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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 128 118
Rank change year-on-year -171 -10 +46
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 244 751 1,187
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.53% 2.22% 2.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.24% 13.84% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 200 484 1,053
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £32,300
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

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 3,909 5,426 9,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.48% 16.06% 19.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,351 2,815 7,304
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,438 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 6 February 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 6 February 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 -97 65 £51,000 -2.86% 48
South East -95 52 £60,000 +20.00% 37
East of England -1 42 £50,000 - 14
Midlands -59 41 £41,250 +6.45% 26
South West -69 39 £57,500 - 24
North West -51 37 £55,000 +4.76% 31
West Midlands -1 26 £40,750 -16.41% 14
Yorkshire -49 24 £34,000 -32.00% 12
East Midlands -65 15 £41,500 +18.57% 12
North East -28 4 £51,000 -7.27% 5
Northern Ireland -16 3 £62,500 -3.85% 1
Wales -33 1 £67,500 +107.69% 3
Scotland -42 1 - - 14
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 13 (5.33%) nginx
2 11 (4.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.69%) Confluence
4 8 (3.28%) CMS
5 7 (2.87%) Apache
6 6 (2.46%) IIS
6 6 (2.46%) SharePoint
7 4 (1.64%) Apache Solr
7 4 (1.64%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.82%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.41%) Appian
9 1 (0.41%) Camunda
9 1 (0.41%) JBoss
9 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.64%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (1.64%) Photoshop
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.64%) Shopify
2 1 (0.41%) Advent Geneva
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 93 (38.11%) AWS
2 65 (26.64%) Azure
3 40 (16.39%) SaaS
4 29 (11.89%) GCP
5 23 (9.43%) GitHub
6 18 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (5.74%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.10%) Serverless
9 8 (3.28%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (3.28%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (2.46%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.05%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (2.05%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (1.64%) DigitalOcean
13 4 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.64%) OpenShift
14 3 (1.23%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.28%) VPN
2 7 (2.87%) FTP
3 5 (2.05%) Broadband
3 5 (2.05%) DHCP
3 5 (2.05%) DNS
3 5 (2.05%) Firewall
3 5 (2.05%) Internet
3 5 (2.05%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.05%) WPA
4 4 (1.64%) HTTP
5 3 (1.23%) Network Security
5 3 (1.23%) RTP
5 3 (1.23%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.23%) VLAN
5 3 (1.23%) VoIP
5 3 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.23%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.41%) MQTT
6 1 (0.41%) SSL
6 1 (0.41%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (25.82%) SQL Server
2 41 (16.80%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (13.93%) MongoDB
4 30 (12.30%) Relational Database
5 24 (9.84%) NoSQL
6 18 (7.38%) BusinessObjects
7 16 (6.56%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (5.74%) Power BI
9 11 (4.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (3.69%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (3.28%) DynamoDB
12 8 (3.28%) RDBMS
13 6 (2.46%) Oracle Database
13 6 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (2.05%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (1.23%) Amazon QuickSight
15 3 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (1.23%) Electronic Patient Records
15 3 (1.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (20.08%) Git
2 17 (6.97%) JIRA
3 7 (2.87%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.05%) git-flow
4 5 (2.05%) GitLab
4 5 (2.05%) PHPUnit
5 4 (1.64%) Vite
6 2 (0.82%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.82%) JUnit
6 2 (0.82%) Mockito
7 1 (0.41%) Ant
7 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.41%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.41%) Gradle
7 1 (0.41%) Maven
7 1 (0.41%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.41%) Subversion
7 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.41%) Xcode
General
1 79 (32.38%) Social Skills
2 35 (14.34%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.66%) Finance
4 9 (3.69%) Law
5 7 (2.87%) Public Sector
5 7 (2.87%) Retail
6 5 (2.05%) Tech for Good
7 4 (1.64%) Advertising
7 4 (1.64%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.23%) Marketing
8 3 (1.23%) Social Housing
9 2 (0.82%) Automotive
9 2 (0.82%) Billing
9 2 (0.82%) Games
