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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 253 173
Rank change year-on-year -90 -80 +9
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 595 606 1,268
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 1.21% 1.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.70% 8.13% 9.80%
Number of salaries quoted 451 460 964
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +0.93% -5.52%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.33%

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 8,886 7,456 12,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.17% 14.93% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,996 4,770 8,364
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £95,000 £106,250 £113,750
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 August 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 25 August 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 -76 529 £55,000 +4.76% 195
UK excluding London -79 405 £50,000 - 104
Work from Home -83 200 £60,000 +26.32% 80
London -58 144 £85,000 +36.00% 107
North of England -37 133 £42,500 -19.05% 40
South East -31 108 £55,000 - 25
North West -32 56 £50,000 -14.53% 26
Midlands -31 52 £42,500 -10.53% 8
Yorkshire -30 45 £42,500 -12.82% 6
South West -73 44 £55,000 +15.79% 13
East of England -39 36 £47,500 - 8
North East -37 32 £42,500 -10.53% 9
East Midlands -13 30 £37,500 -21.05% 2
West Midlands -43 22 £47,500 +18.75% 6
Wales -68 20 £65,000 +1.96% 3
Scotland +3 12 £51,000 -9.33% 7

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 24 (4.03%) Apache
1 24 (4.03%) IIS
2 19 (3.19%) WordPress
3 16 (2.69%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (2.69%) Confluence
4 12 (2.02%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.68%) CMS
7 7 (1.18%) Drupal
8 6 (1.01%) nginx
9 5 (0.84%) JBoss
10 4 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.50%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.34%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
13 1 (0.17%) Moodle
13 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.50%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.34%) Elementor
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Shopify
2 3 (0.50%) Magento
3 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 305 (51.26%) AWS
2 168 (28.24%) Azure
3 87 (14.62%) GCP
4 57 (9.58%) GitHub
5 33 (5.55%) SaaS
6 30 (5.04%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.54%) Amazon S3
7 27 (4.54%) Serverless
8 25 (4.20%) GitHub Copilot
9 23 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (3.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 19 (3.19%) Amazon ECS
10 19 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (2.18%) Anthropic Claude
14 13 (2.18%) OpenShift
15 12 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.36%) Firewall
2 13 (2.18%) Broadband
3 11 (1.85%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.68%) VPN
5 8 (1.34%) DNS
6 7 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (1.01%) iSCSI
7 6 (1.01%) SAN
7 6 (1.01%) VLAN
7 6 (1.01%) VoIP
8 5 (0.84%) LAN
8 5 (0.84%) WAN
9 4 (0.67%) Internet
9 4 (0.67%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (0.67%) MQTT
9 4 (0.67%) Network Security
9 4 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.50%) DHCP
10 3 (0.50%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.50%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (31.26%) PostgreSQL
2 163 (27.39%) SQL Server
3 117 (19.66%) Relational Database
4 87 (14.62%) MongoDB
5 68 (11.43%) NoSQL
6 34 (5.71%) MariaDB
7 26 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (4.37%) Elasticsearch
7 26 (4.37%) Power BI
8 21 (3.53%) DynamoDB
9 19 (3.19%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (3.03%) Metadata
11 17 (2.86%) Amazon Aurora
11 17 (2.86%) Redis
12 14 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (2.02%) Big Data
14 11 (1.85%) Apache Cassandra
15 9 (1.51%) Electronic Patient Records
15 9 (1.51%) RDBMS
16 8 (1.34%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 146 (24.54%) Git
2 38 (6.39%) Claude Code
3 37 (6.22%) GitLab
4 31 (5.21%) JIRA
5 25 (4.20%) Jenkins
6 13 (2.18%) Bitbucket
7 10 (1.68%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (1.51%) PHPUnit
8 9 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (1.01%) JUnit
9 6 (1.01%) Selenium
10 5 (0.84%) RSpec
11 4 (0.67%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.67%) minitest
11 4 (0.67%) Mocha
12 3 (0.50%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.50%) git-flow
12 3 (0.50%) Mockito
12 3 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 131 (22.02%) Social Skills
2 106 (17.82%) Finance
3 84 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (10.76%) Law
5 56 (9.41%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.20%) Banking
8 18 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
9 15 (2.52%) Health Technology
9 15 (2.52%) Marketing
10 11 (1.85%) Retail
11 9 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.18%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.01%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.01%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.84%) Legal
15 4 (0.67%) Advertising
16 3 (0.50%) Games
16 3 (0.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 253 (42.52%) Developer
2 155 (26.05%) Senior
3 80 (13.45%) Senior Developer
4 72 (12.10%) PHP Developer
4 72 (12.10%) Software Engineer
5 61 (10.25%) Lead
6 42 (7.06%) Software Developer
