MySQL
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring MySQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 226 166
Rank change year-on-year -128 -60 -14
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 461 674 1,750
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 1.54% 1.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.78% 9.30% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 373 536 1,511
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -7.05%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,979 7,246 17,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.61% 16.59% 17.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5,000 4,684 12,496
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £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 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

MySQL job vacancy trend in the UK

MySQL
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MySQL

MySQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

Salary histogram for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the UK over the 6 months to 4 June 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 -108 423 £55,000 - 146
UK excluding London -120 316 £50,000 - 108
Work from Home -63 177 £52,500 - 199
London -69 107 £75,000 +25.00% 49
North of England -54 103 £50,000 -4.76% 40
South East -56 91 £55,000 +10.00% 29
Midlands -61 48 £42,500 -10.53% 13
North West -30 45 £55,000 - 23
Yorkshire -34 44 £47,500 - 12
South West -78 36 £55,000 -8.33% 14
East of England -47 27 £46,250 +8.82% 11
East Midlands -29 26 £36,250 -19.44% 2
West Midlands -50 22 £47,500 -2.56% 11
North East -36 14 £47,500 -3.80% 5
Scotland -7 5 £58,000 +0.87% 2
Wales -48 4 £35,000 -26.32% 3
Northern Ireland -41 2 £62,500 -26.47% 1

