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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 222 149
Rank change year-on-year -84 -73 -28
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 378 461 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.53% 1.36% 1.80%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.85% 10.13% 12.33%
Number of salaries quoted 306 371 1,090
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £32,175
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.21%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,991
UK median annual salary £54,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.86% - -7.05%

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 5,521 4,549 10,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.73% 13.46% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,735 2,876 7,264
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,823 £41,250 £41,000
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 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,182 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.93% +6.40% -8.00%

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 13 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 13 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 -27 130 £50,000 -4.76% 26
South East -45 97 £55,000 +10.00% 24
North West -37 56 £52,500 -4.55% 14
Midlands -37 55 £42,500 -5.56% 10
Yorkshire -21 48 £42,500 -2.86% 3
South West -73 42 £52,500 -8.70% 13
East of England -42 31 £47,500 +11.76% 8
East Midlands -19 30 £37,500 -18.92% 2
North East -43 26 £47,500 - 9
West Midlands -32 25 £51,250 +36.67% 8
Scotland +1 11 £51,000 -11.30% 5
Wales -56 10 £70,000 +16.67% 5
Northern Ireland -60 2 £62,500 - 6
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 19 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.17%) Apache
2 12 (3.17%) IIS
3 11 (2.91%) CMS
3 11 (2.91%) WordPress
4 8 (2.12%) Confluence
5 6 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.59%) nginx
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.53%) Drupal
6 2 (0.53%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.32%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.53%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 7 (1.85%) Shopify
2 3 (0.79%) Magento
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 188 (49.74%) AWS
2 104 (27.51%) Azure
3 42 (11.11%) GCP
4 30 (7.94%) GitHub
5 27 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (6.88%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.50%) SaaS
7 17 (4.50%) Serverless
8 13 (3.44%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (3.17%) Amazon S3
10 11 (2.91%) Anthropic Claude
10 11 (2.91%) Entra ID
10 11 (2.91%) GitHub Copilot
11 8 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.50%) Firewall
2 11 (2.91%) TCP/IP
2 11 (2.91%) VPN
3 8 (2.12%) iSCSI
3 8 (2.12%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (2.12%) SAN
3 8 (2.12%) VoIP
4 5 (1.32%) DNS
4 5 (1.32%) LAN
4 5 (1.32%) Network Security
4 5 (1.32%) VLAN
4 5 (1.32%) WAN
5 4 (1.06%) DHCP
5 4 (1.06%) LoRaWAN
5 4 (1.06%) MQTT
5 4 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.79%) HTTP
6 3 (0.79%) Internet
6 3 (0.79%) RTP
6 3 (0.79%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (31.22%) SQL Server
2 114 (30.16%) PostgreSQL
3 72 (19.05%) MongoDB
4 55 (14.55%) NoSQL
5 48 (12.70%) Relational Database
6 25 (6.61%) Power BI
7 23 (6.08%) MariaDB
8 16 (4.23%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (3.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (2.65%) Apache Cassandra
11 8 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (2.12%) Redis
12 7 (1.85%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.85%) Oracle Database
12 7 (1.85%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.59%) Metadata
14 5 (1.32%) DynamoDB
15 4 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 93 (24.60%) Git
2 22 (5.82%) JIRA
3 13 (3.44%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.91%) Bitbucket
4 11 (2.91%) GitLab
5 9 (2.38%) PHPUnit
6 8 (2.12%) Claude Code
7 4 (1.06%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.06%) Selenium
8 3 (0.79%) Mocha
9 2 (0.53%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.53%) JUnit
9 2 (0.53%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.53%) Vite
9 2 (0.53%) YouTrack
10 1 (0.26%) git-flow
10 1 (0.26%) Postman
10 1 (0.26%) Storybook
General
1 84 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 40 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (10.32%) Public Sector
4 33 (8.73%) Finance
5 31 (8.20%) Law
6 14 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.65%) Retail
8 7 (1.85%) Banking
9 6 (1.59%) Tech for Good
10 5 (1.32%) Advertising
10 5 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.06%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.06%) Legal
12 3 (0.79%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.79%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.53%) Marketing
13 2 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.53%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.26%) Billing
Job Titles
