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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 127 124
Rank change year-on-year -144 -3 +48
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 274 798 768
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 2.13% 2.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.13% 13.65% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 233 532 678
10th Percentile £26,250 £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 £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £82,575
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 3,845 5,848 6,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.13% 15.64% 20.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,428 3,078 4,751
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £38,688 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,805 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% -3.99% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 29 December 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 29 December 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 -76 77 £52,500 - 289
East of England +7 51 £50,000 -9.09% 148
South East -86 50 £60,000 +20.00% 252
Midlands -46 45 £44,000 - 219
North West -37 43 £58,750 +14.63% 144
South West -59 42 £58,750 +6.82% 117
Yorkshire -23 29 £40,000 -27.27% 125
West Midlands -7 26 £39,000 -29.09% 124
East Midlands -62 15 £45,000 +28.57% 81
Wales -35 7 £67,500 +107.69% 26
North East -4 5 £51,000 -7.27% 21
Northern Ireland -8 1 £50,000 -23.08% 17
Scotland -28 1 £50,000 -9.09% 42
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 9 (3.28%) Confluence
1 9 (3.28%) nginx
2 8 (2.92%) Apache
2 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.19%) Apache Solr
3 6 (2.19%) IIS
4 5 (1.82%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.82%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.46%) CMS
6 3 (1.09%) WordPress
7 1 (0.36%) Appian
7 1 (0.36%) Camunda
7 1 (0.36%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (1.09%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Shopify
2 1 (0.36%) Advent Geneva
Cloud Services
1 106 (38.69%) AWS
2 88 (32.12%) Azure
3 43 (15.69%) SaaS
4 35 (12.77%) GCP
5 23 (8.39%) GitHub
6 12 (4.38%) Serverless
7 11 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.92%) Amazon S3
8 8 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (2.92%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.82%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.82%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (1.09%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.09%) Cloudflare
12 3 (1.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.74%) FTP
2 5 (1.82%) Broadband
2 5 (1.82%) Firewall
2 5 (1.82%) Internet
2 5 (1.82%) VPN
2 5 (1.82%) WPA
3 3 (1.09%) iSCSI
3 3 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (1.09%) SAN
4 2 (0.73%) DHCP
4 2 (0.73%) DNS
4 2 (0.73%) SSL
4 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.36%) HTTP
5 1 (0.36%) MQTT
5 1 (0.36%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (27.01%) SQL Server
2 49 (17.88%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (12.04%) MongoDB
4 28 (10.22%) Relational Database
5 20 (7.30%) NoSQL
6 19 (6.93%) BusinessObjects
7 16 (5.84%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (3.28%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (2.92%) RDBMS
11 7 (2.55%) DynamoDB
11 7 (2.55%) Power BI
12 6 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (1.82%) Oracle Database
14 4 (1.46%) Apache Cassandra
14 4 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (1.09%) Electronic Patient Records
15 3 (1.09%) MariaDB
15 3 (1.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (15.33%) Git
2 17 (6.20%) JIRA
3 6 (2.19%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.82%) git-flow
4 5 (1.82%) GitLab
5 4 (1.46%) PHPUnit
6 3 (1.09%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.73%) JUnit
7 2 (0.73%) Mockito
7 2 (0.73%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.73%) Vite
8 1 (0.36%) Ant
8 1 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.36%) Maven
8 1 (0.36%) Postman
8 1 (0.36%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.36%) Xcode
General
1 85 (31.02%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.87%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (12.77%) Finance
4 13 (4.74%) Law
5 12 (4.38%) Marketing
6 9 (3.28%) Retail
7 6 (2.19%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.82%) Games
8 5 (1.82%) Tech for Good
9 4 (1.46%) Health Technology
9 4 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.09%) Advertising
11 2 (0.73%) Billing
11 2 (0.73%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.36%) Automotive
12 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 156 (56.93%) Developer
