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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 125 129
Rank change year-on-year -149 +4 +53
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 261 779 793
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.62% 2.13% 2.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.86% 13.56% 12.13%
Number of salaries quoted 222 514 704
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 3,802 5,743 6,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.98% 15.70% 19.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,403 2,999 4,956
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,180 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £83,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.43% +4.63% -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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -73 72 £55,000 +4.76% 84
East of England 0 49 £50,000 -9.09% 55
South East -97 47 £60,000 +20.00% 94
Midlands -48 45 £44,000 +4.76% 64
South West -61 41 £57,500 - 40
North West -40 40 £60,000 +17.07% 31
West Midlands -2 27 £39,000 -29.09% 25
Yorkshire -32 27 £44,250 -19.55% 44
East Midlands -50 15 £45,000 +28.57% 37
North East -10 5 £51,000 -7.27% 9
Wales -32 5 £67,500 +107.69% 17
Northern Ireland -6 1 £50,000 -23.08% 7
Scotland -37 1 £50,000 -9.09% 11
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 10 (3.83%) nginx
2 9 (3.45%) Confluence
3 7 (2.68%) Apache
3 7 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.30%) Apache Solr
4 6 (2.30%) IIS
5 5 (1.92%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.92%) CMS
5 5 (1.92%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.15%) WordPress
7 1 (0.38%) Appian
7 1 (0.38%) Camunda
7 1 (0.38%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (1.53%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Shopify
2 1 (0.38%) Advent Geneva
Cloud Services
1 104 (39.85%) AWS
2 83 (31.80%) Azure
3 43 (16.48%) SaaS
4 35 (13.41%) GCP
5 22 (8.43%) GitHub
6 12 (4.60%) Serverless
7 11 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.07%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (2.68%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.92%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.15%) Cloudflare
11 3 (1.15%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.98%) FTP
2 6 (2.30%) VPN
3 5 (1.92%) Broadband
3 5 (1.92%) Firewall
3 5 (1.92%) Internet
3 5 (1.92%) WPA
4 3 (1.15%) DHCP
4 3 (1.15%) DNS
4 3 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.77%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.77%) SAN
5 2 (0.77%) SSL
6 1 (0.38%) HTTP
6 1 (0.38%) MQTT
6 1 (0.38%) Network Security
6 1 (0.38%) VLAN
6 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.38%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (26.44%) SQL Server
2 49 (18.77%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (12.64%) MongoDB
4 26 (9.96%) Relational Database
5 20 (7.66%) NoSQL
6 19 (7.28%) BusinessObjects
7 16 (6.13%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (3.07%) RDBMS
11 7 (2.68%) DynamoDB
12 6 (2.30%) Power BI
12 6 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (1.92%) Oracle Database
14 4 (1.53%) Apache Cassandra
14 4 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (1.15%) Amazon QuickSight
15 3 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (1.15%) MariaDB
15 3 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (14.18%) Git
2 17 (6.51%) JIRA
3 6 (2.30%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.92%) git-flow
4 5 (1.92%) GitLab
5 4 (1.53%) PHPUnit
6 3 (1.15%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.15%) Vite
7 2 (0.77%) JUnit
7 2 (0.77%) Mockito
7 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.38%) Ant
8 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.38%) Gradle
8 1 (0.38%) Maven
8 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.38%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.38%) Xcode
General
1 77 (29.50%) Social Skills
2 36 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (13.03%) Finance
4 12 (4.60%) Marketing
5 11 (4.21%) Law
6 10 (3.83%) Retail
7 6 (2.30%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.92%) Games
8 5 (1.92%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.15%) Advertising
9 3 (1.15%) Health Technology
9 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.77%) Billing
10 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.77%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.38%) Automotive
11 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 149 (57.09%) Developer
2 57 (21.84%) Senior
3 44 (16.86%) PHP Developer
4 38 (14.56%) Software Developer
5 31 (11.88%) Senior Developer
6 25 (9.58%) Lead
7 23 (8.81%) Analyst
