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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 126 120
Rank change year-on-year -125 -6 +58
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 283 885 773
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 1.94% 2.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.48% 13.85% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 241 574 683
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £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 £67,250 £61,250 £69,375
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 3,785 6,391 6,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.06% 14.01% 20.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,481 3,367 4,831
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 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,548
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 30 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 30 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 -48 78 £52,500 - 42
South East -90 55 £60,000 +14.29% 81
East of England -13 49 £50,000 - 18
Midlands -33 45 £42,500 - 39
North West -36 39 £60,000 +17.07% 26
South West -49 39 £57,500 +12.20% 32
Yorkshire -13 30 £37,500 -31.82% 15
West Midlands +12 25 £39,000 -17.89% 26
East Midlands -30 16 £44,000 +17.33% 13
Wales -16 14 £67,500 +107.69% 1
North East -2 9 £47,500 -13.64% 1
Scotland -24 3 £62,500 +13.64% 3
Northern Ireland 0 1 £50,000 +11.11% 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 12 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.83%) Apache Solr
2 8 (2.83%) IIS
3 7 (2.47%) Apache
3 7 (2.47%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.12%) Confluence
5 5 (1.77%) CMS
5 5 (1.77%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.06%) nginx
6 3 (1.06%) WordPress
7 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.71%) SAS
8 1 (0.35%) Appian
8 1 (0.35%) Camunda
8 1 (0.35%) JBoss
Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.71%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Advent Geneva
1 1 (0.35%) Magento
1 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 106 (37.46%) AWS
2 102 (36.04%) Azure
3 39 (13.78%) SaaS
4 30 (10.60%) GCP
5 25 (8.83%) GitHub
6 14 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (4.24%) Power Platform
8 11 (3.89%) Serverless
9 9 (3.18%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.12%) Cloudflare
13 5 (1.77%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (1.77%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (1.06%) Firebase
16 2 (0.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.24%) FTP
2 9 (3.18%) Firewall
3 7 (2.47%) iSCSI
3 7 (2.47%) Remote Desktop
3 7 (2.47%) SAN
4 5 (1.77%) Broadband
4 5 (1.77%) Internet
4 5 (1.77%) WPA
5 2 (0.71%) DHCP
5 2 (0.71%) DNS
5 2 (0.71%) PuTTY
5 2 (0.71%) SSL
5 2 (0.71%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.71%) VPN
6 1 (0.35%) HTTP
6 1 (0.35%) MQTT
6 1 (0.35%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (31.45%) SQL Server
2 58 (20.49%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (11.66%) MongoDB
4 28 (9.89%) Relational Database
5 22 (7.77%) NoSQL
6 18 (6.36%) BusinessObjects
7 13 (4.59%) Amazon Redshift
7 13 (4.59%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (3.89%) Power BI
10 7 (2.47%) DynamoDB
11 6 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.77%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.77%) Tableau
13 4 (1.41%) Redis
13 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (1.06%) BigQuery
14 3 (1.06%) MariaDB
14 3 (1.06%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 48 (16.96%) Git
2 15 (5.30%) JIRA
3 5 (1.77%) Bitbucket
3 5 (1.77%) git-flow
4 4 (1.41%) GitLab
5 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.06%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.71%) Gradle
6 2 (0.71%) JUnit
6 2 (0.71%) Maven
6 2 (0.71%) Mockito
6 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.35%) Ant
7 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.35%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.35%) NUnit
7 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.35%) Xcode
General
1 98 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 48 (16.96%) Finance
3 38 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.65%) Law
5 14 (4.95%) Marketing
6 9 (3.18%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.18%) Retail
7 8 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.77%) Games
9 4 (1.41%) Health Technology
9 4 (1.41%) Tech for Good
10 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.71%) Advertising
11 2 (0.71%) Billing
11 2 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.35%) Automotive
12 1 (0.35%) Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 155 (54.77%) Developer
2 54 (19.08%) Senior
3 37 (13.07%) PHP Developer
3 37 (13.07%) Software Developer
4 31 (10.95%) Lead
5 28 (9.89%) Graduate
