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 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 247 256
Rank change year-on-year -13 +9 -67
Contract jobs citing MySQL 286 418 622
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 0.96% 1.03%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.10% 5.73% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 313 440
10th Percentile £340 £313 £363
25th Percentile £405 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.75% +4.99%
75th Percentile £556 £606 £625
90th Percentile £690 £688 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -5.10% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 13
10th Percentile £22.27 £26.25 £22.16
25th Percentile £24.39 £55.69 £36.00
Median hourly rate £28.45 £70.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -59.36% +60.44% +102.93%
75th Percentile £31.99 £73.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £33.80 £76.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.45 £68.75 £43.50
% change year-on-year -58.62% +58.05% +102.33%

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 5,606 7,291 10,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.99% 16.71% 18.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,867 5,183 7,743
10th Percentile £356 £350 £375
25th Percentile £420 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -3.67% +0.93%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £663
90th Percentile £763 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +2.08% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 144 181
10th Percentile £20.47 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £24.25 £20.98 £35.00
Median hourly rate £34.58 £40.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.56% -33.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £65.62 £55.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £73.63 £72.50 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.64 £40.00 £58.59
% change year-on-year -20.90% -31.73% +67.40%

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 25 April 2025.

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 25 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Top 17 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 25 April 2025. 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 -5 226 £465 -7.00% 640
UK excluding London +16 130 £465 -5.10% 351
Work from Home -16 109 £473 -0.53% 424
London -24 96 £465 -15.45% 345
North of England +14 52 £447 -6.00% 118
South East +41 33 £389 -8.53% 78
North West +9 24 £445 -1.11% 66
Yorkshire +19 21 £414 -21.14% 37
Scotland +28 19 £518 -3.67% 25
Midlands +10 11 £503 +40.36% 46
South West +33 7 £650 +48.57% 46
North East 0 7 £465 - 18
West Midlands -2 7 £533 +48.74% 32
East of England +33 5 £438 -10.26% 26
East Midlands +13 4 £495 -1.00% 11
Northern Ireland - 2 £400 - 9
Wales -24 1 £238 -55.61% 11

