MySQL Job Trends in the East of England

MySQL
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring MySQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 101 95
Rank change year-on-year -42 -6 +6
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 41 51 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.67% 1.97% 2.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.67% 12.53% 14.86%
Number of salaries quoted 36 48 130
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £29,250 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -26.92%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £63,125 £66,375 £92,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +3.77% -7.83%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 424 407 949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.88% 15.73% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 256 311 805
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £39,438 £43,000 £35,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,338 £80,000 £78,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.61% +11.74% -11.54%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

MySQL job vacancy trend in the East of England

MySQL
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MySQL

MySQL
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for MySQL in the East of England

MySQL
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Hertfordshire -18 16 £57,500 -8.00% 1
Essex -32 13 £36,250 -9.38% 2
Cambridgeshire -17 11 £50,000 +53.85% 2
Norfolk -27 1 £33,000 +8.20% 2
MySQL
England

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (7.32%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) CMS
2 1 (2.44%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 19 (46.34%) AWS
2 8 (19.51%) Azure
3 1 (2.44%) Boomi
3 1 (2.44%) GitHub
3 1 (2.44%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) FTP
2 1 (2.44%) HTTP
2 1 (2.44%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (46.34%) SQL Server
2 10 (24.39%) Amazon Redshift
2 10 (24.39%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (7.32%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.44%) InfluxDB
4 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.44%) Pentaho
4 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.44%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) JIRA
2 4 (9.76%) Git
General
1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (19.51%) Finance
4 1 (2.44%) Billing
4 1 (2.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 28 (68.29%) Developer
2 16 (39.02%) Software Developer
3 10 (24.39%) SQL Developer
4 9 (21.95%) PHP Developer
5 8 (19.51%) Azure Developer
5 8 (19.51%) C# Developer
5 8 (19.51%) C# Software Developer
5 8 (19.51%) Graduate
5 8 (19.51%) Graduate C# Developer
5 8 (19.51%) Graduate C# Software Developer
5 8 (19.51%) Graduate Developer
5 8 (19.51%) Graduate PHP Developer
5 8 (19.51%) Graduate Software Developer
5 8 (19.51%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 6 (14.63%) Report Developer
7 5 (12.20%) Analyst
7 5 (12.20%) Applications Support
7 5 (12.20%) Applications Support Analyst
7 5 (12.20%) Business Support Analyst
7 5 (12.20%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (31.71%) CSS
2 11 (26.83%) HTML
2 11 (26.83%) React
3 8 (19.51%) jQuery
4 7 (17.07%) REST
5 6 (14.63%) JSON
5 6 (14.63%) SOAP
5 6 (14.63%) Web Services
5 6 (14.63%) XML
6 5 (12.20%) Next.js
6 5 (12.20%) Node.js
7 4 (9.76%) NestJS
8 2 (4.88%) Laravel
9 1 (2.44%) Django
9 1 (2.44%) PySpark
9 1 (2.44%) RESTful
9 1 (2.44%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (2.44%) Vue
9 1 (2.44%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Product Ownership
2 4 (9.76%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.44%) IoT
4 1 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.76%) Linux
2 3 (7.32%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Agile
2 11 (26.83%) ETL
3 10 (24.39%) Computer Science
3 10 (24.39%) ETL Development
3 10 (24.39%) Visualisation
4 9 (21.95%) OOP
5 8 (19.51%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (19.51%) Data Visualisation
5 8 (19.51%) MVC
6 7 (17.07%) Data Management
6 7 (17.07%) Decision-Making
6 7 (17.07%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (12.20%) API Development
8 4 (9.76%) API Integration
8 4 (9.76%) CI/CD
8 4 (9.76%) Data Modelling
8 4 (9.76%) DevOps
8 4 (9.76%) Web Development
9 3 (7.32%) Customer Service
9 3 (7.32%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 28 (68.29%) SQL
2 16 (39.02%) PHP
3 12 (29.27%) JavaScript
4 8 (19.51%) C#
4 8 (19.51%) C++
4 8 (19.51%) Java
5 5 (12.20%) Python
5 5 (12.20%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (24.39%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
1 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) SAP
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.44%) Informatica
3 1 (2.44%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) Talend