MySQL
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 18 (3.90%) Apache
1 18 (3.90%) Apache Airflow
1 18 (3.90%) CMS
1 18 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.47%) Confluence
2 16 (3.47%) nginx
2 16 (3.47%) WordPress
3 12 (2.60%) Apache Spark
4 11 (2.39%) IIS
5 7 (1.52%) Drupal
6 4 (0.87%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.65%) JBoss
7 3 (0.65%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.43%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.43%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.22%) Moodle
9 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.52%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.39%) Shopify
2 3 (0.65%) Magento
3 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 217 (47.07%) AWS
2 122 (26.46%) Azure
3 57 (12.36%) GCP
4 42 (9.11%) SaaS
5 33 (7.16%) GitHub
6 31 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (6.51%) Serverless
8 29 (6.29%) Power Platform
9 18 (3.90%) Amazon ECS
10 17 (3.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (3.04%) Amazon S3
11 14 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (2.39%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (2.17%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 10 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (1.74%) Amazon ECR
15 8 (1.74%) Anthropic Claude
15 8 (1.74%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.74%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.99%) Firewall
2 18 (3.90%) VPN
3 9 (1.95%) Remote Desktop
3 9 (1.95%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.74%) Broadband
4 8 (1.74%) iSCSI
4 8 (1.74%) Network Security
4 8 (1.74%) SAN
5 7 (1.52%) DNS
6 6 (1.30%) VLAN
6 6 (1.30%) VoIP
7 4 (0.87%) LAN
7 4 (0.87%) LoRaWAN
7 4 (0.87%) MQTT
7 4 (0.87%) WAN
7 4 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.65%) DHCP
8 3 (0.65%) HTTP
8 3 (0.65%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.65%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (28.85%) PostgreSQL
2 108 (23.43%) SQL Server
3 78 (16.92%) MongoDB
4 71 (15.40%) NoSQL
5 64 (13.88%) Relational Database
6 27 (5.86%) MariaDB
7 26 (5.64%) Elasticsearch
7 26 (5.64%) Power BI
8 17 (3.69%) Apache Cassandra
9 12 (2.60%) RDBMS
10 11 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (1.95%) Redis
13 8 (1.74%) Oracle Database
14 7 (1.52%) Electronic Patient Records
15 6 (1.30%) Amazon Aurora
15 6 (1.30%) BigQuery
15 6 (1.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 103 (22.34%) Git
2 26 (5.64%) JIRA
3 25 (5.42%) GitLab
4 11 (2.39%) Bitbucket
5 10 (2.17%) PHPUnit
6 9 (1.95%) Claude Code
7 8 (1.74%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.87%) JUnit
8 4 (0.87%) NUnit
8 4 (0.87%) Selenium
8 4 (0.87%) Vite
9 3 (0.65%) Mockito
9 3 (0.65%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.43%) Gradle
10 2 (0.43%) Maven
10 2 (0.43%) Mocha
10 2 (0.43%) Subversion
11 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
General
1 107 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 74 (16.05%) Finance
3 45 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.16%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.34%) Law
6 19 (4.12%) Health Technology
7 16 (3.47%) Banking
7 16 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.04%) Retail
9 11 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.52%) Advertising
10 7 (1.52%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.52%) Tech for Good
11 5 (1.08%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.08%) Marketing
12 4 (0.87%) Legal
12 4 (0.87%) Social Housing
13 3 (0.65%) Games
13 3 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 185 (40.13%) Developer
2 108 (23.43%) Senior
3 57 (12.36%) PHP Developer
4 54 (11.71%) Senior Developer
5 49 (10.63%) Software Engineer
6 35 (7.59%) Lead
7 34 (7.38%) Software Developer
8 32 (6.94%) Full-Stack Developer
9 29 (6.29%) Administrator
10 28 (6.07%) DBA
11 21 (4.56%) Data Engineer
11 21 (4.56%) PHP Laravel Developer
12 20 (4.34%) Analyst
13 19 (4.12%) C# Developer
14 17 (3.69%) Senior Software Engineer
14 17 (3.69%) Support Engineer
15 16 (3.47%) Backend Developer
15 16 (3.47%) Graduate
16 15 (3.25%) Linux Engineer
16 15 (3.25%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (24.51%) CSS
2 94 (20.39%) HTML
3 73 (15.84%) RESTful
4 72 (15.62%) Laravel
5 71 (15.40%) React
6 56 (12.15%) Node.js
7 55 (11.93%) Vue
8 53 (11.50%) .NET
9 46 (9.98%) REST
10 35 (7.59%) jQuery
11 33 (7.16%) JSON
12 32 (6.94%) AngularJS
13 29 (6.29%) HTML5
14 27 (5.86%) CSS3
15 25 (5.42%) Kafka
15 25 (5.42%) Spring
16 21 (4.56%) Spring Boot
17 17 (3.69%) .NET Core
18 14 (3.04%) ASP.NET
19 13 (2.82%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.98%) Cloud Native
2 32 (6.94%) Replication
3 18 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.04%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.82%) NHS
7 12 (2.60%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (2.17%) IoT
10 9 (1.95%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.52%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.30%) Virtual Team
14 5 (1.08%) Public Cloud
14 5 (1.08%) Raspberry Pi
15 4 (0.87%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 122 (26.46%) Linux
2 29 (6.29%) Windows
3 25 (5.42%) Windows Server
4 20 (4.34%) Ubuntu
5 13 (2.82%) CentOS
6 12 (2.60%) Debian
7 10 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.65%) Android
10 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.43%) Rocky
11 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (32.75%) Agile
2 102 (22.13%) CI/CD
3 96 (20.82%) Microservices
3 96 (20.82%) Software Engineering
4 93 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (16.05%) Full-Stack Development
6 70 (15.18%) DevOps
7 56 (12.15%) Mentoring
8 53 (11.50%) Containerisation
8 53 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 52 (11.28%) AI
10 48 (10.41%) Business Intelligence
10 48 (10.41%) Web Development
11 46 (9.98%) TDD
12 44 (9.54%) Computer Science
13 42 (9.11%) Data Modelling
14 38 (8.24%) Clean Code
14 38 (8.24%) OOP
15 34 (7.38%) Open Source
16 31 (6.72%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 179 (38.83%) SQL
2 161 (34.92%) JavaScript
3 149 (32.32%) PHP
4 89 (19.31%) Python
5 83 (18.00%) Java
6 62 (13.45%) C#
7 39 (8.46%) TypeScript
8 31 (6.72%) Bash
9 26 (5.64%) PowerShell
10 23 (4.99%) C++
11 15 (3.25%) Shell Script
12 12 (2.60%) Go
12 12 (2.60%) PL/SQL
13 11 (2.39%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.74%) Ruby
15 7 (1.52%) Korn
16 6 (1.30%) C
17 5 (1.08%) Scala
18 4 (0.87%) Perl
18 4 (0.87%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 71 (15.40%) Degree
2 35 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (4.34%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.95%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.52%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.52%) HNC
6 7 (1.52%) HND
7 6 (1.30%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.65%) RHCE
11 2 (0.43%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.22%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.81%) QA
2 30 (6.51%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.17%) GDPR
6 8 (1.74%) HL7
7 7 (1.52%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.52%) SLA
8 5 (1.08%) WCAG
9 4 (0.87%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.43%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 80 (17.35%) Docker
2 33 (7.16%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.17%) vSphere
5 9 (1.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 6 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.87%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.65%) iptables
8 3 (0.65%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.43%) Samba
10 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 68 (14.75%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.64%) Ansible
2 26 (5.64%) Terraform
3 19 (4.12%) Grafana
4 11 (2.39%) Nagios
5 8 (1.74%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.52%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.52%) Puppet
7 4 (0.87%) Argo
7 4 (0.87%) Galera Cluster
7 4 (0.87%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.65%) Plesk
8 3 (0.65%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.65%) Rancher
8 3 (0.65%) systemd
9 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.22%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.22%) Graylog
10 1 (0.22%) Podman
10 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (11.93%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.21%) Oracle
3 21 (4.56%) Red Hat
4 17 (3.69%) VMware
5 15 (3.25%) Google
6 13 (2.82%) Splunk
7 9 (1.95%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.74%) Dell
8 8 (1.74%) Rapid7
8 8 (1.74%) Veeam
9 7 (1.52%) Adobe
9 7 (1.52%) Cisco
10 6 (1.30%) Synology
11 5 (1.08%) Meraki
11 5 (1.08%) SAP
11 5 (1.08%) WooCommerce
12 4 (0.87%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.87%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.65%) BT
13 3 (0.65%) Mitel