9 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.41%) Banking
Job Titles
1 137 (56.15%) Developer
2 54 (22.13%) Senior
3 44 (18.03%) PHP Developer
4 32 (13.11%) Senior Developer
5 27 (11.07%) Software Developer
6 23 (9.43%) Analyst
7 22 (9.02%) Full-Stack Developer
8 18 (7.38%) Backend Developer
9 15 (6.15%) Applications Support
9 15 (6.15%) Graduate
9 15 (6.15%) Graduate Developer
9 15 (6.15%) Software Engineer
10 14 (5.74%) C# Developer
10 14 (5.74%) DBA
11 13 (5.33%) Senior Backend Developer
12 12 (4.92%) Lead
12 12 (4.92%) Report Developer
12 12 (4.92%) SQL Developer
13 10 (4.10%) Data Engineer
13 10 (4.10%) Graduate C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (25.00%) CSS
2 50 (20.49%) HTML
3 48 (19.67%) Laravel
4 47 (19.26%) React
5 32 (13.11%) .NET
6 26 (10.66%) REST
7 25 (10.25%) Node.js
7 25 (10.25%) Vue
8 22 (9.02%) AngularJS
9 21 (8.61%) jQuery
10 17 (6.97%) Symfony
11 16 (6.56%) ASP.NET
11 16 (6.56%) JSON
11 16 (6.56%) RESTful
12 14 (5.74%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (5.33%) XML
14 11 (4.51%) Web Services
15 10 (4.10%) Spring
16 9 (3.69%) CodeIgniter
16 9 (3.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.25%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.92%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.10%) IoT
3 10 (4.10%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.69%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.87%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.87%) NHS
7 6 (2.46%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.46%) Replication
8 5 (2.05%) Clustering
8 5 (2.05%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.05%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.23%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.23%) EPoS
9 3 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.23%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.23%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (23.36%) Linux
2 22 (9.02%) Windows
3 16 (6.56%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.64%) VMS
4 4 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.23%) Debian
5 3 (1.23%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.23%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.82%) Android
6 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.82%) Unix
6 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (36.07%) Agile
2 75 (30.74%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (19.26%) CI/CD
3 47 (19.26%) Full-Stack Development
4 35 (14.34%) Microservices
5 34 (13.93%) OOP
6 32 (13.11%) MVC
7 31 (12.70%) Containerisation
7 31 (12.70%) Software Engineering
8 30 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (12.30%) Data Modelling
9 29 (11.89%) DevOps
10 28 (11.48%) Mentoring
10 28 (11.48%) OO
11 26 (10.66%) ETL
12 25 (10.25%) Computer Science
12 25 (10.25%) TDD
13 22 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (9.02%) User Experience
14 19 (7.79%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 104 (42.62%) PHP
2 100 (40.98%) SQL
3 79 (32.38%) JavaScript
4 51 (20.90%) TypeScript
5 42 (17.21%) Python
6 39 (15.98%) C#
7 35 (14.34%) Java
8 21 (8.61%) C++
9 17 (6.97%) PowerShell
10 13 (5.33%) T-SQL
11 7 (2.87%) Bash
12 6 (2.46%) Go
13 4 (1.64%) C
13 4 (1.64%) Scala
14 3 (1.23%) Perl
14 3 (1.23%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.82%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.41%) R
16 1 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 28 (11.48%) Degree
2 24 (9.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.05%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (1.23%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.41%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.51%) QA
3 8 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.05%) SLA
5 4 (1.64%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.23%) GDPR
6 3 (1.23%) HL7
6 3 (1.23%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (15.98%) Docker
2 14 (5.74%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.23%) Kamailio
4 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.82%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.82%) vSphere
6 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (9.43%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.33%) Ansible
3 12 (4.92%) Terraform
4 5 (2.05%) Argo
5 3 (1.23%) Rancher
6 2 (0.82%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.82%) Grafana
6 2 (0.82%) Nagios
6 2 (0.82%) Plesk
6 2 (0.82%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.82%) Puppet
7 1 (0.41%) Podman
7 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.25%) Oracle
3 16 (6.56%) SAP
4 11 (4.51%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.87%) VMware
6 6 (2.46%) Databricks
6 6 (2.46%) Google
6 6 (2.46%) MuleSoft
7 5 (2.05%) Informatica
8 4 (1.64%) Palantir
8 4 (1.64%) RedGate
8 4 (1.64%) Talend
8 4 (1.64%) Zend
9 3 (1.23%) Apple
9 3 (1.23%) BT
9 3 (1.23%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.23%) Mitel
10 2 (0.82%) Draytek
10 2 (0.82%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.41%) Advent