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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 245 143
Rank change year-on-year -79 -102 +14
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 393 358 937
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.48% 1.04% 1.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.95% 8.53% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 309 280 639
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,250 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +1.46% +3.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,125 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -1.24%

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 5,653 4,197 7,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.87% 12.15% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,960 2,601 3,950
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,837
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.20% -3.93%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -41 130 £42,500 -19.05% 49
South East -19 98 £55,000 -6.38% 29
North West -19 57 £50,000 -15.61% 31
Midlands -38 53 £42,500 -8.11% 15
South West -65 45 £55,000 +22.22% 18
Yorkshire -35 41 £42,500 +6.25% 11
East of England -52 33 £50,000 +5.26% 12
North East -47 32 £42,500 -10.53% 9
East Midlands -20 31 £37,500 -18.92% 4
Wales -66 24 £60,000 -11.11% 3
West Midlands -32 22 £47,500 +28.38% 11
Scotland +8 10 £48,500 -35.33% 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 24 (6.11%) IIS
2 14 (3.56%) Apache
3 12 (3.05%) WordPress
4 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (2.29%) Confluence
6 3 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.76%) CMS
6 3 (0.76%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.51%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.51%) Drupal
7 2 (0.51%) nginx
8 1 (0.25%) JBoss
8 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.76%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.51%) Elementor
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.27%) Shopify
2 3 (0.76%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 190 (48.35%) AWS
2 110 (27.99%) Azure
3 58 (14.76%) GCP
4 30 (7.63%) GitHub
5 21 (5.34%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.58%) Serverless
7 17 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
8 16 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (3.05%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (2.80%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (2.54%) Anthropic Claude
11 10 (2.54%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.04%) SaaS
13 6 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.53%) ChatGPT
13 6 (1.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.82%) TCP/IP
2 14 (3.56%) Firewall
3 10 (2.54%) VPN
4 8 (2.04%) DNS
5 6 (1.53%) VLAN
5 6 (1.53%) VoIP
6 5 (1.27%) DHCP
6 5 (1.27%) iSCSI
6 5 (1.27%) LAN
6 5 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (1.27%) SAN
6 5 (1.27%) SSH
6 5 (1.27%) WAN
6 5 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.02%) HTTP
7 4 (1.02%) Internet
7 4 (1.02%) LoRaWAN
7 4 (1.02%) MQTT
8 3 (0.76%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.51%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (31.55%) SQL Server
2 117 (29.77%) PostgreSQL
3 68 (17.30%) Relational Database
4 60 (15.27%) MongoDB
5 46 (11.70%) NoSQL
6 27 (6.87%) MariaDB
7 18 (4.58%) Power BI
7 18 (4.58%) Redis
8 17 (4.33%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (2.04%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.53%) Metadata
10 6 (1.53%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.53%) SQLite
11 4 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
11 4 (1.02%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.02%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (1.02%) Neo4j
11 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 101 (25.70%) Git
2 22 (5.60%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.58%) Claude Code
4 17 (4.33%) JIRA
5 16 (4.07%) GitLab
6 12 (3.05%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (2.80%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (2.54%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.04%) Selenium
10 5 (1.27%) RSpec
11 4 (1.02%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.02%) JUnit
11 4 (1.02%) minitest
11 4 (1.02%) PHPUnit
12 3 (0.76%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.76%) Maven
12 3 (0.76%) Mocha
12 3 (0.76%) NUnit
12 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.51%) Jasmine
General
1 74 (18.83%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (12.72%) Law
4 47 (11.96%) Public Sector
5 30 (7.63%) Finance
6 17 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.56%) Banking
8 9 (2.29%) Retail
9 8 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.53%) Tech for Good
11 5 (1.27%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.02%) Legal
12 4 (1.02%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.76%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.76%) Marketing
