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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 272 168
Rank change year-on-year -95 -104 -2
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 563 526 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 1.07% 1.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.32% 7.39% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 414 373 762
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -0.96%

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 8,908 7,115 11,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.63% 14.53% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 6,063 4,475 6,875
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,366
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £87,424
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% -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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -80 497 £55,000 +4.76% 430
UK excluding London -80 392 £50,000 -4.76% 240
Work from Home -78 188 £62,500 +31.58% 185
North of England -27 134 £42,500 -19.05% 72
London -83 131 £85,000 +43.46% 233
South East -30 100 £55,000 -4.35% 52
North West -30 61 £49,250 -14.35% 40
Midlands -47 48 £45,000 - 25
Yorkshire -24 41 £42,500 +9.68% 25
South West -73 41 £57,500 +27.78% 24
East of England -52 33 £50,000 +5.26% 28
North East -51 32 £42,500 -10.53% 8
East Midlands -22 27 £37,500 -16.67% 9
Wales -70 25 £60,000 -11.11% 5
West Midlands -37 21 £55,000 +41.03% 16
Scotland +11 10 £40,000 -46.67% 15
Northern Ireland -86 1 - - 21

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 30 (5.33%) IIS
2 24 (4.26%) Apache
3 19 (3.37%) WordPress
4 15 (2.66%) Confluence
5 14 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (1.78%) CMS
8 9 (1.60%) Apache Spark
9 7 (1.24%) Drupal
10 5 (0.89%) JBoss
11 4 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.71%) nginx
12 3 (0.53%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.36%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
14 1 (0.18%) Moodle
14 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
14 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.53%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.36%) Elementor
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.89%) Shopify
2 3 (0.53%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 295 (52.40%) AWS
2 166 (29.48%) Azure
3 82 (14.56%) GCP
4 55 (9.77%) GitHub
5 27 (4.80%) Amazon S3
5 27 (4.80%) Power Platform
6 26 (4.62%) SaaS
7 25 (4.44%) GitHub Copilot
8 24 (4.26%) Serverless
9 22 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
12 18 (3.20%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (3.02%) Amazon ECS
13 17 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
13 17 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (2.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 14 (2.49%) Anthropic Claude
16 13 (2.31%) OpenShift
17 12 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.02%) TCP/IP
2 16 (2.84%) Firewall
3 13 (2.31%) Broadband
3 13 (2.31%) DNS
4 11 (1.95%) VPN
5 7 (1.24%) VLAN
5 7 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.07%) DHCP
6 6 (1.07%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (1.07%) SSH
6 6 (1.07%) VoIP
7 5 (0.89%) HTTP
7 5 (0.89%) iSCSI
7 5 (0.89%) SAN
8 4 (0.71%) Internet
8 4 (0.71%) LAN
8 4 (0.71%) WAN
9 3 (0.53%) 4G
9 3 (0.53%) 5G
9 3 (0.53%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (31.97%) PostgreSQL
2 154 (27.35%) SQL Server
3 111 (19.72%) Relational Database
4 92 (16.34%) MongoDB
5 68 (12.08%) NoSQL
6 28 (4.97%) MariaDB
7 24 (4.26%) Power BI
8 22 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (3.73%) Redis
10 20 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (3.55%) DynamoDB
11 19 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
12 18 (3.20%) Metadata
13 17 (3.02%) Amazon Aurora
14 11 (1.95%) Big Data
15 9 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
15 9 (1.60%) Electronic Patient Records
16 8 (1.42%) Data Lake
17 7 (1.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 142 (25.22%) Git
2 45 (7.99%) Claude Code
3 40 (7.10%) GitLab
4 28 (4.97%) JIRA
5 27 (4.80%) Jenkins
6 14 (2.49%) Bitbucket
7 12 (2.13%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (2.13%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (1.42%) Selenium
9 5 (0.89%) JUnit
9 5 (0.89%) RSpec
10 4 (0.71%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.71%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.71%) minitest
10 4 (0.71%) Mocha
10 4 (0.71%) Postman
10 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.53%) git-flow
11 3 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.53%) PHPUnit
General
1 123 (21.85%) Social Skills
2 90 (15.99%) Finance
3 86 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (11.01%) Public Sector
5 61 (10.83%) Law
6 31 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (4.97%) Banking
8 18 (3.20%) Pharmaceutical
9 15 (2.66%) Marketing
10 12 (2.13%) Health Technology
11 10 (1.78%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.42%) Retail
13 7 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.89%) Legal
16 4 (0.71%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.53%) Advertising