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 32 (11.19%) Confluence
2 21 (7.34%) Apache
3 11 (3.85%) CMS
4 10 (3.50%) WordPress
5 9 (3.15%) Apache Spark
6 6 (2.10%) Camunda
7 5 (1.75%) Drupal
7 5 (1.75%) IIS
8 4 (1.40%) Alfresco
8 4 (1.40%) Tomcat
9 3 (1.05%) JBoss
9 3 (1.05%) SharePoint
9 3 (1.05%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.70%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.35%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.35%) nginx
11 1 (0.35%) SAS
11 1 (0.35%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) FileZilla
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.35%) iTrent
2 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.35%) Shopify
2 1 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.35%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 136 (47.55%) AWS
2 54 (18.88%) Azure
3 33 (11.54%) GCP
4 31 (10.84%) Serverless
5 23 (8.04%) Amazon S3
6 19 (6.64%) Slack
7 17 (5.94%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (5.24%) Cloud Computing
8 15 (5.24%) GitHub
8 15 (5.24%) Power Platform
9 13 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (3.50%) Amazon SQS
10 10 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (3.15%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (2.80%) PaaS
13 7 (2.45%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (2.45%) IaaS
13 7 (2.45%) Kong
14 6 (2.10%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.94%) HTTP
2 5 (1.75%) Firewall
2 5 (1.75%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.75%) VoIP
3 4 (1.40%) Internet
3 4 (1.40%) VPN
4 3 (1.05%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (1.05%) Skype
5 2 (0.70%) BGP
5 2 (0.70%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.70%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.70%) MPLS
5 2 (0.70%) MQTT
5 2 (0.70%) OSPF
5 2 (0.70%) SDH
6 1 (0.35%) FTP
6 1 (0.35%) LAN
6 1 (0.35%) Multicast
6 1 (0.35%) WAN
6 1 (0.35%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (47.55%) PostgreSQL
2 113 (39.51%) MongoDB
3 56 (19.58%) Relational Database
4 49 (17.13%) SQL Server
5 37 (12.94%) NoSQL
6 27 (9.44%) Apache Cassandra
7 25 (8.74%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (5.59%) Redis
9 13 (4.55%) Amazon Aurora
10 12 (4.20%) DynamoDB
11 10 (3.50%) Apache Hive
11 10 (3.50%) Hadoop
11 10 (3.50%) MariaDB
11 10 (3.50%) Power BI
11 10 (3.50%) RDBMS
12 8 (2.80%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (2.45%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (2.45%) Oracle Database
14 5 (1.75%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 68 (23.78%) Git
2 49 (17.13%) JIRA
3 35 (12.24%) GitLab
4 34 (11.89%) JUnit
5 32 (11.19%) Jenkins
6 21 (7.34%) Cucumber
7 20 (6.99%) Jasmine
8 17 (5.94%) Maven
9 9 (3.15%) SonarQube
10 8 (2.80%) Gradle
11 7 (2.45%) Artifactory
11 7 (2.45%) Bitbucket
11 7 (2.45%) gulp
11 7 (2.45%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (2.10%) Subversion
13 4 (1.40%) Bitbucket Server
13 4 (1.40%) Eclipse
13 4 (1.40%) Mockito
13 4 (1.40%) TestNG
14 3 (1.05%) IntelliJ
General
1 79 (27.62%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 34 (11.89%) Finance
4 21 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.59%) Banking
6 6 (2.10%) Investment Banking
6 6 (2.10%) Retail
7 4 (1.40%) Military
8 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.05%) Marketing
8 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.70%) Automotive
9 2 (0.70%) Korean Language
9 2 (0.70%) Legal
10 1 (0.35%) Advertising
10 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.35%) Games
10 1 (0.35%) German Language
10 1 (0.35%) Local Government
10 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 140 (48.95%) Developer
2 40 (13.99%) Full-Stack Developer
3 38 (13.29%) Java Developer
4 34 (11.89%) Senior
5 33 (11.54%) Lead
6 24 (8.39%) Senior Developer
6 24 (8.39%) Software Engineer
7 21 (7.34%) DBA
8 16 (5.59%) Lead Developer
9 15 (5.24%) Senior Java Developer
10 14 (4.90%) Python Developer
11 13 (4.55%) Data Engineer
11 13 (4.55%) PHP Developer
12 12 (4.20%) React Developer
13 11 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
14 9 (3.15%) Java Engineer
14 9 (3.15%) Lead Java Developer
14 9 (3.15%) Software Developer
15 8 (2.80%) Analyst
15 8 (2.80%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (25.17%) Spring
2 71 (24.83%) Spring Boot
3 61 (21.33%) React
4 55 (19.23%) RESTful
5 49 (17.13%) AngularJS
6 46 (16.08%) HTML
7 38 (13.29%) Kafka
8 35 (12.24%) REST
9 34 (11.89%) Node.js
10 31 (10.84%) .NET
10 31 (10.84%) CSS
11 27 (9.44%) Swagger
11 27 (9.44%) XML
12 26 (9.09%) OpenAPI
12 26 (9.09%) Spring Security
13 21 (7.34%) Spring Batch
14 20 (6.99%) JSON
15 19 (6.64%) Hibernate
15 19 (6.64%) Vue
16 17 (5.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 13 (4.55%) PKI
2 13 (4.55%) Public Cloud
3 8 (2.80%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.10%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.75%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.75%) Replication
7 4 (1.40%) Clustering
7 4 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.40%) Genomics
7 4 (1.40%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.40%) LIMS
7 4 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.05%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.05%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 71 (24.83%) Linux
2 34 (11.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 20 (6.99%) Windows
4 12 (4.20%) Unix
5 4 (1.40%) CentOS
5 4 (1.40%) VMS
6 3 (1.05%) Android
6 3 (1.05%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.70%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Solaris
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.52%) Microservices
2 88 (30.77%) CI/CD
3 83 (29.02%) Agile
4 68 (23.78%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (23.43%) DevOps
6 60 (20.98%) Software Engineering
7 54 (18.88%) Containerisation
8 51 (17.83%) TDD
9 49 (17.13%) Full-Stack Development
10 43 (15.03%) Mentoring
11 35 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
11 35 (12.24%) Test Automation
12 34 (11.89%) High Availability
13 29 (10.14%) Continuous Integration
14 28 (9.79%) OWASP
15 27 (9.44%) BDD
16 24 (8.39%) API Design
16 24 (8.39%) Computer Science
16 24 (8.39%) ETL
16 24 (8.39%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 118 (41.26%) Java
2 102 (35.66%) SQL
3 81 (28.32%) Python
4 70 (24.48%) JavaScript
5 48 (16.78%) PHP
6 33 (11.54%) Bash
7 26 (9.09%) TypeScript
8 15 (5.24%) Ruby
9 11 (3.85%) Shell Script
10 10 (3.50%) C#
11 8 (2.80%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.75%) Perl
13 4 (1.40%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.05%) R
14 3 (1.05%) Rust
15 2 (0.70%) Bicep
15 2 (0.70%) Go
15 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 68 (23.78%) Security Cleared
2 58 (20.28%) SC Cleared
3 29 (10.14%) Degree
4 20 (6.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.80%) AWS Certification
5 8 (2.80%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.75%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.40%) OCP
7 4 (1.40%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.05%) PhD
9 2 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.70%) Sun Certification
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.90%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.55%) QA
3 5 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.40%) SLA
5 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
6 1 (0.35%) NIST
6 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 80 (27.97%) Docker
2 5 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 4 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.05%) KVM
4 3 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.35%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 64 (22.38%) Kubernetes
2 45 (15.73%) Terraform
3 17 (5.94%) Ansible
4 13 (4.55%) Prometheus
5 12 (4.20%) Grafana
6 5 (1.75%) Istio
6 5 (1.75%) Puppet
7 4 (1.40%) Kibana
7 4 (1.40%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.05%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.05%) logstash
8 3 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (1.05%) QRadar
8 3 (1.05%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 2 (0.70%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.70%) Packer
10 1 (0.35%) linkerd
10 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.35%) Salt
Vendors
1 79 (27.62%) Oracle
2 22 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.90%) Google
4 10 (3.50%) Zend
5 9 (3.15%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.80%) Databricks
6 8 (2.80%) MuleSoft
6 8 (2.80%) Talend
7 7 (2.45%) Cisco
8 6 (2.10%) Informatica
9 5 (1.75%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.75%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.75%) SAP
10 4 (1.40%) LabVantage
10 4 (1.40%) VMware
11 3 (1.05%) Cloudera
11 3 (1.05%) Denodo
11 3 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.05%) Sybase
12 2 (0.70%) IBM