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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 275 158
Rank change year-on-year -91 -117 +6
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 556 517 1,191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 1.04% 1.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.35% 7.33% 10.29%
Number of salaries quoted 412 358 752
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -3.32%

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 8,754 7,052 11,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.41% 14.23% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,973 4,397 6,697
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £79,400 £80,000 £87,348
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -75 488 £55,000 +4.76% 534
UK excluding London -89 379 £50,000 -4.76% 438
Work from Home -80 174 £65,000 +36.84% 385
London -81 138 £80,000 +39.13% 241
North of England -25 132 £42,500 -19.05% 84
South East -32 98 £56,250 -2.17% 72
North West -30 58 £48,500 -19.17% 42
Yorkshire -23 42 £42,500 +9.68% 28
South West -71 40 £56,250 +25.00% 38
Midlands -47 38 £54,000 +20.00% 50
North East -42 32 £42,500 -10.53% 16
East of England -50 32 £50,000 +5.26% 49
Wales -64 27 £61,000 -9.63% 37
West Midlands -37 21 £55,000 +41.03% 32
East Midlands -36 17 £40,000 -11.11% 18
Scotland +5 11 £40,000 -46.67% 73
Northern Ireland -84 1 - - 39

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 31 (5.58%) IIS
2 24 (4.32%) Apache
3 21 (3.78%) WordPress
4 14 (2.52%) Confluence
5 11 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.98%) CMS
5 11 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (1.62%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.62%) Drupal
7 5 (0.90%) JBoss
8 4 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.72%) nginx
9 3 (0.54%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.36%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.18%) Moodle
11 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.54%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.36%) Elementor
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Shopify
2 3 (0.54%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 294 (52.88%) AWS
2 167 (30.04%) Azure
3 84 (15.11%) GCP
4 55 (9.89%) GitHub
5 29 (5.22%) Power Platform
6 25 (4.50%) Amazon S3
6 25 (4.50%) GitHub Copilot
7 24 (4.32%) SaaS
8 21 (3.78%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (3.78%) Serverless
9 19 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
13 14 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 14 (2.52%) Anthropic Claude
13 14 (2.52%) OpenShift
14 11 (1.98%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.24%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.70%) Firewall
3 14 (2.52%) DNS
4 13 (2.34%) Broadband
5 10 (1.80%) VPN
6 7 (1.26%) VLAN
6 7 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.08%) DHCP
7 6 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (1.08%) VoIP
8 5 (0.90%) HTTP
8 5 (0.90%) iSCSI
8 5 (0.90%) SAN
8 5 (0.90%) SSH
9 4 (0.72%) Internet
9 4 (0.72%) LAN
9 4 (0.72%) WAN
10 3 (0.54%) 4G
10 3 (0.54%) 5G
10 3 (0.54%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (34.17%) PostgreSQL
2 158 (28.42%) SQL Server
3 116 (20.86%) Relational Database
4 97 (17.45%) MongoDB
5 68 (12.23%) NoSQL
6 27 (4.86%) MariaDB
7 26 (4.68%) Elasticsearch
7 26 (4.68%) Power BI
7 26 (4.68%) Redis
8 20 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (3.60%) DynamoDB
9 18 (3.24%) Metadata
10 17 (3.06%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (2.88%) Amazon Aurora
12 11 (1.98%) Big Data
13 9 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (1.44%) Data Lake
14 8 (1.44%) Electronic Patient Records
14 8 (1.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 146 (26.26%) Git
2 47 (8.45%) Claude Code
3 41 (7.37%) GitLab
4 27 (4.86%) Jenkins
5 25 (4.50%) JIRA
6 14 (2.52%) Bitbucket
6 14 (2.52%) Oracle Forms
6 14 (2.52%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (1.44%) Selenium
