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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 138 136
Rank change year-on-year -161 -2 +9
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 278 529 1,355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.49% 2.04% 2.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.15% 12.11% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 224 461 1,170
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £74,000 £72,575
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%

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 4,523 4,368 11,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.96% 16.83% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,583 2,933 8,148
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,175 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.03% +9.87% -8.00%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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
South East -88 71 £55,000 +10.00% 24
North of England -101 70 £52,130 -0.70% 32
Midlands -64 48 £40,000 -13.51% 17
East of England -30 41 £50,000 +11.11% 20
South West -80 40 £57,500 -2.13% 19
North West -49 38 £55,000 +4.76% 24
Yorkshire -59 27 £50,000 +2.04% 4
West Midlands -23 25 £42,500 -12.82% 10
East Midlands -66 23 £40,000 - 7
North East -24 5 £51,000 -7.27% 4
Scotland -50 4 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Northern Ireland -35 3 £62,500 -26.47%
Wales -48 1 £45,000 +38.46% 8
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 16 (5.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.32%) CMS
2 12 (4.32%) nginx
3 6 (2.16%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.80%) Apache
4 5 (1.80%) Confluence
5 4 (1.44%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.08%) IIS
7 2 (0.72%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.72%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.36%) Camunda
8 1 (0.36%) JBoss
8 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.80%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (1.80%) Photoshop
2 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.80%) Shopify
2 1 (0.36%) Advent Geneva
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 123 (44.24%) AWS
2 71 (25.54%) Azure
3 36 (12.95%) GCP
4 31 (11.15%) SaaS
5 23 (8.27%) GitHub
6 22 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (5.76%) Power Platform
8 11 (3.96%) Serverless
9 9 (3.24%) Amazon S3
9 9 (3.24%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.88%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.80%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.80%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.44%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.44%) DigitalOcean
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.32%) VPN
2 10 (3.60%) Firewall
3 6 (2.16%) FTP
3 6 (2.16%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.80%) DHCP
4 5 (1.80%) DNS
4 5 (1.80%) Network Security
5 4 (1.44%) HTTP
6 3 (1.08%) iSCSI
6 3 (1.08%) MQTT
6 3 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.08%) RTP
6 3 (1.08%) SAN
6 3 (1.08%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.08%) VLAN
6 3 (1.08%) VoIP
6 3 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.08%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.72%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (0.72%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (24.82%) SQL Server
2 60 (21.58%) PostgreSQL
3 43 (15.47%) MongoDB
4 39 (14.03%) NoSQL
5 32 (11.51%) Relational Database
6 17 (6.12%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (5.76%) Power BI
8 15 (5.40%) BusinessObjects
9 12 (4.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (3.60%) Apache Cassandra
10 10 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (3.60%) RDBMS
11 8 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (2.52%) DynamoDB
13 6 (2.16%) Oracle Database
13 6 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (1.80%) BigQuery
15 4 (1.44%) MariaDB
16 3 (1.08%) InfluxDB
16 3 (1.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 66 (23.74%) Git
2 18 (6.47%) JIRA
3 12 (4.32%) PHPUnit
4 6 (2.16%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.80%) Vite
6 4 (1.44%) git-flow
6 4 (1.44%) GitLab
7 3 (1.08%) JUnit
7 3 (1.08%) Mockito
8 2 (0.72%) Gradle
8 2 (0.72%) Maven
9 1 (0.36%) Ant
9 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.36%) MSTest
9 1 (0.36%) NUnit
9 1 (0.36%) Selenium
9 1 (0.36%) Subversion
9 1 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 70 (25.18%) Social Skills
2 39 (14.03%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.99%) Finance
4 16 (5.76%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.96%) Retail
6 8 (2.88%) Law
7 5 (1.80%) Advertising
7 5 (1.80%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.80%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.44%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.08%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.72%) Automotive
10 2 (0.72%) Games
10 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.36%) Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Billing
11 1 (0.36%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 157 (56.47%) Developer