7 37 (6.22%) Administrator
7 37 (6.22%) Full-Stack Developer
8 33 (5.55%) Senior Software Engineer
9 31 (5.21%) DBA
10 29 (4.87%) C# Developer
10 29 (4.87%) Database Engineer
11 25 (4.20%) .NET Developer
11 25 (4.20%) Python Engineer
12 23 (3.87%) Java Developer
12 23 (3.87%) Web Developer
13 22 (3.70%) Backend Developer
13 22 (3.70%) Lead Software Engineer
14 21 (3.53%) PHP Laravel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (24.87%) CSS
2 133 (22.35%) HTML
3 106 (17.82%) React
4 90 (15.13%) .NET
5 83 (13.95%) Laravel
6 79 (13.28%) RESTful
7 62 (10.42%) Vue
8 61 (10.25%) REST
9 60 (10.08%) Node.js
10 54 (9.08%) Terraform
11 50 (8.40%) Kafka
12 44 (7.39%) jQuery
12 44 (7.39%) Spring Boot
13 43 (7.23%) Spring
14 38 (6.39%) AngularJS
14 38 (6.39%) ASP.NET
14 38 (6.39%) HTML5
15 30 (5.04%) CSS3
16 28 (4.71%) RabbitMQ
17 26 (4.37%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.74%) Cloud Native
2 49 (8.24%) Replication
3 38 (6.39%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (5.21%) Product Ownership
6 23 (3.87%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.36%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (3.19%) Virtual Team
9 14 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.35%) NHS
10 13 (2.18%) Management Information System
11 12 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.85%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.34%) IoT
14 7 (1.18%) Distributed Computing
14 7 (1.18%) Social Media
15 6 (1.01%) Culture of Ownership
15 6 (1.01%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 163 (27.39%) Linux
2 34 (5.71%) Windows
3 27 (4.54%) Ubuntu
4 25 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 21 (3.53%) Debian
6 17 (2.86%) CentOS
7 9 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.50%) Android
11 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.34%) Rocky
12 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (33.45%) Agile
2 172 (28.91%) CI/CD
3 164 (27.56%) Software Engineering
4 163 (27.39%) Problem-Solving
5 121 (20.34%) DevOps
6 118 (19.83%) Microservices
7 111 (18.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 98 (16.47%) Full-Stack Development
9 96 (16.13%) AI
10 76 (12.77%) Clean Code
10 76 (12.77%) Mentoring
11 68 (11.43%) Web Development
12 65 (10.92%) OOP
13 64 (10.76%) Infrastructure as Code
14 60 (10.08%) Containerisation
15 59 (9.92%) High Availability
16 57 (9.58%) Scrum
17 51 (8.57%) Data Modelling
18 50 (8.40%) Observability
19 47 (7.90%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 208 (34.96%) SQL
2 203 (34.12%) JavaScript
3 160 (26.89%) PHP
4 136 (22.86%) Python
5 101 (16.97%) Java
6 88 (14.79%) C#
7 62 (10.42%) TypeScript
8 33 (5.55%) Shell Script
9 30 (5.04%) Bash
10 19 (3.19%) C++
11 18 (3.03%) VB.NET
12 17 (2.86%) Ruby
13 16 (2.69%) Go
14 13 (2.18%) PowerShell
15 6 (1.01%) Scala
16 5 (0.84%) Korn
16 5 (0.84%) Perl
17 4 (0.67%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.67%) Rust
18 3 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 81 (13.61%) Degree
2 42 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 29 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.18%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.18%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.18%) HNC
6 7 (1.18%) HND
7 5 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.50%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.50%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.34%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.34%) RHCE
10 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.17%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.17%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.08%) QA
2 34 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.53%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.68%) GDPR
5 8 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.18%) HL7
7 5 (0.84%) SLA
7 5 (0.84%) WCAG
8 4 (0.67%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 140 (23.53%) Docker
2 26 (4.37%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.68%) vSphere
5 7 (1.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 6 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.50%) iptables
7 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.17%) Samba
8 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 105 (17.65%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.04%) Grafana
3 29 (4.87%) Ansible
4 17 (2.86%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.35%) Nagios
6 6 (1.01%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.01%) Puppet
7 4 (0.67%) Galera Cluster
7 4 (0.67%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.50%) Plesk
8 3 (0.50%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.50%) systemd
8 3 (0.50%) WSUS
9 2 (0.34%) kaniko
9 2 (0.34%) Kibana
9 2 (0.34%) Rancher
9 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.17%) Argo
10 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.17%) Graylog
Vendors
1 72 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.57%) Oracle
3 28 (4.71%) Google
4 23 (3.87%) Red Hat
4 23 (3.87%) Splunk
5 18 (3.03%) OpenAI
5 18 (3.03%) VMware
6 11 (1.85%) Rapid7
6 11 (1.85%) Veeam
7 9 (1.51%) Dell
8 7 (1.18%) Adobe
8 7 (1.18%) Cisco
9 6 (1.01%) Databricks
9 6 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.01%) Synology
10 5 (0.84%) Informatica
10 5 (0.84%) Meraki
11 4 (0.67%) IBM
11 4 (0.67%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.67%) WooCommerce