1 176 (46.56%) Developer
2 92 (24.34%) Senior
3 52 (13.76%) PHP Developer
4 51 (13.49%) Senior Developer
5 46 (12.17%) Software Engineer
6 32 (8.47%) Full-Stack Developer
7 31 (8.20%) DBA
8 29 (7.67%) Software Developer
9 24 (6.35%) Administrator
10 22 (5.82%) Lead
11 20 (5.29%) Web Developer
12 19 (5.03%) Database Engineer
12 19 (5.03%) PHP Laravel Developer
13 18 (4.76%) C# Developer
14 17 (4.50%) Java Developer
15 16 (4.23%) Backend Developer
15 16 (4.23%) Lead Software Engineer
16 14 (3.70%) Analyst
16 14 (3.70%) Senior Software Developer
16 14 (3.70%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (26.46%) CSS
2 85 (22.49%) HTML
3 64 (16.93%) Laravel
4 59 (15.61%) RESTful
5 58 (15.34%) Node.js
6 51 (13.49%) REST
7 48 (12.70%) React
8 43 (11.38%) Vue
9 34 (8.99%) .NET
10 32 (8.47%) jQuery
11 26 (6.88%) Spring
12 25 (6.61%) Spring Boot
13 24 (6.35%) HTML5
14 23 (6.08%) AngularJS
15 19 (5.03%) CSS3
16 18 (4.76%) JSON
17 16 (4.23%) Kafka
18 14 (3.70%) ASP.NET
18 14 (3.70%) Hibernate
18 14 (3.70%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.05%) Replication
2 27 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 18 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (3.70%) Data Structures
6 12 (3.17%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.65%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.65%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.38%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.85%) IoT
11 6 (1.59%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.32%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.06%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.06%) EPoS
13 4 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
14 3 (0.79%) PMI
14 3 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 109 (28.84%) Linux
2 25 (6.61%) Ubuntu
3 22 (5.82%) Windows
4 17 (4.50%) Windows Server
5 16 (4.23%) Debian
6 10 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.79%) Android
9 3 (0.79%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (33.07%) Agile
2 99 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (24.07%) CI/CD
4 69 (18.25%) Software Engineering
5 68 (17.99%) Microservices
6 64 (16.93%) Full-Stack Development
7 50 (13.23%) Mentoring
8 49 (12.96%) DevOps
9 48 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (11.38%) TDD
11 41 (10.85%) High Availability
12 37 (9.79%) Web Development
13 36 (9.52%) AI
13 36 (9.52%) OOP
14 33 (8.73%) Computer Science
15 32 (8.47%) Containerisation
16 31 (8.20%) Clean Code
17 29 (7.67%) Open Source
18 28 (7.41%) Analytics
18 28 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 144 (38.10%) SQL
2 140 (37.04%) JavaScript
3 129 (34.13%) PHP
4 80 (21.16%) Java
5 54 (14.29%) Python
6 48 (12.70%) C#
7 29 (7.67%) TypeScript
8 21 (5.56%) C++
9 20 (5.29%) PowerShell
10 18 (4.76%) Shell Script
11 17 (4.50%) Bash
12 11 (2.91%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.85%) Ruby
14 6 (1.59%) C
14 6 (1.59%) Go
14 6 (1.59%) Korn
15 4 (1.06%) Scala
15 4 (1.06%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.79%) VBA
17 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 52 (13.76%) Degree
2 24 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (4.50%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.12%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.59%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.06%) HNC
7 4 (1.06%) HND
8 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.79%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.79%) RHCE
9 2 (0.53%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.82%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.03%) QA
3 18 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.12%) GDPR
5 7 (1.85%) SLA
6 4 (1.06%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 71 (18.78%) Docker
2 27 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 7 (1.85%) vSphere
6 3 (0.79%) iptables
6 3 (0.79%) Kamailio
6 3 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.53%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.53%) Samba
8 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 55 (14.55%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.82%) Terraform
3 14 (3.70%) Ansible
4 9 (2.38%) Grafana
5 8 (2.12%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.85%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.85%) Puppet
7 4 (1.06%) Argo
7 4 (1.06%) Galera Cluster
7 4 (1.06%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.79%) Plesk
8 3 (0.79%) Rancher
8 3 (0.79%) systemd
8 3 (0.79%) WSUS
9 1 (0.26%) Graylog
9 1 (0.26%) Podman
9 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.23%) Oracle
3 15 (3.97%) OpenAI
4 14 (3.70%) Google
5 12 (3.17%) VMware
6 11 (2.91%) Dell
7 9 (2.38%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.59%) Splunk
8 6 (1.59%) Veeam
9 4 (1.06%) Cisco
9 4 (1.06%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.06%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.79%) Adobe
10 3 (0.79%) Aruba
10 3 (0.79%) BT
10 3 (0.79%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.79%) HP
10 3 (0.79%) Mitel
10 3 (0.79%) NetApp
10 3 (0.79%) Palo Alto