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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 231 162
Rank change year-on-year -123 -69 -12
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 456 636 1,730
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.48% 1.75%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.77% 9.03% 9.93%
Number of salaries quoted 368 504 1,521
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,375 £40,562 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -7.05%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,375 £81,250
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 7,906 7,042 17,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.52% 16.43% 17.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4,877 4,594 12,500
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £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 25 May 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 25 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 -100 420 £55,000 - 101
UK excluding London -109 308 £50,000 - 91
Work from Home -44 170 £52,130 -0.70% 41
London -55 111 £70,000 +16.67% 21
North of England -47 105 £50,000 -4.76% 35
South East -48 86 £55,000 +10.00% 29
North West -26 47 £55,000 - 18
Yorkshire -37 45 £45,000 -5.26% 13
Midlands -54 45 £42,500 -10.53% 11
South West -81 36 £55,000 -8.33% 5
East of England -33 26 £47,500 - 8
East Midlands -30 24 £35,000 -24.32% 5
West Midlands -41 21 £47,500 -6.40% 6
North East -40 13 £47,500 -3.80% 4
Scotland -17 5 £58,000 +5.45% 1
Wales -41 3 £35,000 +7.69% 1
Northern Ireland -41 2 £62,500 -26.47% 3

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 (3.95%) Apache Airflow
1 18 (3.95%) Apache Spark
1 18 (3.95%) CMS
1 18 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.73%) Apache
3 15 (3.29%) nginx
3 15 (3.29%) WordPress
4 11 (2.41%) Confluence
4 11 (2.41%) IIS
5 7 (1.54%) Drupal
6 3 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.66%) JBoss
6 3 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.66%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.44%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Camunda
8 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.54%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (2.63%) Shopify
2 3 (0.66%) Magento
3 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 219 (48.03%) AWS
2 120 (26.32%) Azure
3 62 (13.60%) GCP
4 42 (9.21%) SaaS
5 30 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (6.36%) GitHub
7 27 (5.92%) Power Platform
7 27 (5.92%) Serverless
8 17 (3.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 17 (3.73%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (2.85%) Amazon S3
11 11 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 8 (1.75%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.75%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.54%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.61%) Firewall
2 18 (3.95%) VPN
3 9 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (1.75%) iSCSI
4 8 (1.75%) SAN
5 7 (1.54%) Broadband
5 7 (1.54%) DNS
5 7 (1.54%) Network Security
5 7 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.10%) VLAN
7 4 (0.88%) VoIP
7 4 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.66%) DHCP
8 3 (0.66%) HTTP
8 3 (0.66%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.66%) LoRaWAN
8 3 (0.66%) RTP
8 3 (0.66%) SSH
8 3 (0.66%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.66%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (28.95%) PostgreSQL
2 107 (23.46%) SQL Server
3 79 (17.32%) MongoDB
4 73 (16.01%) NoSQL
5 67 (14.69%) Relational Database
6 27 (5.92%) MariaDB
7 25 (5.48%) Power BI
8 24 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (4.61%) Apache Cassandra
10 16 (3.51%) RDBMS
11 12 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (2.63%) DynamoDB
12 11 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (1.97%) Electronic Patient Records
15 8 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (1.75%) Big Data
15 8 (1.75%) Neo4j
15 8 (1.75%) Oracle Database
16 6 (1.32%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 97 (21.27%) Git
2 22 (4.82%) GitLab
3 17 (3.73%) JIRA
4 11 (2.41%) Bitbucket
5 10 (2.19%) PHPUnit
6 7 (1.54%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.32%) Claude Code
8 5 (1.10%) JUnit
9 4 (0.88%) Mockito
9 4 (0.88%) NUnit
9 4 (0.88%) Vite
10 3 (0.66%) Gradle
10 3 (0.66%) Maven
10 3 (0.66%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.44%) Selenium
11 2 (0.44%) Subversion
12 1 (0.22%) Ant
12 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 102 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 67 (14.69%) Finance
3 46 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.46%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.26%) Law
6 21 (4.61%) Health Technology
7 15 (3.29%) Banking
7 15 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.07%) Retail
9 11 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.54%) Advertising
10 7 (1.54%) Marketing
11 6 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.32%) Tech for Good
12 5 (1.10%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.88%) Social Housing
14 3 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.66%) Front Office
14 3 (0.66%) Legal
14 3 (0.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 185 (40.57%) Developer
2 105 (23.03%) Senior
3 58 (12.72%) PHP Developer
