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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 265 178
Rank change year-on-year -85 -87 +1
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 577 544 1,180
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 1.10% 1.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.47% 7.53% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 431 397 809
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 - - -1.24%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,250 £51,500
% change year-on-year -4.31% +1.46% +3.00%

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 8,924 7,223 12,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.93% 14.57% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 6,046 4,540 7,276
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £52,837
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.20% -3.93%

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 9 September 2026.

Salary histogram for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Top 16 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 9 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 -81 510 £55,000 +4.76% 277
UK excluding London -79 393 £50,000 -4.31% 128
Work from Home -76 194 £62,500 +31.58% 160
London -66 139 £85,000 +41.67% 172
North of England -41 130 £42,500 -19.05% 40
South East -19 98 £55,000 -6.38% 30
North West -19 57 £50,000 -15.61% 24
Midlands -38 53 £42,500 -8.11% 15
South West -65 45 £55,000 +22.22% 18
Yorkshire -35 41 £42,500 +6.25% 10
East of England -52 33 £50,000 +5.26% 10
North East -47 32 £42,500 -10.53% 8
East Midlands -20 31 £37,500 -18.92% 4
Wales -66 24 £60,000 -11.11% 3
West Midlands -32 22 £47,500 +28.38% 11
Scotland +8 10 £48,500 -35.33% 9