17 3 (0.53%) Games
17 3 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 243 (43.16%) Developer
2 152 (27.00%) Senior
3 82 (14.56%) Senior Developer
4 72 (12.79%) Software Engineer
5 67 (11.90%) PHP Developer
6 54 (9.59%) Lead
7 40 (7.10%) Software Developer
8 34 (6.04%) Full-Stack Developer
9 33 (5.86%) Administrator
10 31 (5.51%) Senior Software Engineer
11 30 (5.33%) DBA
12 29 (5.15%) C# Developer
12 29 (5.15%) Database Engineer
13 27 (4.80%) .NET Developer
14 25 (4.44%) Java Developer
15 23 (4.09%) Python Engineer
16 22 (3.91%) Lead Software Engineer
17 21 (3.73%) Senior Software Developer
17 21 (3.73%) Web Developer
18 20 (3.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (24.33%) CSS
2 124 (22.02%) HTML
3 104 (18.47%) React
4 88 (15.63%) .NET
5 86 (15.28%) RESTful
6 77 (13.68%) Laravel
7 62 (11.01%) REST
8 60 (10.66%) Vue
9 55 (9.77%) Terraform
10 54 (9.59%) Node.js
11 52 (9.24%) Kafka
12 47 (8.35%) Spring Boot
13 46 (8.17%) Spring
14 43 (7.64%) jQuery
15 39 (6.93%) ASP.NET
16 37 (6.57%) HTML5
17 36 (6.39%) RabbitMQ
18 35 (6.22%) AngularJS
19 27 (4.80%) CSS3
20 26 (4.62%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.77%) Cloud Native
2 44 (7.82%) Replication
3 41 (7.28%) Distributed Systems
4 40 (7.10%) Product Ownership
4 40 (7.10%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (4.26%) Virtual Team
6 23 (4.09%) Onboarding
7 21 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (1.95%) NHS
11 10 (1.78%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.42%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.24%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.24%) Social Media
14 6 (1.07%) Culture of Ownership
14 6 (1.07%) Data Structures
15 5 (0.89%) Algorithms
15 5 (0.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 166 (29.48%) Linux
2 40 (7.10%) Windows
3 29 (5.15%) Windows Server
4 27 (4.80%) Ubuntu
5 20 (3.55%) Debian
6 12 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (1.95%) CentOS
8 7 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.07%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.53%) Android
10 3 (0.53%) Unix
11 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (34.81%) Agile
2 172 (30.55%) CI/CD
3 171 (30.37%) Software Engineering
4 167 (29.66%) Problem-Solving
5 127 (22.56%) DevOps
6 117 (20.78%) Microservices
7 109 (19.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 103 (18.29%) AI
9 92 (16.34%) Full-Stack Development
10 78 (13.85%) Mentoring
11 76 (13.50%) Clean Code
12 73 (12.97%) Infrastructure as Code
13 67 (11.90%) Scrum
14 62 (11.01%) OOP
15 61 (10.83%) Containerisation
15 61 (10.83%) Web Development
16 55 (9.77%) High Availability
17 52 (9.24%) Observability
18 49 (8.70%) Code Quality
18 49 (8.70%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 197 (34.99%) SQL
2 188 (33.39%) JavaScript
3 142 (25.22%) PHP
4 134 (23.80%) Python
5 96 (17.05%) Java
6 85 (15.10%) C#
7 65 (11.55%) TypeScript
8 37 (6.57%) Shell Script
9 29 (5.15%) Bash
10 21 (3.73%) VB.NET
11 17 (3.02%) C++
11 17 (3.02%) Go
11 17 (3.02%) Ruby
12 13 (2.31%) PowerShell
13 6 (1.07%) Scala
14 5 (0.89%) Korn
14 5 (0.89%) Perl
14 5 (0.89%) Rust
15 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (12.26%) Degree
2 43 (7.64%) Security Cleared
3 25 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (3.91%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.31%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.24%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.07%) HNC
7 6 (1.07%) HND
7 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.36%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (10.66%) QA
2 30 (5.33%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.73%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.78%) GDPR
5 7 (1.24%) HL7
5 7 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.89%) WCAG
7 2 (0.36%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.36%) SLA
7 2 (0.36%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 147 (26.11%) Docker
2 25 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.24%) vSphere
5 6 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (0.53%) iptables
8 1 (0.18%) Firmware
8 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 101 (17.94%) Kubernetes
2 35 (6.22%) Grafana
3 26 (4.62%) Ansible
4 23 (4.09%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.78%) Nagios
6 6 (1.07%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.07%) Puppet
6 6 (1.07%) WSUS
7 4 (0.71%) Kibana
8 3 (0.53%) Plesk
8 3 (0.53%) Rancher
8 3 (0.53%) systemd
9 2 (0.36%) Galera Cluster
9 2 (0.36%) kaniko
9 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.18%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 69 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 56 (9.95%) Oracle
3 28 (4.97%) Splunk
4 22 (3.91%) Google
5 18 (3.20%) OpenAI
6 17 (3.02%) Red Hat
7 16 (2.84%) VMware
8 11 (1.95%) Dell
8 11 (1.95%) Veeam
9 9 (1.60%) Rapid7
10 7 (1.24%) Adobe
11 6 (1.07%) Aruba
11 6 (1.07%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.07%) Databricks
11 6 (1.07%) HP
11 6 (1.07%) NetApp
11 6 (1.07%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.07%) SonicWALL
12 5 (0.89%) Cisco
12 5 (0.89%) Synology