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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 692 638 797
Rank change year-on-year -54 +159 +15
Permanent jobs citing MariaDB 25 25 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.058% 0.086%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.32% 0.34% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 24 25 69
10th Percentile £30,075 £29,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,188 £51,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £57,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -11.11% -7.69% -8.88%

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 7,865 7,403 17,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.75% 17.05% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,744 4,979 12,496
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 13 May 2026.

Salary histogram for MariaDB in the UK

MariaDB
Top 11 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 13 May 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
England -28 25 £47,500 +5.56% 13
UK excluding London -75 18 £40,000 -11.11% 13
Work from Home +21 15 £67,500 +50.00% 9
North of England -15 10 £40,000 +11.11% 7
Yorkshire - 9 £40,000 - 4
London -13 5 £95,000 +88.12%
South West -49 4 £55,000 +22.22% 1
East of England -21 2 £47,500 +18.01% 1
West Midlands - 2 £42,500 -
Midlands - 2 £42,500 -
North West 0 1 £80,000 +122.22% 3

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 5 (20.00%) Drupal
2 3 (12.00%) nginx
2 3 (12.00%) WordPress
3 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) AWS
2 5 (20.00%) GitHub
3 4 (16.00%) SaaS
4 3 (12.00%) Serverless
5 2 (8.00%) Azure
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Functions
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (8.00%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (8.00%) PaaS
5 2 (8.00%) Power Automate
5 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (8.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.00%) Amazon Bedrock
6 1 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (4.00%) Amazon S3
6 1 (4.00%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (4.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (88.00%) MySQL
2 11 (44.00%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (16.00%) Relational Database
4 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (4.00%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) Claude Code
General
1 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Local Government
3 3 (12.00%) Police
3 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Developer
2 11 (44.00%) Senior
3 7 (28.00%) Senior Developer
4 6 (24.00%) Senior Software Developer
4 6 (24.00%) Software Developer
5 4 (16.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (16.00%) Lead
6 3 (12.00%) Engineering Manager
6 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
6 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 3 (12.00%) Lead Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (12.00%) PHP Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Security Specialist
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Software Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Support Specialist
7 2 (8.00%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (36.00%) CSS
1 9 (36.00%) HTML
2 6 (24.00%) RESTful
3 4 (16.00%) Laravel
4 3 (12.00%) .NET
4 3 (12.00%) AngularJS
4 3 (12.00%) CSS3
4 3 (12.00%) HTML5
4 3 (12.00%) jQuery
4 3 (12.00%) React
4 3 (12.00%) REST
4 3 (12.00%) Vue
5 2 (8.00%) .NET Core
5 2 (8.00%) JSON
5 2 (8.00%) Middleware
5 2 (8.00%) Node.js
5 2 (8.00%) Smarty
5 2 (8.00%) Symfony
6 1 (4.00%) Nuxt
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) PropTech
2 3 (12.00%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (8.00%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Clean Code
2 8 (32.00%) Secure Coding
3 7 (28.00%) API Design
3 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (24.00%) CI/CD
4 6 (24.00%) Data Protection
4 6 (24.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (24.00%) Software Engineering
5 5 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (16.00%) DevOps
6 4 (16.00%) Refactoring
7 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (12.00%) Front End Development
7 3 (12.00%) Mentoring
7 3 (12.00%) Microservices
7 3 (12.00%) Security Patching
7 3 (12.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (12.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (60.00%) PHP
3 3 (12.00%) C#
4 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (8.00%) Python
5 1 (4.00%) Java
5 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) RHCE
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (12.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (12.00%) ISO 9001
3 2 (8.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Plesk
2 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.00%) Ansible
3 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco
2 1 (4.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (4.00%) Juniper
2 1 (4.00%) OpenAI
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle
2 1 (4.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (4.00%) VMware