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 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 363 | 267 | 140 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -96 | -127 | -3 |
| Permanent jobs citing MySQL | 369 | 309 | 868 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.42% | 0.90% | 1.78% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 6.85% | 7.90% | 13.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 291 | 248 | 539 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £25,875 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £36,625 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | -3.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £70,000 | £60,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £82,500 | £68,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -4.55% |
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.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 5,390 | 3,913 | 6,290 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 6.10% | 11.44% | 12.90% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,864 | 2,428 | 3,219 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,675 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £37,500 | £42,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £67,500 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £78,750 | £81,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +7.89% |
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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
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 21 October 2026.
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 21 October 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 | -27 | 129 | £42,500 | -19.05% | 17 |
| South East | -51 | 89 | £56,250 | -6.25% | 8 |
| North West | -43 | 57 | £49,250 | -17.92% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | -13 | 41 | £42,500 | +13.33% | 4 |
| South West | -69 | 38 | £58,750 | +30.56% | 13 |
| Midlands | -57 | 37 | £54,000 | +35.00% | 6 |
| East of England | -47 | 34 | £47,500 | -13.64% | 9 |
| North East | -52 | 31 | £42,500 | -10.53% | 5 |
| Wales | -57 | 28 | £62,000 | -8.15% | |
| West Midlands | -61 | 19 | £55,000 | +41.03% | 4 |
| East Midlands | -37 | 18 | £40,000 | -9.09% | 2 |
| Scotland | +15 | 12 | £40,000 | -46.67% | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
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MySQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL Server | 33.3% | 123 |
| 2 | PostgreSQL | 32.2% | 119 |
| 3 | Relational Database | 19.8% | 73 |
| 4 | MongoDB | 18.2% | 67 |
| 5 | NoSQL | 14.1% | 52 |
| 6 | MariaDB | 6.8% | 25 |
| 7 | Redis | 6.0% | 22 |
| 8 | Amazon RDS | 4.1% | 15 |
| 8 | Power BI | 4.1% | 15 |
| 10 | Amazon Aurora | 1.9% | 7 |
| 10 | Oracle Database | 1.9% | 7 |
| 12 | Azure SQL Database | 1.6% | 6 |
| 12 | Data Warehouse | 1.6% | 6 |
| 12 | Metadata | 1.6% | 6 |
| 12 | SQLite | 1.6% | 6 |
| 16 | Elasticsearch | 1.4% | 5 |
| 16 | RDBMS | 1.4% | 5 |
| 18 | Ataccama | 1.1% | 4 |
| 18 | DynamoDB | 1.1% | 4 |
| 18 | IBM InfoSphere | 1.1% | 4 |