MySQL Job Trends in the UK excluding London

MySQL
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 336 256 143
Rank change year-on-year -80 -113 0
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 392 333 929
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.98% 1.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.05% 8.11% 13.65%
Number of salaries quoted 306 261 599
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -0.96%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £72,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.08%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,564 4,104 6,806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.51% 12.03% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,949 2,554 3,641
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £41,328
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

MySQL job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MySQL

MySQL
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for MySQL in the UK excluding London

MySQL
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the UK excluding London 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
North of England -27 134 £42,500 -19.05% 71
South East -30 100 £55,000 -4.35% 47
North West -30 61 £49,250 -14.35% 39
Midlands -47 48 £45,000 - 19
Yorkshire -24 41 £42,500 +9.68% 25
South West -73 41 £57,500 +27.78% 22
East of England -52 33 £50,000 +5.26% 24
North East -51 32 £42,500 -10.53% 8
East Midlands -22 27 £37,500 -16.67% 4
Wales -70 25 £60,000 -11.11% 5
West Midlands -37 21 £55,000 +41.03% 15
Scotland +11 10 £40,000 -46.67% 14
Northern Ireland -86 1 - - 19
MySQL
UK

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 26 (6.63%) IIS
2 15 (3.83%) Apache
3 12 (3.06%) WordPress
4 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (2.30%) Confluence
6 3 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.77%) CMS
7 2 (0.51%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.51%) Drupal
7 2 (0.51%) nginx
7 2 (0.51%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.26%) JBoss
8 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.77%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.51%) Elementor
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Shopify
2 3 (0.77%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 195 (49.74%) AWS
2 118 (30.10%) Azure
3 60 (15.31%) GCP
4 30 (7.65%) GitHub
5 20 (5.10%) Power Platform
6 19 (4.85%) AWS CloudFormation
6 19 (4.85%) Serverless
7 17 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (3.32%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (3.06%) Anthropic Claude
9 12 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (2.81%) Entra ID
10 11 (2.81%) GitHub Copilot
11 7 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (1.79%) ChatGPT
11 7 (1.79%) SaaS
12 6 (1.53%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.08%) TCP/IP
2 12 (3.06%) Firewall
3 10 (2.55%) DNS
3 10 (2.55%) VPN
4 7 (1.79%) VLAN
5 6 (1.53%) DHCP
5 6 (1.53%) VoIP
5 6 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.28%) iSCSI
6 5 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (1.28%) SAN
6 5 (1.28%) SSH
7 4 (1.02%) HTTP
7 4 (1.02%) Internet
7 4 (1.02%) LAN
7 4 (1.02%) WAN
8 3 (0.77%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.51%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.51%) MQTT
9 2 (0.51%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (32.14%) SQL Server
2 119 (30.36%) PostgreSQL
3 70 (17.86%) Relational Database
4 61 (15.56%) MongoDB
5 49 (12.50%) NoSQL
6 25 (6.38%) MariaDB
7 19 (4.85%) Redis
8 18 (4.59%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (4.34%) Power BI
10 8 (2.04%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (1.79%) Oracle Database
12 6 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.53%) Metadata
12 6 (1.53%) SQLite
13 5 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (1.28%) DynamoDB
13 5 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
14 4 (1.02%) IBM InfoSphere
14 4 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 103 (26.28%) Git
2 23 (5.87%) Jenkins
3 21 (5.36%) Claude Code
4 18 (4.59%) GitLab
5 17 (4.34%) JIRA
6 12 (3.06%) Bitbucket
6 12 (3.06%) Oracle Forms
6 12 (3.06%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.79%) Selenium
8 5 (1.28%) RSpec
9 4 (1.02%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.02%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.02%) JUnit
9 4 (1.02%) minitest
9 4 (1.02%) Postman
9 4 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.77%) Mocha
10 3 (0.77%) PHPUnit
11 2 (0.51%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 74 (18.88%) Social Skills
2 65 (16.58%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (12.24%) Law
3 48 (12.24%) Public Sector
4 30 (7.65%) Finance
5 17 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (4.08%) Banking
7 8 (2.04%) Retail