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 28 (4.85%) IIS
2 25 (4.33%) Apache
3 19 (3.29%) WordPress
4 16 (2.77%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.77%) Confluence
5 11 (1.91%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.73%) CMS
7 7 (1.21%) Drupal
8 5 (0.87%) JBoss
8 5 (0.87%) nginx
9 4 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.69%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.35%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.35%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.17%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.52%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.35%) Elementor
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.87%) Shopify
2 3 (0.52%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 295 (51.13%) AWS
2 161 (27.90%) Azure
3 84 (14.56%) GCP
4 54 (9.36%) GitHub
5 31 (5.37%) SaaS
6 29 (5.03%) Power Platform
7 28 (4.85%) Amazon S3
8 25 (4.33%) Serverless
9 23 (3.99%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (3.99%) GitHub Copilot
10 20 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (3.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 19 (3.29%) Amazon ECS
12 18 (3.12%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.95%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (2.77%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (2.77%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (2.25%) OpenShift
16 12 (2.08%) Anthropic Claude
16 12 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.29%) Firewall
2 16 (2.77%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.25%) Broadband
4 12 (2.08%) DNS
5 11 (1.91%) VPN
6 7 (1.21%) VLAN
7 6 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (1.04%) SSH
7 6 (1.04%) VoIP
7 6 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.87%) DHCP
8 5 (0.87%) HTTP
8 5 (0.87%) iSCSI
8 5 (0.87%) LAN
8 5 (0.87%) SAN
8 5 (0.87%) WAN
9 4 (0.69%) Internet
9 4 (0.69%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (0.69%) MQTT
10 3 (0.52%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (32.24%) PostgreSQL
2 153 (26.52%) SQL Server
3 112 (19.41%) Relational Database
4 90 (15.60%) MongoDB
5 69 (11.96%) NoSQL
6 34 (5.89%) MariaDB
7 25 (4.33%) Elasticsearch
7 25 (4.33%) Power BI
8 21 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (3.47%) DynamoDB
9 20 (3.47%) Redis
10 19 (3.29%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (3.12%) Metadata
12 17 (2.95%) Amazon Aurora
13 11 (1.91%) Big Data
14 10 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.56%) Electronic Patient Records
16 8 (1.39%) Data Lake
17 7 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
18 6 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 144 (24.96%) Git
2 41 (7.11%) GitLab
3 40 (6.93%) Claude Code
4 28 (4.85%) JIRA
5 27 (4.68%) Jenkins
6 13 (2.25%) Bitbucket
7 12 (2.08%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (1.91%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (1.56%) Selenium
10 6 (1.04%) JUnit
11 5 (0.87%) RSpec
12 4 (0.69%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.69%) minitest
12 4 (0.69%) Mocha
12 4 (0.69%) PHPUnit
13 3 (0.52%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.52%) git-flow
13 3 (0.52%) Mockito
13 3 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 125 (21.66%) Social Skills
2 93 (16.12%) Finance
3 85 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (10.92%) Law
5 61 (10.57%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (4.85%) Banking
8 18 (3.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 14 (2.43%) Health Technology
9 14 (2.43%) Marketing
10 10 (1.73%) Retail
10 10 (1.73%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.04%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.04%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.87%) Legal
15 3 (0.52%) Advertising
15 3 (0.52%) Games
15 3 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 247 (42.81%) Developer
2 153 (26.52%) Senior
3 81 (14.04%) Senior Developer
4 72 (12.48%) Software Engineer
5 69 (11.96%) PHP Developer
6 59 (10.23%) Lead
7 37 (6.41%) Software Developer
8 36 (6.24%) Administrator
9 34 (5.89%) Full-Stack Developer
10 33 (5.72%) Senior Software Engineer
11 30 (5.20%) DBA
12 29 (5.03%) Database Engineer
13 27 (4.68%) C# Developer
13 27 (4.68%) Java Developer
14 26 (4.51%) .NET Developer
15 25 (4.33%) Python Engineer
16 22 (3.81%) Lead Software Engineer
16 22 (3.81%) Web Developer
17 21 (3.64%) Backend Developer
17 21 (3.64%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (24.61%) CSS
2 130 (22.53%) HTML
3 103 (17.85%) React
4 86 (14.90%) .NET
5 84 (14.56%) RESTful
6 78 (13.52%) Laravel
7 59 (10.23%) REST
8 56 (9.71%) Terraform
8 56 (9.71%) Vue
9 55 (9.53%) Kafka
9 55 (9.53%) Node.js
10 46 (7.97%) Spring Boot
11 45 (7.80%) Spring
12 43 (7.45%) jQuery
13 39 (6.76%) ASP.NET
14 37 (6.41%) HTML5
15 36 (6.24%) AngularJS
16 35 (6.07%) RabbitMQ
17 29 (5.03%) CSS3
18 26 (4.51%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.53%) Cloud Native
2 44 (7.63%) Replication
3 39 (6.76%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (6.59%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (6.24%) Product Ownership
6 23 (3.99%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.99%) Virtual Team
7 21 (3.64%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (2.25%) NHS
10 11 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.73%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.39%) IoT
13 7 (1.21%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.21%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.21%) Social Media
14 6 (1.04%) Culture of Ownership
14 6 (1.04%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 167 (28.94%) Linux
2 36 (6.24%) Windows
3 29 (5.03%) Ubuntu
4 27 (4.68%) Windows Server
5 22 (3.81%) Debian
6 15 (2.60%) CentOS
7 11 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.52%) Android
11 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.35%) Unix
12 1 (0.17%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (33.62%) Agile
2 172 (29.81%) CI/CD
3 168 (29.12%) Software Engineering
4 162 (28.08%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (21.84%) DevOps
6 114 (19.76%) Microservices
7 108 (18.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 96 (16.64%) AI
8 96 (16.64%) Full-Stack Development
9 79 (13.69%) Mentoring
10 74 (12.82%) Clean Code
11 72 (12.48%) Infrastructure as Code
12 63 (10.92%) Scrum
12 63 (10.92%) Web Development
13 61 (10.57%) Containerisation
13 61 (10.57%) OOP
14 57 (9.88%) High Availability
15 54 (9.36%) Observability
16 49 (8.49%) Data Modelling
17 47 (8.15%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 200 (34.66%) SQL
2 195 (33.80%) JavaScript
3 150 (26.00%) PHP
4 135 (23.40%) Python
5 99 (17.16%) Java
6 81 (14.04%) C#
7 62 (10.75%) TypeScript
8 36 (6.24%) Shell Script
9 31 (5.37%) Bash
10 20 (3.47%) VB.NET
11 17 (2.95%) Go
11 17 (2.95%) Ruby
12 16 (2.77%) C++
13 12 (2.08%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.04%) Scala
15 5 (0.87%) Korn
15 5 (0.87%) Perl
15 5 (0.87%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.87%) Rust
16 3 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (11.96%) Degree
2 42 (7.28%) Security Cleared
3 24 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (3.81%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.25%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.21%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.21%) HNC
6 7 (1.21%) HND
7 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.52%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.17%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.17%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (9.88%) QA
2 33 (5.72%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.64%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.73%) GDPR
5 8 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.21%) HL7
7 5 (0.87%) WCAG
8 4 (0.69%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.35%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.35%) SLA
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 145 (25.13%) Docker
2 27 (4.68%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.73%) vSphere
5 6 (1.04%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 6 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.52%) iptables
8 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 106 (18.37%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.24%) Grafana
3 28 (4.85%) Ansible
4 23 (3.99%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.25%) Nagios
6 6 (1.04%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.04%) Puppet
7 5 (0.87%) WSUS
8 4 (0.69%) Galera Cluster
8 4 (0.69%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.52%) Plesk
9 3 (0.52%) systemd
10 2 (0.35%) kaniko
10 2 (0.35%) Kibana
10 2 (0.35%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.35%) Rancher
11 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.36%) Oracle
3 27 (4.68%) Splunk
4 23 (3.99%) Google
5 21 (3.64%) Red Hat
6 19 (3.29%) VMware
7 17 (2.95%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.08%) Veeam
9 11 (1.91%) Rapid7
10 10 (1.73%) Dell
11 7 (1.21%) Adobe
11 7 (1.21%) Cisco
12 6 (1.04%) Databricks
12 6 (1.04%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.04%) Synology
13 5 (0.87%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.87%) Meraki
13 5 (0.87%) NetApp
13 5 (0.87%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.87%) SonicWALL