MySQL DBA Job Trends in Reading

MySQL Database Administrator
Berkshire > Reading

The median MySQL Database Administrator salary in Reading is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a MySQL DBA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 730 458 1,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.35% 87.74% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 464 225 944
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £29,566
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,750 £112,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%

MySQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'MySQL DBA' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

MySQL DBA job vacancy trend in Reading

MySQL DBA
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for MySQL DBA job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for MySQL DBA job vacancies in Reading

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 14 March 2026, MySQL DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Reading region featuring MySQL DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Argo
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Graylog
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Health Technology
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Argo
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Graylog
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform