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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 231 150
Rank change year-on-year -77 -81 +14
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 415 416 960
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.53% 1.20% 1.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.32% 9.40% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 331 337 751
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,900 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £63,375
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,000 £71,991
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,750 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.27% -1.40% -5.73%

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 5,670 4,427 7,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.25% 12.74% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,923 2,802 4,860
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,439 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.51%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -20 133 £42,500 -19.05% 30
South East -15 117 £55,000 - 29
North West -20 55 £50,000 -14.53% 18
Midlands -34 53 £42,500 -10.53% 11
Yorkshire -14 46 £42,500 -13.27% 4
South West -73 43 £55,000 +15.79% 10
East of England -44 37 £47,500 - 14
North East -43 32 £42,500 -10.53% 8
East Midlands -12 30 £37,500 -21.05% 2
West Midlands -32 23 £47,500 +18.75% 9
Wales -64 20 £65,000 +1.96% 4
Scotland -2 12 £51,000 -9.33% 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 19 (4.58%) IIS
2 14 (3.37%) Apache
3 12 (2.89%) WordPress
4 11 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (2.17%) Confluence
6 4 (0.96%) CMS
7 3 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.48%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.48%) Drupal
8 2 (0.48%) nginx
9 1 (0.24%) JBoss
9 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.72%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.48%) Elementor
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.20%) Shopify
2 3 (0.72%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 205 (49.40%) AWS
2 113 (27.23%) Azure
3 59 (14.22%) GCP
4 33 (7.95%) GitHub
5 20 (4.82%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.34%) Serverless
7 17 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
9 12 (2.89%) Anthropic Claude
9 12 (2.89%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (2.65%) Amazon S3
10 11 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.93%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.93%) SaaS
12 6 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.10%) Firewall
2 11 (2.65%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.41%) VPN
4 8 (1.93%) iSCSI
4 8 (1.93%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (1.93%) SAN
5 6 (1.45%) VoIP
6 5 (1.20%) LAN
6 5 (1.20%) WAN
7 4 (0.96%) DNS
7 4 (0.96%) Internet
7 4 (0.96%) LoRaWAN
7 4 (0.96%) MQTT
7 4 (0.96%) Network Security
7 4 (0.96%) VLAN
8 3 (0.72%) DHCP
8 3 (0.72%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.72%) SSH
8 3 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.48%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (33.25%) SQL Server
2 121 (29.16%) PostgreSQL
3 70 (16.87%) Relational Database
4 58 (13.98%) MongoDB
5 45 (10.84%) NoSQL
6 27 (6.51%) MariaDB
7 17 (4.10%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (4.10%) Power BI
8 15 (3.61%) Redis
9 10 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.93%) Amazon Aurora
10 8 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
11 7 (1.69%) RDBMS
12 6 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.45%) Metadata
12 6 (1.45%) Oracle Database
12 6 (1.45%) SQLite
13 5 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.96%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.96%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 102 (24.58%) Git
2 21 (5.06%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.82%) JIRA
4 15 (3.61%) Claude Code
5 13 (3.13%) GitLab
6 10 (2.41%) Bitbucket
6 10 (2.41%) PHPUnit
7 9 (2.17%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (1.93%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (1.45%) Selenium
10 5 (1.20%) RSpec
11 4 (0.96%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.96%) JUnit
11 4 (0.96%) minitest
12 3 (0.72%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.72%) Mocha
12 3 (0.72%) NUnit
12 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.48%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 81 (19.52%) Social Skills
2 58 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (12.05%) Law
4 42 (10.12%) Public Sector
5 39 (9.40%) Finance
6 17 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.41%) Banking
9 9 (2.17%) Retail
10 6 (1.45%) Tech for Good
11 4 (0.96%) Health Technology
11 4 (0.96%) Legal
11 4 (0.96%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.72%) Advertising
12 3 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.72%) Marketing
12 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.72%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.48%) Aviation
