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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 149 153
Rank change year-on-year -98 +4 -21
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 345 942 763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.00% 1.70% 2.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.29% 13.23% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 270 624 697
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,625 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,125 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,750
% change year-on-year - -3.08% +3.18%

All Database and 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 4,160 7,120 6,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.11% 12.88% 20.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,584 3,824 5,578
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,263 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% +4.17%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MySQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MySQL 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 -78 105 £52,500 - 54
South East -37 82 £57,500 +4.55% 59
North West -66 62 £57,500 +9.52% 29
East of England -49 51 £47,500 -5.00% 28
South West -20 39 £45,000 -10.00% 14
Midlands -59 37 £45,000 -7.69% 31
Yorkshire -41 29 £38,750 -26.19% 19
Wales +8 19 £67,500 +107.69% 2
West Midlands -25 17 £39,500 -28.18% 18
East Midlands -14 16 £45,000 +5.88% 13
North East +10 14 £47,500 +22.58% 7
Scotland +23 10 £75,000 +57.89% 2
Northern Ireland +18 4 - - 2
MySQL
UK

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.93%) Confluence
2 14 (4.06%) Apache
3 13 (3.77%) IIS
4 10 (2.90%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (2.61%) Apache Solr
5 9 (2.61%) CMS
6 7 (2.03%) WordPress
7 5 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (1.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.87%) SAS
10 1 (0.29%) Appian
10 1 (0.29%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.29%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (1.16%) Adobe XD
1 4 (1.16%) Photoshop
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Magento
2 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 145 (42.03%) AWS
2 121 (35.07%) Azure
3 41 (11.88%) SaaS
4 33 (9.57%) GCP
5 25 (7.25%) Power Platform
6 23 (6.67%) Cloudflare
7 21 (6.09%) GitHub
8 20 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (4.64%) IaaS
10 16 (4.64%) PaaS
11 15 (4.35%) Power Automate
12 14 (4.06%) Azure AI
12 14 (4.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 14 (4.06%) Azure Key Vault
12 14 (4.06%) Azure Monitor
12 14 (4.06%) Azure Service Bus
12 14 (4.06%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.74%) Google Analytics
13 6 (1.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.96%) Firewall
2 16 (4.64%) FTP
3 15 (4.35%) DNS
4 14 (4.06%) SD-WAN
4 14 (4.06%) VPN
4 14 (4.06%) WAN
5 10 (2.90%) SAN
6 9 (2.61%) iSCSI
6 9 (2.61%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (2.32%) Internet
8 5 (1.45%) Broadband
8 5 (1.45%) WPA
9 3 (0.87%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.58%) SSL
11 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.29%) IPsec
11 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.29%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (35.36%) SQL Server
2 85 (24.64%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (11.30%) MongoDB
3 39 (11.30%) Relational Database
4 29 (8.41%) NoSQL
5 26 (7.54%) Elasticsearch
6 24 (6.96%) Power BI
7 14 (4.06%) Data Lake
8 13 (3.77%) BusinessObjects
8 13 (3.77%) RDBMS
9 9 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (2.61%) Big Data
10 8 (2.32%) MariaDB
10 8 (2.32%) Redis
11 7 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (2.03%) Apache Hive
11 7 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (2.03%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.74%) Amazon QuickSight
12 6 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 89 (25.80%) Git
2 30 (8.70%) JIRA
3 11 (3.19%) NUnit
3 11 (3.19%) TeamCity
4 10 (2.90%) Jasmine
5 9 (2.61%) GitLab
6 6 (1.74%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.74%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.74%) Selenium
7 5 (1.45%) Postman
8 4 (1.16%) Appium
8 4 (1.16%) Fiddler
8 4 (1.16%) Gradle
8 4 (1.16%) JMeter
8 4 (1.16%) LoadRunner
8 4 (1.16%) Maven
9 3 (0.87%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.87%) PHPUnit
10 2 (0.58%) Mocha
10 2 (0.58%) Mockito
General
1 109 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 73 (21.16%) Finance
3 29 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (5.51%) Law
5 17 (4.93%) Marketing
6 15 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.06%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.77%) Games
9 12 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.48%) Retail
10 8 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.32%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.03%) Digital Healthcare