2 60 (21.58%) Senior
3 48 (17.27%) PHP Developer
4 39 (14.03%) Senior Developer
5 29 (10.43%) Software Developer
6 25 (8.99%) Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (8.63%) Software Engineer
8 19 (6.83%) Backend Developer
9 16 (5.76%) Analyst
9 16 (5.76%) Senior Backend Developer
10 15 (5.40%) C# Developer
11 14 (5.04%) Applications Support
11 14 (5.04%) SQL Developer
12 12 (4.32%) C# Software Developer
12 12 (4.32%) DBA
12 12 (4.32%) Graduate
12 12 (4.32%) Graduate C# Developer
12 12 (4.32%) Graduate Developer
12 12 (4.32%) Graduate Software Developer
12 12 (4.32%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (27.70%) CSS
2 69 (24.82%) HTML
3 59 (21.22%) Laravel
4 51 (18.35%) React
5 36 (12.95%) Vue
6 33 (11.87%) RESTful
7 31 (11.15%) Node.js
8 29 (10.43%) REST
9 24 (8.63%) .NET
10 20 (7.19%) AngularJS
11 19 (6.83%) jQuery
12 17 (6.12%) JSON
13 16 (5.76%) Spring
14 15 (5.40%) Spring Boot
14 15 (5.40%) Symfony
15 14 (5.04%) RabbitMQ
15 14 (5.04%) XML
16 12 (4.32%) Next.js
17 11 (3.96%) Tailwind CSS
17 11 (3.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.91%) Cloud Native
1 22 (7.91%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.32%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.32%) Replication
3 10 (3.60%) IoT
3 10 (3.60%) Mobile App
4 9 (3.24%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.52%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.52%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.44%) Clustering
8 4 (1.44%) EPoS
8 4 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.08%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.08%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.08%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 57 (20.50%) Linux
2 17 (6.12%) Windows
3 11 (3.96%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.52%) Debian
5 5 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.80%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.44%) VMS
6 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.08%) CentOS
7 3 (1.08%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (36.33%) Agile
2 67 (24.10%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (18.71%) CI/CD
3 52 (18.71%) Microservices
4 48 (17.27%) Full-Stack Development
5 38 (13.67%) TDD
6 37 (13.31%) Software Engineering
7 36 (12.95%) Mentoring
8 34 (12.23%) Containerisation
9 33 (11.87%) OOP
10 30 (10.79%) DevOps
11 29 (10.43%) MVC
12 28 (10.07%) Business Intelligence
12 28 (10.07%) Test Automation
13 27 (9.71%) Computer Science
14 26 (9.35%) Data Modelling
15 25 (8.99%) ETL
16 21 (7.55%) Clean Code
16 21 (7.55%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (7.55%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 115 (41.37%) PHP
2 114 (41.01%) SQL
3 99 (35.61%) JavaScript
4 49 (17.63%) Java
5 44 (15.83%) TypeScript
6 41 (14.75%) Python
7 37 (13.31%) C#
8 19 (6.83%) PowerShell
9 18 (6.47%) C++
10 13 (4.68%) T-SQL
11 11 (3.96%) Bash
12 7 (2.52%) Go
13 6 (2.16%) C
14 5 (1.80%) Scala
15 3 (1.08%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.72%) Perl
16 2 (0.72%) VB.NET
17 1 (0.36%) Korn
17 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (12.95%) Degree
2 23 (8.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.16%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.44%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.08%) RHCE
7 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.72%) RHCSA
8 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.36%) MySQL Certification
8 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (4.68%) QA
3 11 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.88%) SLA
5 4 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.44%) GDPR
5 4 (1.44%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.72%) HL7
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 43 (15.47%) Docker
2 21 (7.55%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.16%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (1.44%) vSphere
5 3 (1.08%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.72%) Samba
6 2 (0.72%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.36%) Firmware
7 1 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 30 (10.79%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.32%) Ansible
2 12 (4.32%) Terraform
3 4 (1.44%) Argo
4 3 (1.08%) Rancher
5 2 (0.72%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.72%) Galera Cluster
5 2 (0.72%) Nagios
5 2 (0.72%) Plesk
5 2 (0.72%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.72%) Puppet
5 2 (0.72%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.36%) Grafana
6 1 (0.36%) Graylog
6 1 (0.36%) Podman
6 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.47%) Oracle
3 13 (4.68%) SAP
4 12 (4.32%) Google
5 10 (3.60%) VMware
6 5 (1.80%) Databricks
6 5 (1.80%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.44%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.44%) Informatica
7 4 (1.44%) Palantir
7 4 (1.44%) Zend
8 3 (1.08%) Apple
8 3 (1.08%) BT
8 3 (1.08%) Dell
8 3 (1.08%) Mitel
8 3 (1.08%) RedGate
8 3 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.08%) Talend
9 2 (0.72%) Draytek
9 2 (0.72%) MuleSoft