13 2 (0.48%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 210 (50.60%) Developer
2 106 (25.54%) Senior
3 66 (15.90%) Senior Developer
4 60 (14.46%) PHP Developer
5 40 (9.64%) Software Developer
5 40 (9.64%) Software Engineer
6 30 (7.23%) Lead
7 29 (6.99%) Database Engineer
7 29 (6.99%) DBA
8 27 (6.51%) C# Developer
9 26 (6.27%) Full-Stack Developer
10 24 (5.78%) Web Developer
11 23 (5.54%) Administrator
12 22 (5.30%) Backend Developer
12 22 (5.30%) Java Developer
13 21 (5.06%) PHP Laravel Developer
14 19 (4.58%) .NET Developer
14 19 (4.58%) Senior Software Developer
15 18 (4.34%) Lead Software Engineer
16 17 (4.10%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (28.43%) CSS
2 105 (25.30%) HTML
3 62 (14.94%) Laravel
4 58 (13.98%) .NET
5 55 (13.25%) RESTful
6 54 (13.01%) REST
7 53 (12.77%) React
8 50 (12.05%) Node.js
9 42 (10.12%) Vue
10 41 (9.88%) jQuery
11 34 (8.19%) Spring
12 33 (7.95%) Spring Boot
13 28 (6.75%) HTML5
14 27 (6.51%) ASP.NET
15 25 (6.02%) AngularJS
16 24 (5.78%) Kafka
17 22 (5.30%) .NET Framework
17 22 (5.30%) Hibernate
18 21 (5.06%) RabbitMQ
19 20 (4.82%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.33%) Replication
2 26 (6.27%) Cloud Native
2 26 (6.27%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (4.82%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (4.10%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.89%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.41%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.41%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.69%) IoT
10 7 (1.69%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.45%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.20%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.96%) Algorithms
13 4 (0.96%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.96%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 124 (29.88%) Linux
2 24 (5.78%) Ubuntu
3 22 (5.30%) Windows
4 20 (4.82%) Debian
5 16 (3.86%) Windows Server
6 9 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.20%) CentOS
9 3 (0.72%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (32.53%) Problem-Solving
2 130 (31.33%) Agile
3 107 (25.78%) CI/CD
4 78 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 76 (18.31%) Software Engineering
6 66 (15.90%) DevOps
7 65 (15.66%) Microservices
8 58 (13.98%) High Availability
9 57 (13.73%) Full-Stack Development
10 55 (13.25%) OOP
11 51 (12.29%) Mentoring
12 48 (11.57%) Web Development
13 43 (10.36%) Clean Code
14 40 (9.64%) MVC
15 39 (9.40%) TDD
16 38 (9.16%) Scrum
17 36 (8.67%) AI
17 36 (8.67%) Computer Science
18 35 (8.43%) Infrastructure as Code
19 33 (7.95%) OO
Programming Languages
1 157 (37.83%) JavaScript
2 154 (37.11%) SQL
3 132 (31.81%) PHP
4 78 (18.80%) Java
5 65 (15.66%) C#
6 49 (11.81%) Python
7 37 (8.92%) TypeScript
8 31 (7.47%) Shell Script
9 17 (4.10%) C++
10 15 (3.61%) Bash
11 12 (2.89%) Ruby
12 11 (2.65%) PowerShell
12 11 (2.65%) VB.NET
13 6 (1.45%) Korn
14 4 (0.96%) Go
15 3 (0.72%) Scala
15 3 (0.72%) VBA
16 2 (0.48%) C
16 2 (0.48%) Perl
17 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (14.22%) Degree
2 25 (6.02%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (3.86%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.65%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.69%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.96%) HNC
8 4 (0.96%) HND
8 4 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.72%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.72%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.72%) RHCE
10 2 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.48%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.99%) QA
2 15 (3.61%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.93%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.45%) GDPR
4 6 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.45%) SLA
5 2 (0.48%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 89 (21.45%) Docker
2 20 (4.82%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 7 (1.69%) vSphere
6 3 (0.72%) iptables
6 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.48%) Samba
8 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 65 (15.66%) Kubernetes
2 30 (7.23%) Terraform
3 15 (3.61%) Grafana
4 13 (3.13%) Ansible
4 13 (3.13%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.45%) Progress Chef
5 6 (1.45%) Puppet
6 4 (0.96%) Galera Cluster
6 4 (0.96%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.72%) Plesk
7 3 (0.72%) systemd
7 3 (0.72%) WSUS
8 2 (0.48%) Rancher
9 1 (0.24%) Argo
9 1 (0.24%) Graylog
Vendors
1 57 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.02%) Google
3 23 (5.54%) Oracle
4 19 (4.58%) OpenAI
5 12 (2.89%) Red Hat
5 12 (2.89%) VMware
6 11 (2.65%) Dell
7 10 (2.41%) Splunk
8 6 (1.45%) Veeam
9 4 (0.96%) Cisco
9 4 (0.96%) IBM
9 4 (0.96%) Informatica
9 4 (0.96%) TIBCO
9 4 (0.96%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.72%) Adobe
10 3 (0.72%) Aruba
10 3 (0.72%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.72%) HP
10 3 (0.72%) NetApp
10 3 (0.72%) SonicWALL