MySQL Job Trends in Berkshire

MySQL
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring MySQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 141 115
Rank change year-on-year +20 -26 -10
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 9 2 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.26% 0.10% 1.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.76% 0.48% 6.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 11
10th Percentile - - £40,000
25th Percentile £36,250 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.38% -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £66,250 - £75,000
90th Percentile £74,500 - £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Berkshire

MySQL falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 189 421 378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.41% 21.63% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 132 116 173
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,972 £50,000 £53,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,184 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% -3.43% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,188 £83,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,750 £95,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

MySQL job vacancy trend in Berkshire

MySQL
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MySQL

MySQL
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Salary histogram for MySQL in Berkshire

MySQL
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -17 4 £37,500 -42.31% 3
Wokingham - 2 £71,250 -
Slough - 1 £42,000 - 1
MySQL
South East

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
2 1 (11.11%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (44.44%) NoSQL
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) MongoDB
4 2 (22.22%) Redis
5 1 (11.11%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
5 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Git
2 2 (22.22%) GitLab
2 2 (22.22%) JIRA
2 2 (22.22%) Mocha
2 2 (22.22%) Selenium
3 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Health Technology
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Java Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) PHP Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) PHP Laravel Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Data Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) CSS
1 4 (44.44%) HTML
1 4 (44.44%) HTML5
2 3 (33.33%) JSON
2 3 (33.33%) Laravel
2 3 (33.33%) REST
3 2 (22.22%) CSS3
3 2 (22.22%) Express.js
3 2 (22.22%) Jest
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 2 (22.22%) Node.js
3 2 (22.22%) SOAP
3 2 (22.22%) XML
4 1 (11.11%) Ajax
4 1 (11.11%) CodeIgniter
4 1 (11.11%) RESTful
4 1 (11.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
1 4 (44.44%) DevOps
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (33.33%) Microservices
3 2 (22.22%) AI
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
3 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
3 2 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (22.22%) ETL
3 2 (22.22%) ETL Development
3 2 (22.22%) Event-Driven
3 2 (22.22%) Inclusive Design
3 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
3 2 (22.22%) Web Development
4 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (11.11%) Database Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 5 (55.56%) Python
3 3 (33.33%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) PHP
4 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Kubernetes