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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 131 119
Rank change year-on-year -108 -12 +59
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 318 902 782
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.85% 1.93% 2.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.24% 13.93% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 272 578 692
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,563 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £82,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

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 3,860 6,474 6,133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.31% 13.87% 20.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,579 3,383 4,843
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,538
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 November 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 28 November 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 -62 82 £51,750 -1.43% 61
South East -78 69 £60,000 +20.00% 98
East of England -12 53 £50,000 - 31
Midlands -20 51 £42,500 -3.41% 54
South West -60 43 £56,250 +12.50% 40
North West -33 42 £60,000 +14.29% 33
West Midlands +21 30 £39,000 -15.68% 34
Yorkshire -10 30 £37,500 -31.82% 25
Wales -10 17 £67,500 +107.69% 3
East Midlands -31 17 £44,000 +17.33% 19
North East +2 10 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Scotland -22 3 £62,500 +13.64% 6
Northern Ireland 0 1 £50,000 +11.11% 5
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 14 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.46%) IIS
3 9 (2.83%) Apache Solr
4 8 (2.52%) Apache
4 8 (2.52%) Confluence
5 7 (2.20%) Apache Spark
5 7 (2.20%) CMS
5 7 (2.20%) WordPress
6 5 (1.57%) nginx
6 5 (1.57%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.63%) SAS
8 1 (0.31%) Appian
8 1 (0.31%) Camunda
8 1 (0.31%) JBoss
Applications
1 5 (1.57%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (1.57%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.26%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (1.26%) Magento
2 2 (0.63%) Shopify
3 1 (0.31%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 119 (37.42%) AWS
2 107 (33.65%) Azure
3 40 (12.58%) SaaS
4 34 (10.69%) GCP
5 26 (8.18%) GitHub
6 16 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (4.40%) Cloudflare
8 13 (4.09%) Serverless
9 12 (3.77%) Power Platform
10 10 (3.14%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.89%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (1.57%) Google Analytics
15 4 (1.26%) Firebase
16 3 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.77%) FTP
2 10 (3.14%) Firewall
3 9 (2.83%) SAN
4 8 (2.52%) iSCSI
4 8 (2.52%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (1.89%) Internet
6 5 (1.57%) Broadband
6 5 (1.57%) WPA
7 3 (0.94%) DNS
7 3 (0.94%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.63%) DHCP
8 2 (0.63%) PuTTY
8 2 (0.63%) SSL
8 2 (0.63%) VPN
9 1 (0.31%) HTTP
9 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.31%) IPsec
9 1 (0.31%) MQTT
9 1 (0.31%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (31.13%) SQL Server
2 65 (20.44%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (10.69%) MongoDB
4 31 (9.75%) Relational Database
5 25 (7.86%) NoSQL
6 19 (5.97%) BusinessObjects
7 18 (5.66%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (4.40%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (3.46%) Power BI
11 8 (2.52%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (1.57%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.57%) Redis
13 5 (1.57%) Tableau
14 4 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (0.94%) Big Data
15 3 (0.94%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 67 (21.07%) Git
2 20 (6.29%) JIRA
3 5 (1.57%) Bitbucket
3 5 (1.57%) git-flow
3 5 (1.57%) GitLab
3 5 (1.57%) NUnit
3 5 (1.57%) TeamCity
4 4 (1.26%) Jasmine
5 3 (0.94%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.94%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.63%) Gradle
6 2 (0.63%) JUnit
6 2 (0.63%) Maven
6 2 (0.63%) Mockito
6 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.31%) Ant
7 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.31%) Selenium
7 1 (0.31%) Xcode
General
1 113 (35.53%) Social Skills
2 53 (16.67%) Finance
3 43 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.66%) Law
5 17 (5.35%) Marketing
6 11 (3.46%) Retail
7 10 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.83%) Games
8 9 (2.83%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.57%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.26%) Banking
11 4 (1.26%) Tech for Good
12 3 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.94%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.63%) Advertising
13 2 (0.63%) Automotive
13 2 (0.63%) Billing
13 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.31%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 182 (57.23%) Developer
2 66 (20.75%) Senior
3 41 (12.89%) PHP Developer
4 38 (11.95%) Senior Developer
5 36 (11.32%) Software Developer