2 58 (21.17%) Senior
3 44 (16.06%) PHP Developer
4 40 (14.60%) Software Developer
5 32 (11.68%) Senior Developer
6 28 (10.22%) Lead
7 24 (8.76%) Analyst
8 22 (8.03%) Graduate
8 22 (8.03%) Graduate Developer
9 20 (7.30%) Applications Support
10 18 (6.57%) Backend Developer
10 18 (6.57%) Full-Stack Developer
11 16 (5.84%) Software Engineer
12 15 (5.47%) C# Developer
12 15 (5.47%) IT Graduate
12 15 (5.47%) Support Analyst
13 13 (4.74%) DBA
13 13 (4.74%) Senior Backend Developer
14 12 (4.38%) Lead Developer
14 12 (4.38%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (30.29%) CSS
2 72 (26.28%) HTML
3 48 (17.52%) React
4 45 (16.42%) .NET
4 45 (16.42%) Laravel
5 31 (11.31%) REST
6 28 (10.22%) jQuery
7 24 (8.76%) ASP.NET
8 22 (8.03%) RESTful
9 21 (7.66%) AngularJS
9 21 (7.66%) Symfony
10 19 (6.93%) JSON
11 17 (6.20%) Node.js
11 17 (6.20%) Vue
12 15 (5.47%) Web Services
12 15 (5.47%) XML
13 14 (5.11%) CakePHP
13 14 (5.11%) HTML5
13 14 (5.11%) SOAP
14 13 (4.74%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.76%) Product Ownership
2 18 (6.57%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.38%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (3.65%) IoT
5 9 (3.28%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.92%) Marketing Technology
7 7 (2.55%) NHS
8 6 (2.19%) Clustering
8 6 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.46%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.46%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.46%) Replication
10 3 (1.09%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.09%) Sports Betting
11 2 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 48 (17.52%) Linux
2 25 (9.12%) Windows
3 16 (5.84%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.46%) VMS
6 3 (1.09%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.73%) Android
7 2 (0.73%) Unix
7 2 (0.73%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (35.77%) Agile
2 95 (34.67%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (16.42%) Full-Stack Development
4 44 (16.06%) CI/CD
4 44 (16.06%) MVC
5 42 (15.33%) Mentoring
6 40 (14.60%) Microservices
6 40 (14.60%) OOP
7 35 (12.77%) OO
8 34 (12.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (11.68%) Computer Science
9 32 (11.68%) Containerisation
10 30 (10.95%) DevOps
11 29 (10.58%) AI
11 29 (10.58%) ETL
11 29 (10.58%) Software Engineering
12 28 (10.22%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (8.39%) Data Modelling
13 23 (8.39%) TDD
13 23 (8.39%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 114 (41.61%) SQL
2 109 (39.78%) PHP
3 95 (34.67%) JavaScript
4 59 (21.53%) TypeScript
5 54 (19.71%) C#
6 50 (18.25%) Python
7 39 (14.23%) Java
8 23 (8.39%) C++
9 7 (2.55%) Bash
9 7 (2.55%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.55%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.82%) Scala
11 4 (1.46%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.09%) Go
12 3 (1.09%) Korn
12 3 (1.09%) Perl
12 3 (1.09%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.09%) VB
12 3 (1.09%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (13.87%) Degree
2 31 (11.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.46%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.09%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (0.73%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.36%) MySQL Certification
6 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.65%) QA
2 6 (2.19%) SLA
3 3 (1.09%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.09%) HL7
4 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.36%) COBIT
5 1 (0.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 43 (15.69%) Docker
2 8 (2.92%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.09%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.73%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.73%) vSphere
5 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (9.85%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.65%) Ansible
2 10 (3.65%) Terraform
3 2 (0.73%) Argo
3 2 (0.73%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.73%) Grafana
3 2 (0.73%) Nagios
3 2 (0.73%) Plesk
3 2 (0.73%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.73%) Rancher
4 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 42 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.22%) Oracle
3 16 (5.84%) SAP
4 11 (4.01%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.92%) Databricks
6 7 (2.55%) Google
7 6 (2.19%) Informatica
7 6 (2.19%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.82%) Palantir
8 5 (1.82%) RedGate
8 5 (1.82%) Talend
9 4 (1.46%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.46%) Splunk
9 4 (1.46%) VMware
9 4 (1.46%) Zend
10 3 (1.09%) Apple
10 3 (1.09%) Dell
11 2 (0.73%) Adobe
11 2 (0.73%) Draytek
11 2 (0.73%) ServiceNow