4 52 (11.40%) Senior Developer
5 42 (9.21%) Software Engineer
6 37 (8.11%) Lead
7 36 (7.89%) Software Developer
8 34 (7.46%) Full-Stack Developer
9 27 (5.92%) Administrator
9 27 (5.92%) DBA
10 24 (5.26%) Data Engineer
11 21 (4.61%) PHP Laravel Developer
12 20 (4.39%) Analyst
12 20 (4.39%) C# Developer
13 18 (3.95%) Support Engineer
14 16 (3.51%) Backend Developer
15 15 (3.29%) C# Software Developer
15 15 (3.29%) Senior Backend Developer
15 15 (3.29%) Web Developer
16 14 (3.07%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (23.68%) CSS
2 96 (21.05%) HTML
3 73 (16.01%) Laravel
3 73 (16.01%) RESTful
4 70 (15.35%) React
5 56 (12.28%) Vue
6 53 (11.62%) .NET
7 52 (11.40%) Node.js
8 42 (9.21%) REST
9 35 (7.68%) AngularJS
9 35 (7.68%) JSON
10 30 (6.58%) jQuery
11 28 (6.14%) HTML5
12 27 (5.92%) CSS3
13 24 (5.26%) Kafka
14 23 (5.04%) Spring
15 20 (4.39%) Spring Boot
16 18 (3.95%) .NET Core
17 16 (3.51%) ASP.NET
18 13 (2.85%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.55%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.58%) Replication
3 19 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.95%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.29%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.07%) NHS
6 14 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.85%) Linux Command Line
8 10 (2.19%) Data Structures
8 10 (2.19%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.97%) IoT
10 7 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.54%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.32%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.32%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.10%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 118 (25.88%) Linux
2 27 (5.92%) Windows
3 25 (5.48%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.51%) Ubuntu
5 12 (2.63%) CentOS
6 10 (2.19%) Debian
6 10 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.54%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.66%) Android
8 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.44%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (30.48%) Agile
2 97 (21.27%) CI/CD
3 92 (20.18%) Microservices
4 90 (19.74%) Software Engineering
5 89 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (16.23%) Full-Stack Development
7 66 (14.47%) DevOps
8 55 (12.06%) Business Intelligence
9 51 (11.18%) Containerisation
9 51 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 49 (10.75%) TDD
11 48 (10.53%) Mentoring
12 47 (10.31%) AI
12 47 (10.31%) Web Development
13 45 (9.87%) Data Modelling
14 39 (8.55%) Computer Science
15 36 (7.89%) Analytics
16 35 (7.68%) Clean Code
17 34 (7.46%) OOP
17 34 (7.46%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 174 (38.16%) SQL
2 159 (34.87%) JavaScript
3 149 (32.68%) PHP
4 90 (19.74%) Python
5 78 (17.11%) Java
6 59 (12.94%) C#
7 41 (8.99%) TypeScript
8 30 (6.58%) Bash
9 26 (5.70%) PowerShell
10 18 (3.95%) C++
11 14 (3.07%) PL/SQL
11 14 (3.07%) Shell Script
12 13 (2.85%) Go
13 10 (2.19%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.54%) Korn
14 7 (1.54%) Scala
15 6 (1.32%) C
16 4 (0.88%) Perl
17 3 (0.66%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (13.38%) Degree
2 30 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (4.17%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.19%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.54%) HNC
5 7 (1.54%) HND
5 7 (1.54%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.10%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.66%) RHCE
10 2 (0.44%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.22%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.02%) QA
2 28 (6.14%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.19%) HL7
5 9 (1.97%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.97%) GDPR
6 7 (1.54%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.54%) SLA
7 5 (1.10%) WCAG
8 4 (0.88%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 76 (16.67%) Docker
2 31 (6.80%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.97%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (1.75%) vSphere
6 5 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.66%) iptables
8 3 (0.66%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.44%) Samba
10 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 66 (14.47%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.70%) Ansible
2 26 (5.70%) Terraform
3 18 (3.95%) Grafana
4 10 (2.19%) Nagios
5 8 (1.75%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.54%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.54%) Puppet
7 5 (1.10%) Argo
8 4 (0.88%) Rancher
9 3 (0.66%) Galera Cluster
9 3 (0.66%) Plesk
9 3 (0.66%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.66%) systemd
9 3 (0.66%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.22%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.22%) Graylog
11 1 (0.22%) Podman
11 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.58%) Oracle
3 21 (4.61%) Red Hat
4 15 (3.29%) Google
4 15 (3.29%) VMware
5 12 (2.63%) Splunk
6 8 (1.75%) Dell
7 7 (1.54%) Adobe
7 7 (1.54%) Rapid7
7 7 (1.54%) Veeam
8 6 (1.32%) Cisco
8 6 (1.32%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.32%) WooCommerce
9 5 (1.10%) Informatica
9 5 (1.10%) Meraki
9 5 (1.10%) Synology
9 5 (1.10%) Talend
10 4 (0.88%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.88%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.88%) SAP