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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 227 153
Rank change year-on-year -70 -74 -33
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 406 438 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.55% 1.28% 1.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.17% 9.70% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 330 361 847
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.57%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,991
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -6.65%

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 5,660 4,516 8,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.69% 13.23% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,851 2,870 5,698
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,823 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -26 134 £48,000 -8.57% 28
South East -5 110 £55,000 +4.76% 30
North West -21 56 £52,130 -5.22% 17
Midlands -38 54 £42,500 -8.11% 12
Yorkshire -20 49 £42,500 -11.92% 6
South West -68 43 £52,500 -4.55% 8
East of England -36 35 £47,500 - 10
East Midlands -11 30 £37,500 -18.92% 3
North East -34 29 £45,000 -5.26% 5
West Midlands -25 24 £47,500 +18.75% 9
Wales -62 18 £70,000 +16.67% 3
Scotland +13 12 £51,000 -15.00% 4
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 16 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.45%) Apache
2 14 (3.45%) IIS
3 11 (2.71%) WordPress
4 10 (2.46%) CMS
5 9 (2.22%) Confluence
6 6 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.23%) nginx
8 2 (0.49%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.49%) Drupal
8 2 (0.49%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.25%) JBoss
9 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.99%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.49%) Elementor
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 6 (1.48%) Shopify
2 3 (0.74%) Magento
3 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 209 (51.48%) AWS
2 119 (29.31%) Azure
3 57 (14.04%) GCP
4 32 (7.88%) GitHub
5 25 (6.16%) Power Platform
6 23 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (4.43%) Serverless
8 16 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (3.45%) SaaS
10 13 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (2.96%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (2.96%) Amazon S3
11 12 (2.96%) GitHub Copilot
12 11 (2.71%) Anthropic Claude
13 10 (2.46%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
16 6 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 5 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.19%) Firewall
2 11 (2.71%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.46%) VPN
4 8 (1.97%) iSCSI
4 8 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (1.97%) SAN
5 7 (1.72%) VoIP
6 5 (1.23%) LAN
6 5 (1.23%) WAN
7 4 (0.99%) DNS
7 4 (0.99%) LoRaWAN
7 4 (0.99%) MQTT
7 4 (0.99%) Network Security
7 4 (0.99%) VLAN
8 3 (0.74%) DHCP
8 3 (0.74%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.74%) Internet
8 3 (0.74%) SSH
8 3 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (31.03%) SQL Server
2 125 (30.79%) PostgreSQL
3 71 (17.49%) MongoDB
4 60 (14.78%) Relational Database
5 57 (14.04%) NoSQL
6 26 (6.40%) MariaDB
7 23 (5.67%) Power BI
8 17 (4.19%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (3.45%) Redis
10 10 (2.46%) Apache Cassandra
10 10 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
12 8 (1.97%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.48%) Metadata
13 6 (1.48%) Oracle Database
13 6 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 100 (24.63%) Git
2 23 (5.67%) JIRA
3 18 (4.43%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.20%) GitLab
5 11 (2.71%) PHPUnit
6 10 (2.46%) Claude Code
7 9 (2.22%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.48%) Selenium
9 5 (1.23%) RSpec
10 4 (0.99%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.99%) minitest
10 4 (0.99%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.74%) JUnit
11 3 (0.74%) Mocha
11 3 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.49%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.49%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.49%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.49%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.49%) YouTrack
General
1 81 (19.95%) Social Skills
2 51 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (10.59%) Public Sector
4 38 (9.36%) Law
5 37 (9.11%) Finance
6 15 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.22%) Banking
8 9 (2.22%) Retail
9 7 (1.72%) Tech for Good
10 5 (1.23%) Advertising
11 4 (0.99%) Health Technology
11 4 (0.99%) Legal
11 4 (0.99%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.74%) Marketing
12 3 (0.74%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.49%) Billing
13 2 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 198 (48.77%) Developer
2 103 (25.37%) Senior
3 62 (15.27%) Senior Developer
4 58 (14.29%) PHP Developer
5 48 (11.82%) Software Engineer
6 36 (8.87%) Software Developer
7 30 (7.39%) DBA