5 28 (9.89%) Graduate Developer
5 28 (9.89%) Senior Developer
6 25 (8.83%) Analyst
7 22 (7.77%) Full-Stack Developer
8 21 (7.42%) IT Graduate
9 19 (6.71%) Applications Support
9 19 (6.71%) C# Developer
10 16 (5.65%) Software Engineer
11 15 (5.30%) SQL Developer
11 15 (5.30%) Support Analyst
12 13 (4.59%) Azure Developer
12 13 (4.59%) Graduate C# Developer
12 13 (4.59%) Graduate PHP Developer
12 13 (4.59%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (32.16%) CSS
2 75 (26.50%) HTML
3 51 (18.02%) .NET
4 47 (16.61%) React
5 39 (13.78%) Laravel
6 34 (12.01%) jQuery
7 30 (10.60%) ASP.NET
7 30 (10.60%) REST
8 22 (7.77%) RESTful
8 22 (7.77%) Symfony
9 19 (6.71%) AngularJS
9 19 (6.71%) Node.js
9 19 (6.71%) Vue
10 18 (6.36%) HTML5
11 17 (6.01%) JSON
12 15 (5.30%) CakePHP
13 14 (4.95%) CodeIgniter
13 14 (4.95%) Django
13 14 (4.95%) XML
14 13 (4.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.48%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.13%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.89%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (2.83%) IoT
4 8 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.83%) Marketing Technology
4 8 (2.83%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.47%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.47%) NHS
6 6 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.77%) Clustering
7 5 (1.77%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.41%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.06%) Online Games
9 3 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.06%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 49 (17.31%) Linux
2 30 (10.60%) Windows
3 16 (5.65%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.41%) Unix
6 4 (1.41%) VMS
7 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.71%) Android
8 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (37.81%) Agile
2 103 (36.40%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (17.31%) Full-Stack Development
4 48 (16.96%) MVC
5 46 (16.25%) CI/CD
5 46 (16.25%) Mentoring
6 45 (15.90%) OO
7 43 (15.19%) OOP
8 42 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (14.13%) Microservices
10 38 (13.43%) Computer Science
11 36 (12.72%) AI
12 33 (11.66%) Containerisation
13 32 (11.31%) Software Engineering
14 31 (10.95%) Business Intelligence
15 30 (10.60%) ETL
16 28 (9.89%) DevOps
17 26 (9.19%) User Experience
18 24 (8.48%) Data Modelling
19 22 (7.77%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 125 (44.17%) SQL
2 102 (36.04%) JavaScript
3 101 (35.69%) PHP
4 62 (21.91%) C#
5 58 (20.49%) Python
6 55 (19.43%) TypeScript
7 50 (17.67%) Java
8 29 (10.25%) C++
9 12 (4.24%) Bash
10 8 (2.83%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.47%) Korn
11 7 (2.47%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.77%) Scala
13 4 (1.41%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.06%) Perl
14 3 (1.06%) R
14 3 (1.06%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.06%) VB
14 3 (1.06%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.71%) Go
Qualifications
1 47 (16.61%) Degree
2 36 (12.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (1.77%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.06%) AWS Certification
4 3 (1.06%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (1.06%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.71%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.35%) MySQL Certification
6 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.24%) QA
2 6 (2.12%) SLA
3 5 (1.77%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.71%) HL7
6 1 (0.35%) COBIT
6 1 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.35%) GRC
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 49 (17.31%) Docker
2 12 (4.24%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (0.71%) Apache Flume
4 2 (0.71%) HDFS
4 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.71%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.71%) vSphere
5 1 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (10.95%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.18%) Terraform
3 8 (2.83%) Ansible
4 3 (1.06%) Kibana
5 2 (0.71%) Argo
5 2 (0.71%) Grafana
5 2 (0.71%) logstash
5 2 (0.71%) Oozie
5 2 (0.71%) Plesk
5 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.35%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.35%) Nagios
6 1 (0.35%) Rancher
Vendors
1 47 (16.61%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.60%) Oracle
3 15 (5.30%) SAP
4 11 (3.89%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.53%) Databricks
6 8 (2.83%) Informatica
6 8 (2.83%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.83%) Splunk
7 7 (2.47%) Dell
8 6 (2.12%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.77%) Palantir
9 5 (1.77%) RedGate
9 5 (1.77%) Talend
10 4 (1.41%) VMware
11 3 (1.06%) Apple
11 3 (1.06%) Google
11 3 (1.06%) Zend
12 2 (0.71%) Draytek
12 2 (0.71%) MicroStrategy
12 2 (0.71%) Sage