6 32 (10.06%) Lead
7 31 (9.75%) Graduate
7 31 (9.75%) Graduate Developer
8 27 (8.49%) Full-Stack Developer
9 25 (7.86%) Analyst
10 23 (7.23%) IT Graduate
11 20 (6.29%) C# Developer
12 19 (5.97%) Applications Support
13 17 (5.35%) Software Engineer
14 15 (4.72%) .NET Developer
14 15 (4.72%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 15 (4.72%) SQL Developer
14 15 (4.72%) Support Analyst
15 13 (4.09%) Azure Developer
15 13 (4.09%) Graduate PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (35.22%) CSS
2 96 (30.19%) HTML
3 60 (18.87%) .NET
4 56 (17.61%) React
5 47 (14.78%) Laravel
6 37 (11.64%) ASP.NET
7 36 (11.32%) jQuery
8 32 (10.06%) REST
9 30 (9.43%) RESTful
10 29 (9.12%) Vue
11 26 (8.18%) AngularJS
11 26 (8.18%) HTML5
12 24 (7.55%) Symfony
13 22 (6.92%) Node.js
14 17 (5.35%) JSON
15 16 (5.03%) CakePHP
16 15 (4.72%) Django
16 15 (4.72%) Web Services
17 14 (4.40%) CodeIgniter
17 14 (4.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.18%) Cloud Native
2 24 (7.55%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (3.14%) Mobile App
4 10 (3.14%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.83%) IoT
6 8 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.52%) Marketing Technology
7 7 (2.20%) Legacy Code
7 7 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.20%) NHS
8 6 (1.89%) Online Games
9 5 (1.57%) Clustering
10 4 (1.26%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.26%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.26%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.94%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 55 (17.30%) Linux
2 32 (10.06%) Windows
3 17 (5.35%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.26%) Unix
6 4 (1.26%) VMS
7 3 (0.94%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.63%) Android
8 2 (0.63%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (37.74%) Agile
2 118 (37.11%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (18.24%) Full-Stack Development
4 57 (17.92%) CI/CD
4 57 (17.92%) MVC
5 53 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 49 (15.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (15.41%) OO
6 49 (15.41%) OOP
7 43 (13.52%) Computer Science
8 42 (13.21%) Microservices
9 37 (11.64%) AI
10 36 (11.32%) Software Engineering
11 33 (10.38%) Containerisation
12 32 (10.06%) DevOps
13 31 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (9.75%) ETL
14 29 (9.12%) User Experience
15 28 (8.81%) E-Commerce
16 26 (8.18%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 138 (43.40%) SQL
2 126 (39.62%) JavaScript
3 118 (37.11%) PHP
4 70 (22.01%) C#
5 63 (19.81%) TypeScript
6 62 (19.50%) Python
7 57 (17.92%) Java
8 31 (9.75%) C++
9 13 (4.09%) Bash
10 9 (2.83%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.52%) Korn
12 7 (2.20%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.57%) Scala
14 4 (1.26%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.26%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.94%) Perl
15 3 (0.94%) R
15 3 (0.94%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.94%) VB
16 2 (0.63%) PROC SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (16.67%) Degree
2 40 (12.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (1.57%) AWS Certification
3 5 (1.57%) Security Cleared
4 3 (0.94%) DBS Check
4 3 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (0.94%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.63%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (0.31%) MySQL Certification
6 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.09%) QA
2 6 (1.89%) SLA
3 5 (1.57%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.94%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.94%) GDPR
5 2 (0.63%) HL7
6 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.31%) COBIT
6 1 (0.31%) GRC
6 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 55 (17.30%) Docker
2 14 (4.40%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.94%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.63%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.63%) Firmware
5 2 (0.63%) HDFS
5 2 (0.63%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (11.64%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.03%) Terraform
3 9 (2.83%) Ansible
4 3 (0.94%) Kibana
5 2 (0.63%) Argo
5 2 (0.63%) Grafana
5 2 (0.63%) logstash
5 2 (0.63%) Oozie
5 2 (0.63%) Plesk
5 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.31%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.31%) Nagios
6 1 (0.31%) Rancher
Vendors
1 53 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.69%) Oracle
3 16 (5.03%) SAP
4 11 (3.46%) Databricks
4 11 (3.46%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.83%) Dell
5 9 (2.83%) Google
5 9 (2.83%) Red Hat
5 9 (2.83%) Splunk
6 8 (2.52%) Informatica
7 6 (1.89%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.89%) Rollbar
8 5 (1.57%) Palantir
8 5 (1.57%) RedGate
8 5 (1.57%) Talend
9 4 (1.26%) Adobe
9 4 (1.26%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.26%) VMware
9 4 (1.26%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.94%) Zend