MariaDB Job Trends

MariaDB
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring MariaDB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 652 649 727
Rank change year-on-year -3 +78 +127
Permanent jobs citing MariaDB 18 44 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.026% 0.091% 0.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.26% 0.49% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 16 24 63
10th Percentile - £36,625 £26,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £46,250 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% -13.55% -2.73%
75th Percentile £47,188 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £69,250 £74,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £45,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -38.89% -15.89% +1.90%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

MariaDB 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,826 8,889 14,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.90% 18.36% 19.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,149 5,095 11,521
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,375 £47,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

MariaDB
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MariaDB relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

MariaDB job vacancy trend in the UK

MariaDB
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MariaDB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MariaDB

MariaDB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MariaDB over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Salary histogram for MariaDB in the UK

MariaDB
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MariaDB within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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
Work from Home +38 14 £35,000 -22.22% 8
England +1 14 £35,000 -28.21% 19
UK excluding London -34 7 £27,500 -38.89% 19
London +43 6 £35,000 -46.15%
North of England -14 5 £27,500 -23.61% 9
Yorkshire - 5 £27,500 - 6
Midlands 0 1 £40,000 - 5
South West -23 1 £72,500 +61.11%
East Midlands - 1 £40,000 - 1

MariaDB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 6 (33.33%) WordPress
2 5 (27.78%) Drupal
2 5 (27.78%) nginx
3 1 (5.56%) Apache
3 1 (5.56%) CMS
3 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) GitHub
3 1 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Functions
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (5.56%) PaaS
3 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
3 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) MySQL
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (5.56%) RDBMS
3 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Git
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Automotive
2 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 5 (27.78%) Local Government
3 5 (27.78%) Police
4 2 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 6 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
1 6 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 6 (33.33%) Technical Support Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Support
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 5 (27.78%) Security Specialist
2 5 (27.78%) Support Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) Applications Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Head of Engineering
4 1 (5.56%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) LAMP
1 3 (16.67%) Middleware
1 3 (16.67%) RESTful
2 2 (11.11%) CSS
2 2 (11.11%) React
2 2 (11.11%) React Native
2 2 (11.11%) Vue
3 1 (5.56%) .NET Core
3 1 (5.56%) Bootstrap
3 1 (5.56%) Hibernate
3 1 (5.56%) JSON
3 1 (5.56%) Laravel
3 1 (5.56%) Node.js
3 1 (5.56%) OpenID
3 1 (5.56%) REST
3 1 (5.56%) Smarty
3 1 (5.56%) Spring
3 1 (5.56%) Spring Boot
3 1 (5.56%) Symfony
3 1 (5.56%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (11.11%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Android
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Nucleus RTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (44.44%) Test Automation
3 7 (38.89%) Customer Service
3 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (33.33%) Cost Control
4 6 (33.33%) User Experience
5 5 (27.78%) Security Patching
5 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
6 3 (16.67%) Agile
6 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 3 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (11.11%) API Design
7 2 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
7 2 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
7 2 (11.11%) Secure Coding
8 1 (5.56%) API Integration
8 1 (5.56%) Data Engineering
8 1 (5.56%) Front End Development
8 1 (5.56%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) PHP
2 7 (38.89%) SQL
3 3 (16.67%) C#
3 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.11%) C
4 2 (11.11%) Python
4 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.56%) Java
5 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) AWS Certification
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) PhD
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (33.33%) SLA
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (27.78%) ISO 9001
3 1 (5.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.56%) Salesforce