7 30 (7.39%) Full-Stack Developer
8 28 (6.90%) Lead
9 24 (5.91%) Administrator
9 24 (5.91%) Web Developer
10 23 (5.67%) Database Engineer
11 22 (5.42%) C# Developer
12 21 (5.17%) Backend Developer
12 21 (5.17%) Java Developer
12 21 (5.17%) PHP Laravel Developer
13 17 (4.19%) Lead Software Engineer
13 17 (4.19%) Senior Backend Developer
13 17 (4.19%) Senior Software Developer
14 14 (3.45%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (26.60%) CSS
2 95 (23.40%) HTML
3 67 (16.50%) Laravel
4 62 (15.27%) RESTful
5 54 (13.30%) Node.js
6 53 (13.05%) REST
7 52 (12.81%) React
8 48 (11.82%) Vue
9 44 (10.84%) .NET
10 36 (8.87%) jQuery
11 31 (7.64%) Spring
12 30 (7.39%) Spring Boot
13 26 (6.40%) HTML5
14 22 (5.42%) AngularJS
15 21 (5.17%) Kafka
16 19 (4.68%) ASP.NET
16 19 (4.68%) CSS3
17 18 (4.43%) Hibernate
18 17 (4.19%) JPA
18 17 (4.19%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.10%) Replication
2 32 (7.88%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.93%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (4.93%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.69%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.96%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.71%) Data Structures
8 10 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.46%) Mobile App
9 9 (2.22%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.97%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.72%) IoT
12 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.99%) Algorithms
13 4 (0.99%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.99%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 116 (28.57%) Linux
2 25 (6.16%) Ubuntu
3 22 (5.42%) Windows
4 18 (4.43%) Debian
5 16 (3.94%) Windows Server
6 9 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.23%) CentOS
9 3 (0.74%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (33.50%) Agile
2 117 (28.82%) Problem-Solving
3 103 (25.37%) CI/CD
4 78 (19.21%) Software Engineering
5 75 (18.47%) Microservices
6 62 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 62 (15.27%) Full-Stack Development
7 60 (14.78%) DevOps
8 57 (14.04%) Mentoring
9 50 (12.32%) OOP
10 48 (11.82%) High Availability
11 47 (11.58%) TDD
12 43 (10.59%) Web Development
13 36 (8.87%) AI
13 36 (8.87%) Computer Science
14 35 (8.62%) Clean Code
14 35 (8.62%) Scrum
15 32 (7.88%) MVC
16 31 (7.64%) Containerisation
17 29 (7.14%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 155 (38.18%) SQL
2 150 (36.95%) JavaScript
3 136 (33.50%) PHP
4 83 (20.44%) Java
5 57 (14.04%) C#
6 51 (12.56%) Python
7 30 (7.39%) TypeScript
8 23 (5.67%) Shell Script
9 18 (4.43%) C++
10 17 (4.19%) Bash
10 17 (4.19%) PowerShell
11 12 (2.96%) Ruby
12 8 (1.97%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.48%) Korn
13 6 (1.48%) VB.NET
14 5 (1.23%) Go
15 4 (0.99%) Scala
16 3 (0.74%) C
16 3 (0.74%) VBA
17 1 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 56 (13.79%) Degree
2 24 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (4.93%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.96%) SC Cleared
5 8 (1.97%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.48%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.99%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.99%) HNC
8 4 (0.99%) HND
9 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.74%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.74%) RHCE
10 2 (0.49%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.25%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.40%) QA
2 21 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.72%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.72%) GDPR
4 7 (1.72%) SLA
5 2 (0.49%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 87 (21.43%) Docker
2 24 (5.91%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 7 (1.72%) vSphere
6 3 (0.74%) iptables
6 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.49%) Samba
8 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.25%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 63 (15.52%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.16%) Terraform
3 13 (3.20%) Grafana
4 12 (2.96%) Ansible
5 11 (2.71%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.48%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.48%) Puppet
7 4 (0.99%) Galera Cluster
7 4 (0.99%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.74%) Plesk
8 3 (0.74%) systemd
8 3 (0.74%) WSUS
9 2 (0.49%) Argo
9 2 (0.49%) Rancher
10 1 (0.25%) Graylog
10 1 (0.25%) Podman
10 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (12.81%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.67%) Google
3 18 (4.43%) Oracle
4 17 (4.19%) OpenAI
5 12 (2.96%) VMware
6 11 (2.71%) Dell
7 10 (2.46%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.97%) Splunk
9 6 (1.48%) Veeam
10 4 (0.99%) Cisco
10 4 (0.99%) IBM
10 4 (0.99%) Informatica
10 4 (0.99%) TIBCO
10 4 (0.99%) WooCommerce
11 3 (0.74%) Adobe
11 3 (0.74%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.74%) HP
11 3 (0.74%) NetApp
11 3 (0.74%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.74%) Synology