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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 216 147
Rank change year-on-year -98 -69 -27
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 357 457 1,375
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 1.39% 1.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.54% 10.21% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 292 366 1,138
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,625 £32,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,375 £75,000 £71,991
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -7.05%

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 5,460 4,477 11,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.74% 13.65% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,691 2,830 7,645
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,948 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £79,200
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 7 July 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 7 July 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 -42 124 £50,000 -1.23% 35
South East -53 93 £55,000 +10.00% 32
Midlands -29 53 £42,500 -5.56% 15
North West -30 52 £55,000 - 20
Yorkshire -14 48 £42,500 +13.33% 8
South West -77 39 £55,000 -4.35% 12
East Midlands -15 29 £37,500 -16.67% 5
East of England -42 28 £47,500 +26.67% 13
West Midlands -33 24 £51,250 +28.13% 10
North East -40 24 £47,500 - 7
Scotland -3 9 £51,000 -11.30% 7
Wales -57 9 £70,000 +16.67% 8
Northern Ireland -52 2 £62,500 - 9
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 18 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.08%) CMS
2 11 (3.08%) WordPress
3 10 (2.80%) Apache
3 10 (2.80%) IIS
4 7 (1.96%) Confluence
5 6 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.68%) nginx
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.56%) Drupal
6 2 (0.56%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.56%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 7 (1.96%) Shopify
2 3 (0.84%) Magento
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 176 (49.30%) AWS
2 98 (27.45%) Azure
3 38 (10.64%) GCP
4 27 (7.56%) GitHub
4 27 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (7.28%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.76%) SaaS
6 17 (4.76%) Serverless
7 13 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (3.36%) Amazon S3
9 11 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (2.80%) Anthropic Claude
10 10 (2.80%) Entra ID
11 8 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (2.24%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.68%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (1.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.04%) Firewall
2 11 (3.08%) TCP/IP
2 11 (3.08%) VPN
3 8 (2.24%) iSCSI
3 8 (2.24%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (2.24%) SAN
3 8 (2.24%) VoIP
4 6 (1.68%) Network Security
5 5 (1.40%) DNS
5 5 (1.40%) LAN
5 5 (1.40%) VLAN
5 5 (1.40%) WAN
6 4 (1.12%) DHCP
6 4 (1.12%) LoRaWAN
6 4 (1.12%) MQTT
6 4 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.84%) Internet
7 3 (0.84%) SSH
7 3 (0.84%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.84%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (31.09%) SQL Server
2 107 (29.97%) PostgreSQL
3 68 (19.05%) MongoDB
4 54 (15.13%) NoSQL
5 44 (12.32%) Relational Database
6 25 (7.00%) Power BI
7 22 (6.16%) MariaDB
8 15 (4.20%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (3.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (2.80%) Apache Cassandra
11 8 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (2.24%) Redis
12 7 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.96%) Oracle Database
12 7 (1.96%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.68%) Metadata
14 5 (1.40%) DynamoDB
15 4 (1.12%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 90 (25.21%) Git
2 21 (5.88%) JIRA
3 11 (3.08%) Bitbucket
3 11 (3.08%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.80%) GitLab
5 9 (2.52%) PHPUnit
6 7 (1.96%) Claude Code
7 4 (1.12%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.12%) Selenium
8 3 (0.84%) Mocha
9 2 (0.56%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.56%) JUnit
9 2 (0.56%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.56%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.56%) Vite
9 2 (0.56%) YouTrack
10 1 (0.28%) Maven
10 1 (0.28%) NUnit
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 82 (22.97%) Social Skills
2 39 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (10.08%) Public Sector
4 33 (9.24%) Finance
5 28 (7.84%) Law
6 14 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.80%) Retail
8 7 (1.96%) Banking
9 6 (1.68%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.68%) Tech for Good
10 5 (1.40%) Advertising
11 4 (1.12%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.12%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.12%) Legal
12 3 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.84%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.56%) Marketing
13 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 163 (45.66%) Developer
2 87 (24.37%) Senior
3 49 (13.73%) PHP Developer