8 7 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.53%) Tech for Good
10 5 (1.28%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.02%) Legal
11 4 (1.02%) Marketing
12 3 (0.77%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.51%) Advertising
13 2 (0.51%) Aviation
13 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.51%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 195 (49.74%) Developer
2 106 (27.04%) Senior
3 69 (17.60%) Senior Developer
4 56 (14.29%) PHP Developer
5 41 (10.46%) Software Engineer
6 37 (9.44%) Software Developer
7 30 (7.65%) Lead
8 29 (7.40%) Database Engineer
9 27 (6.89%) DBA
10 25 (6.38%) Java Developer
11 24 (6.12%) C# Developer
12 23 (5.87%) Full-Stack Developer
13 22 (5.61%) Administrator
14 21 (5.36%) .NET Developer
14 21 (5.36%) Web Developer
15 20 (5.10%) PHP Laravel Developer
16 19 (4.85%) Backend Developer
16 19 (4.85%) Senior Software Developer
17 18 (4.59%) Lead Software Engineer
18 17 (4.34%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (26.79%) CSS
2 96 (24.49%) HTML
3 63 (16.07%) RESTful
4 60 (15.31%) .NET
5 59 (15.05%) Laravel
6 53 (13.52%) REST
7 48 (12.24%) React
8 41 (10.46%) Node.js
9 40 (10.20%) Vue
10 38 (9.69%) jQuery
11 37 (9.44%) Spring
12 36 (9.18%) Spring Boot
12 36 (9.18%) Terraform
13 30 (7.65%) Kafka
13 30 (7.65%) RabbitMQ
14 29 (7.40%) ASP.NET
14 29 (7.40%) HTML5
15 26 (6.63%) Hibernate
16 23 (5.87%) ASP.NET Web API
17 22 (5.61%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.46%) Replication
2 36 (9.18%) Self-Motivation
3 33 (8.42%) Cloud Native
4 29 (7.40%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (6.89%) Product Ownership
6 21 (5.36%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (4.08%) Virtual Team
8 14 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.04%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.79%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.53%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.53%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.28%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.28%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.28%) IoT
12 5 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (1.02%) Reference Data
13 4 (1.02%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 133 (33.93%) Linux
2 28 (7.14%) Windows
3 25 (6.38%) Ubuntu
4 20 (5.10%) Debian
4 20 (5.10%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.77%) Android
8 2 (0.51%) CentOS
8 2 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (35.20%) Problem-Solving
2 127 (32.40%) Agile
3 116 (29.59%) CI/CD
4 88 (22.45%) Software Engineering
5 79 (20.15%) DevOps
6 78 (19.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 69 (17.60%) Microservices
8 56 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 52 (13.27%) Full-Stack Development
9 52 (13.27%) High Availability
10 50 (12.76%) OOP
11 48 (12.24%) Scrum
12 47 (11.99%) Infrastructure as Code
13 43 (10.97%) Clean Code
14 42 (10.71%) AI
15 39 (9.95%) Web Development
16 38 (9.69%) Event-Driven
17 36 (9.18%) MVC
18 34 (8.67%) TDD
19 33 (8.42%) OO
Programming Languages
1 145 (36.99%) SQL
2 140 (35.71%) JavaScript
3 116 (29.59%) PHP
4 75 (19.13%) Java
5 61 (15.56%) C#
6 55 (14.03%) Python
7 41 (10.46%) TypeScript
8 34 (8.67%) Shell Script
9 15 (3.83%) Bash
9 15 (3.83%) VB.NET
10 13 (3.32%) C++
11 12 (3.06%) Ruby
12 9 (2.30%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.28%) Korn
14 4 (1.02%) Go
15 3 (0.77%) Scala
15 3 (0.77%) VBA
16 2 (0.51%) Perl
17 1 (0.26%) C
17 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (10.71%) Degree
2 25 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.81%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.79%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.02%) HNC
8 4 (1.02%) HND
9 2 (0.51%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.46%) QA
2 15 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.79%) GDPR
4 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 95 (24.23%) Docker
2 18 (4.59%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 5 (1.28%) vSphere
6 3 (0.77%) iptables
6 3 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 64 (16.33%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.87%) Grafana
3 20 (5.10%) Prometheus
4 14 (3.57%) Ansible
5 6 (1.53%) Progress Chef
5 6 (1.53%) Puppet
5 6 (1.53%) WSUS
6 3 (0.77%) Plesk
6 3 (0.77%) Rancher
6 3 (0.77%) systemd
7 2 (0.51%) Galera Cluster
7 2 (0.51%) Kibana
7 2 (0.51%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.14%) Oracle
3 19 (4.85%) Google
4 18 (4.59%) OpenAI
5 17 (4.34%) Splunk
6 13 (3.32%) VMware
7 11 (2.81%) Dell
8 9 (2.30%) Veeam
9 8 (2.04%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.53%) Aruba
10 6 (1.53%) CheckPoint
10 6 (1.53%) HP
10 6 (1.53%) NetApp
10 6 (1.53%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.53%) SonicWALL
11 4 (1.02%) IBM
11 4 (1.02%) Informatica
11 4 (1.02%) TIBCO
11 4 (1.02%) WooCommerce
12 3 (0.77%) Cisco