometheus
6 18 (3.97%) Puppet
7 16 (3.53%) Progress Chef
8 13 (2.87%) Graylog
9 10 (2.21%) Nagios
9 10 (2.21%) Nessus
10 9 (1.99%) HP Fortify
11 6 (1.32%) Argo
11 6 (1.32%) WebInspect
12 5 (1.10%) Kibana
12 5 (1.10%) Packer
12 5 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
13 4 (0.88%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.88%) vRealize
Vendors
1 127 (28.04%) Oracle
2 69 (15.23%) Microsoft
3 48 (10.60%) ServiceNow
4 31 (6.84%) Google
5 30 (6.62%) Denodo
5 30 (6.62%) Talend
6 26 (5.74%) Sybase
7 25 (5.52%) Splunk
8 16 (3.53%) Salesforce
8 16 (3.53%) VMware
9 13 (2.87%) Red Hat
9 13 (2.87%) SAP
10 11 (2.43%) Informatica
11 10 (2.21%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.55%) Adobe
12 7 (1.55%) Checkmarx
13 6 (1.32%) IBM
13 6 (1.32%) Veracode
14 5 (1.10%) CyberArk
15 4 (0.88%) Arqiva