12 6 (1.74%) Banking
12 6 (1.74%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.16%) Advertising
14 4 (1.16%) Cantonese Language
14 4 (1.16%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.87%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 171 (49.57%) Developer
2 67 (19.42%) Senior
3 46 (13.33%) Full-Stack Developer
4 36 (10.43%) Analyst
5 30 (8.70%) PHP Developer
5 30 (8.70%) Senior Developer
6 29 (8.41%) Graduate
6 29 (8.41%) Graduate Developer
7 28 (8.12%) IT Graduate
8 27 (7.83%) Lead
8 27 (7.83%) Software Engineer
9 25 (7.25%) Support Analyst
10 20 (5.80%) Software Developer
11 19 (5.51%) C# Developer
12 17 (4.93%) Applications Support
12 17 (4.93%) Data Engineer
13 16 (4.64%) .NET Developer
13 16 (4.64%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (4.64%) SQL Developer
14 14 (4.06%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (29.57%) CSS
2 95 (27.54%) HTML
3 63 (18.26%) React
4 57 (16.52%) .NET
5 47 (13.62%) ASP.NET
6 41 (11.88%) RESTful
7 39 (11.30%) Laravel
8 38 (11.01%) jQuery
9 36 (10.43%) REST
9 36 (10.43%) Vue
10 34 (9.86%) AngularJS
11 33 (9.57%) HTML5
12 29 (8.41%) Node.js
13 27 (7.83%) Spring Boot
14 26 (7.54%) JSON
15 25 (7.25%) Web Services
16 22 (6.38%) Kafka
16 22 (6.38%) Spring
17 20 (5.80%) CSS3
18 19 (5.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.80%) NHS
2 16 (4.64%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.64%) Data Centre
3 12 (3.48%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (3.48%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.19%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.19%) Virtual Team
5 10 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.61%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.32%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.32%) Marketing Technology
8 7 (2.03%) Legacy Code
8 7 (2.03%) Online Games
9 6 (1.74%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.45%) IoT
10 5 (1.45%) LIMS
10 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 50 (14.49%) Linux
2 28 (8.12%) Windows
3 14 (4.06%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.45%) Unix
7 2 (0.58%) CentOS
7 2 (0.58%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.29%) Android
8 1 (0.29%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (42.03%) Agile
2 120 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (22.90%) CI/CD
4 68 (19.71%) Full-Stack Development
5 65 (18.84%) Artificial Intelligence
6 54 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 54 (15.65%) MVC
7 52 (15.07%) OO
7 52 (15.07%) Software Engineering
8 45 (13.04%) Mentoring
8 45 (13.04%) OOP
9 43 (12.46%) DevOps
10 42 (12.17%) User Experience
11 39 (11.30%) Analytics
12 38 (11.01%) Computer Science
12 38 (11.01%) Microservices
13 36 (10.43%) ETL
14 33 (9.57%) Roadmaps
15 32 (9.28%) Scrum
16 29 (8.41%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 155 (44.93%) SQL
2 142 (41.16%) JavaScript
3 94 (27.25%) PHP
4 84 (24.35%) Java
5 69 (20.00%) Python
6 64 (18.55%) C#
7 61 (17.68%) TypeScript
8 31 (8.99%) C++
9 28 (8.12%) PowerShell
10 15 (4.35%) Bash
11 14 (4.06%) Bicep
12 13 (3.77%) T-SQL
13 9 (2.61%) Korn
13 9 (2.61%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.16%) Perl
15 3 (0.87%) C
15 3 (0.87%) PROC SQL
15 3 (0.87%) R
15 3 (0.87%) Scala
15 3 (0.87%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (13.91%) Degree
2 33 (9.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (5.51%) Azure Certification
3 19 (5.51%) DBS Check
4 10 (2.90%) AWS Certification
5 8 (2.32%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.03%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.16%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.09%) QA
2 6 (1.74%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.74%) HL7
3 5 (1.45%) SLA
4 3 (0.87%) GDPR
5 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.29%) COBIT
6 1 (0.29%) Dublin Core
6 1 (0.29%) GRC
System Software
1 65 (18.84%) Docker
2 14 (4.06%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (2.90%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 3 (0.87%) Apache Flume
5 3 (0.87%) HDFS
6 1 (0.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (11.88%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.93%) Terraform
3 14 (4.06%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.16%) Kibana
5 3 (0.87%) Ansible
5 3 (0.87%) logstash
5 3 (0.87%) Oozie
6 1 (0.29%) Grafana
6 1 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 59 (17.10%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.43%) Oracle
3 24 (6.96%) Databricks
4 14 (4.06%) Meraki
4 14 (4.06%) Rollbar
5 12 (3.48%) SAP
6 11 (3.19%) Splunk
7 10 (2.90%) Dell
7 10 (2.90%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.61%) Google
8 9 (2.61%) Informatica
9 7 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.03%) Talend
10 5 (1.45%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.45%) RedGate
10 5 (1.45%) Sage
10 5 (1.45%) Sybase
11 4 (1.16%) Adobe
11 4 (1.16%) HubSpot
11 4 (1.16%) WooCommerce