13 3 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.51%) Aviation
14 2 (0.51%) Billing
14 2 (0.51%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 197 (50.13%) Developer
2 103 (26.21%) Senior
3 67 (17.05%) Senior Developer
4 58 (14.76%) PHP Developer
5 40 (10.18%) Software Engineer
6 34 (8.65%) Software Developer
7 30 (7.63%) Lead
8 29 (7.38%) Database Engineer
9 28 (7.12%) DBA
10 26 (6.62%) Java Developer
11 23 (5.85%) Administrator
11 23 (5.85%) Full-Stack Developer
12 22 (5.60%) C# Developer
12 22 (5.60%) Web Developer
13 21 (5.34%) Backend Developer
13 21 (5.34%) PHP Laravel Developer
14 20 (5.09%) .NET Developer
15 19 (4.83%) Senior Software Developer
16 18 (4.58%) Lead Software Engineer
17 17 (4.33%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (27.48%) CSS
2 100 (25.45%) HTML
3 60 (15.27%) RESTful
4 58 (14.76%) Laravel
5 56 (14.25%) .NET
6 49 (12.47%) React
6 49 (12.47%) REST
7 41 (10.43%) Node.js
8 39 (9.92%) jQuery
9 36 (9.16%) Spring
9 36 (9.16%) Vue
10 35 (8.91%) Spring Boot
11 33 (8.40%) Terraform
12 29 (7.38%) ASP.NET
12 29 (7.38%) Kafka
13 28 (7.12%) HTML5
13 28 (7.12%) RabbitMQ
14 25 (6.36%) Hibernate
15 22 (5.60%) .NET Framework
15 22 (5.60%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.69%) Replication
2 35 (8.91%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (7.63%) Cloud Native
4 25 (6.36%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (5.85%) Product Ownership
6 21 (5.34%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (3.56%) Virtual Team
8 12 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.04%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.78%) IoT
10 7 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.78%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.53%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.27%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.27%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.02%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.02%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.02%) Social Media
13 4 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 129 (32.82%) Linux
2 26 (6.62%) Ubuntu
3 24 (6.11%) Windows
4 22 (5.60%) Debian
5 18 (4.58%) Windows Server
6 11 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.76%) Android
8 3 (0.76%) CentOS
9 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (34.35%) Problem-Solving
2 125 (31.81%) Agile
3 110 (27.99%) CI/CD
4 82 (20.87%) Software Engineering
5 77 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (18.07%) DevOps
7 65 (16.54%) Microservices
8 55 (13.99%) Mentoring
9 54 (13.74%) Full-Stack Development
9 54 (13.74%) High Availability
10 49 (12.47%) OOP
11 45 (11.45%) Scrum
12 42 (10.69%) Clean Code
12 42 (10.69%) Infrastructure as Code
13 41 (10.43%) Web Development
14 39 (9.92%) MVC
15 37 (9.41%) TDD
16 35 (8.91%) AI
17 33 (8.40%) Event-Driven
17 33 (8.40%) OO
Programming Languages
1 144 (36.64%) JavaScript
2 143 (36.39%) SQL
3 122 (31.04%) PHP
4 75 (19.08%) Java
5 56 (14.25%) C#
6 49 (12.47%) Python
7 39 (9.92%) TypeScript
8 33 (8.40%) Shell Script
9 14 (3.56%) Bash
9 14 (3.56%) VB.NET
10 12 (3.05%) C++
10 12 (3.05%) Ruby
11 8 (2.04%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.27%) Korn
13 4 (1.02%) Go
14 3 (0.76%) Scala
14 3 (0.76%) VBA
15 2 (0.51%) Perl
16 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (10.69%) Degree
2 24 (6.11%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (3.82%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.80%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.78%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.02%) HNC
8 4 (1.02%) HND
9 3 (0.76%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.25%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.25%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.91%) QA
2 15 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.53%) GDPR
4 6 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 92 (23.41%) Docker
2 19 (4.83%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.78%) vSphere
5 6 (1.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 5 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.76%) iptables
7 3 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 64 (16.28%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.09%) Grafana
3 18 (4.58%) Prometheus
4 13 (3.31%) Ansible
5 6 (1.53%) Progress Chef
5 6 (1.53%) Puppet
6 5 (1.27%) WSUS
7 4 (1.02%) Galera Cluster
7 4 (1.02%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.76%) Plesk
8 3 (0.76%) systemd
9 2 (0.51%) Rancher
10 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (13.49%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.87%) Oracle
3 20 (5.09%) Google
4 17 (4.33%) OpenAI
5 14 (3.56%) Splunk
5 14 (3.56%) VMware
6 10 (2.54%) Dell
7 9 (2.29%) Red Hat
8 8 (2.04%) Veeam
9 5 (1.27%) Aruba
9 5 (1.27%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.27%) HP
9 5 (1.27%) NetApp
9 5 (1.27%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.27%) SonicWALL
10 4 (1.02%) Cisco
10 4 (1.02%) IBM
10 4 (1.02%) Informatica
10 4 (1.02%) TIBCO
10 4 (1.02%) WooCommerce