4 46 (12.89%) Senior Developer
5 45 (12.61%) Software Engineer
6 31 (8.68%) DBA
7 30 (8.40%) Full-Stack Developer
8 29 (8.12%) Software Developer
9 24 (6.72%) Administrator
10 21 (5.88%) Lead
11 19 (5.32%) PHP Laravel Developer
12 18 (5.04%) C# Developer
13 17 (4.76%) Web Developer
14 16 (4.48%) Database Engineer
14 16 (4.48%) Lead Software Engineer
15 15 (4.20%) Java Developer
16 14 (3.92%) Analyst
16 14 (3.92%) Senior Software Developer
16 14 (3.92%) SQL DBA
17 13 (3.64%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (26.61%) CSS
2 80 (22.41%) HTML
3 59 (16.53%) Laravel
4 58 (16.25%) RESTful
5 57 (15.97%) Node.js
6 47 (13.17%) React
6 47 (13.17%) REST
7 42 (11.76%) Vue
8 33 (9.24%) .NET
9 31 (8.68%) jQuery
10 24 (6.72%) HTML5
10 24 (6.72%) Spring
11 23 (6.44%) AngularJS
12 22 (6.16%) Spring Boot
13 19 (5.32%) CSS3
14 18 (5.04%) JSON
15 13 (3.64%) ASP.NET
15 13 (3.64%) Kafka
16 12 (3.36%) LAMP
17 11 (3.08%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.64%) Replication
2 26 (7.28%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.92%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.64%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.80%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.52%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.96%) IoT
10 7 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.68%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.68%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.12%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.12%) EPoS
12 4 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (1.12%) Legacy Code
13 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 100 (28.01%) Linux
2 22 (6.16%) Ubuntu
3 21 (5.88%) Windows
4 17 (4.76%) Windows Server
5 14 (3.92%) Debian
6 9 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.96%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.84%) Android
9 3 (0.84%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (33.33%) Agile
2 93 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (23.53%) CI/CD
4 66 (18.49%) Microservices
4 66 (18.49%) Software Engineering
5 61 (17.09%) Full-Stack Development
6 48 (13.45%) Mentoring
7 47 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (13.17%) DevOps
8 42 (11.76%) TDD
9 38 (10.64%) High Availability
10 34 (9.52%) Web Development
11 33 (9.24%) Computer Science
12 32 (8.96%) OOP
13 31 (8.68%) AI
13 31 (8.68%) Clean Code
13 31 (8.68%) Containerisation
14 29 (8.12%) Open Source
15 28 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
16 27 (7.56%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 140 (39.22%) SQL
2 134 (37.54%) JavaScript
3 123 (34.45%) PHP
4 78 (21.85%) Java
5 51 (14.29%) Python
6 47 (13.17%) C#
7 26 (7.28%) TypeScript
8 21 (5.88%) C++
8 21 (5.88%) PowerShell
9 18 (5.04%) Shell Script
10 17 (4.76%) Bash
11 11 (3.08%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.96%) Go
13 6 (1.68%) C
13 6 (1.68%) Korn
14 5 (1.40%) Ruby
15 4 (1.12%) Scala
16 3 (0.84%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.84%) VBA
17 1 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 52 (14.57%) Degree
2 24 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (4.48%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.24%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.68%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.68%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.12%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.12%) HNC
7 4 (1.12%) HND
8 3 (0.84%) RHCE
9 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.56%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (5.32%) QA
3 9 (2.52%) GDPR
4 8 (2.24%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.96%) SLA
6 4 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.56%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 63 (17.65%) Docker
2 27 (7.56%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 7 (1.96%) vSphere
6 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.84%) iptables
6 3 (0.84%) Kamailio
6 3 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.56%) Samba
7 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 47 (13.17%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.32%) Terraform
3 14 (3.92%) Ansible
4 9 (2.52%) Grafana
5 8 (2.24%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.96%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.96%) Puppet
7 4 (1.12%) Argo
7 4 (1.12%) Galera Cluster
7 4 (1.12%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.84%) Plesk
8 3 (0.84%) Rancher
8 3 (0.84%) systemd
9 2 (0.56%) WSUS
10 1 (0.28%) Graylog
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (12.89%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.20%) Oracle
3 13 (3.64%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.36%) Google
4 12 (3.36%) VMware
5 10 (2.80%) Dell
6 9 (2.52%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.68%) Splunk
8 5 (1.40%) Veeam
9 4 (1.12%) Cisco
9 4 (1.12%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.12%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.84%) Adobe
10 3 (0.84%) BT
10 3 (0.84%) Mitel
10 3 (0.84%) Synology
10 3 (0.84%) Xamarin
11 2 (0.56%) D-Link
11 2 (0.56%) New Relic
11 2 (0.56%) Palo Alto