8 20 (7.66%) Applications Support
9 19 (7.28%) Graduate
9 19 (7.28%) Graduate Developer
10 18 (6.90%) Backend Developer
11 17 (6.51%) Full-Stack Developer
12 16 (6.13%) Software Engineer
13 15 (5.75%) C# Developer
13 15 (5.75%) Support Analyst
14 13 (4.98%) DBA
14 13 (4.98%) Senior Backend Developer
15 12 (4.60%) IT Graduate
15 12 (4.60%) Lead Developer
15 12 (4.60%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (27.97%) CSS
2 64 (24.52%) HTML
3 47 (18.01%) React
4 42 (16.09%) .NET
5 40 (15.33%) Laravel
6 31 (11.88%) REST
7 25 (9.58%) jQuery
8 21 (8.05%) AngularJS
8 21 (8.05%) ASP.NET
9 19 (7.28%) RESTful
10 18 (6.90%) Symfony
11 17 (6.51%) Node.js
12 15 (5.75%) JSON
12 15 (5.75%) Vue
12 15 (5.75%) Web Services
13 14 (5.36%) SOAP
14 13 (4.98%) HTML5
14 13 (4.98%) RabbitMQ
14 13 (4.98%) XML
15 11 (4.21%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.58%) Product Ownership
2 17 (6.51%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (3.83%) IoT
5 9 (3.45%) Mobile App
6 8 (3.07%) Marketing Technology
7 7 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.68%) NHS
8 6 (2.30%) Clustering
8 6 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (2.30%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.53%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.53%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.53%) Replication
10 3 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.15%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.15%) Sports Betting
11 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (17.62%) Linux
2 25 (9.58%) Windows
3 17 (6.51%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.53%) VMS
5 3 (1.15%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.77%) Android
6 2 (0.77%) Unix
6 2 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (34.87%) Agile
2 89 (34.10%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (16.86%) CI/CD
4 40 (15.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 40 (15.33%) Mentoring
5 39 (14.94%) MVC
6 38 (14.56%) Microservices
7 35 (13.41%) OOP
8 33 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (12.26%) Containerisation
10 30 (11.49%) OO
11 29 (11.11%) AI
11 29 (11.11%) Computer Science
11 29 (11.11%) DevOps
11 29 (11.11%) ETL
11 29 (11.11%) Software Engineering
12 26 (9.96%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (8.81%) Clean Code
13 23 (8.81%) TDD
13 23 (8.81%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 109 (41.76%) SQL
2 101 (38.70%) PHP
3 87 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 57 (21.84%) TypeScript
5 51 (19.54%) C#
6 49 (18.77%) Python
7 36 (13.79%) Java
8 20 (7.66%) C++
9 8 (3.07%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.68%) Bash
10 7 (2.68%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.92%) Scala
12 3 (1.15%) Go
12 3 (1.15%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.15%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.15%) VB
12 3 (1.15%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.77%) Korn
13 2 (0.77%) Perl
14 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (13.03%) Degree
2 28 (10.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.53%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.15%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (0.77%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.38%) MySQL Certification
6 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.21%) QA
2 6 (2.30%) SLA
3 3 (1.15%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.15%) HL7
4 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.77%) GDPR
5 1 (0.38%) COBIT
5 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 43 (16.48%) Docker
2 8 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (0.77%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.77%) vSphere
5 1 (0.38%) Firmware
5 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (9.58%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.83%) Ansible
2 10 (3.83%) Terraform
3 2 (0.77%) Argo
3 2 (0.77%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.77%) Grafana
3 2 (0.77%) Nagios
3 2 (0.77%) Plesk
3 2 (0.77%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.77%) Rancher
4 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 41 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.73%) Oracle
3 16 (6.13%) SAP
4 11 (4.21%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.07%) Databricks
6 7 (2.68%) Google
7 6 (2.30%) Informatica
7 6 (2.30%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.92%) Palantir
8 5 (1.92%) RedGate
8 5 (1.92%) Talend
8 5 (1.92%) VMware
9 4 (1.53%) Zend
10 3 (1.15%) Apple
10 3 (1.15%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.15%) Splunk
11 2 (0.77%) Adobe
11 2 (0.77%) Dell
11 2 (0.77%) Draytek
11 2 (0.77%) ServiceNow