8 5 (0.90%) JUnit
8 5 (0.90%) RSpec
9 4 (0.72%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.72%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.72%) minitest
9 4 (0.72%) Mocha
9 4 (0.72%) Postman
9 4 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.54%) git-flow
10 3 (0.54%) Maven
10 3 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
General
1 129 (23.20%) Social Skills
2 92 (16.55%) Finance
3 91 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (12.05%) Public Sector
5 59 (10.61%) Law
6 33 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (5.22%) Banking
8 18 (3.24%) Pharmaceutical
9 17 (3.06%) Marketing
10 10 (1.80%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.62%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.44%) Retail
13 7 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.08%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.90%) Legal
16 3 (0.54%) Games
16 3 (0.54%) Local Government
16 3 (0.54%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 229 (41.19%) Developer
2 159 (28.60%) Senior
3 83 (14.93%) Senior Developer
4 74 (13.31%) Software Engineer
5 58 (10.43%) PHP Developer
6 54 (9.71%) Lead
7 43 (7.73%) Administrator
8 40 (7.19%) DBA
8 40 (7.19%) Software Developer
9 31 (5.58%) C# Developer
9 31 (5.58%) Senior Software Engineer
10 30 (5.40%) Full-Stack Developer
11 29 (5.22%) .NET Developer
11 29 (5.22%) Database Engineer
12 26 (4.68%) Java Developer
13 23 (4.14%) Python Engineer
14 22 (3.96%) Lead Software Engineer
15 21 (3.78%) Senior Software Developer
16 19 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
16 19 (3.42%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (23.02%) CSS
2 115 (20.68%) HTML
3 100 (17.99%) React
4 91 (16.37%) .NET
5 87 (15.65%) RESTful
6 66 (11.87%) Laravel
7 61 (10.97%) REST
8 57 (10.25%) Terraform
9 56 (10.07%) Vue
10 52 (9.35%) Kafka
11 51 (9.17%) Node.js
12 46 (8.27%) Spring
12 46 (8.27%) Spring Boot
13 41 (7.37%) ASP.NET
14 38 (6.83%) jQuery
14 38 (6.83%) RabbitMQ
15 33 (5.94%) AngularJS
16 32 (5.76%) HTML5
17 29 (5.22%) Hibernate
18 27 (4.86%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.07%) Cloud Native
2 44 (7.91%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (7.73%) Replication
4 42 (7.55%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (7.55%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.50%) Virtual Team
6 22 (3.96%) Onboarding
7 21 (3.78%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (3.06%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.80%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.44%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.44%) NHS
12 7 (1.26%) Distributed Computing
12 7 (1.26%) Social Media
13 6 (1.08%) Culture of Ownership
13 6 (1.08%) Data Structures
14 5 (0.90%) Algorithms
14 5 (0.90%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 167 (30.04%) Linux
2 39 (7.01%) Windows
3 28 (5.04%) Windows Server
4 24 (4.32%) Ubuntu
5 19 (3.42%) Debian
6 12 (2.16%) CentOS
6 12 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.54%) Android
9 3 (0.54%) Unix
10 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.18%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (35.25%) Agile
2 175 (31.47%) Software Engineering
3 174 (31.29%) CI/CD
4 171 (30.76%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (22.66%) DevOps
6 120 (21.58%) Microservices
7 113 (20.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 105 (18.88%) AI
9 87 (15.65%) Full-Stack Development
10 83 (14.93%) Mentoring
11 75 (13.49%) Infrastructure as Code
12 74 (13.31%) Clean Code
13 68 (12.23%) Scrum
14 64 (11.51%) Containerisation
15 63 (11.33%) OOP
16 61 (10.97%) High Availability
17 59 (10.61%) Observability
17 59 (10.61%) Web Development
18 51 (9.17%) Code Quality
19 49 (8.81%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 194 (34.89%) SQL
2 177 (31.83%) JavaScript
3 138 (24.82%) Python
4 129 (23.20%) PHP
5 97 (17.45%) Java
6 88 (15.83%) C#
7 65 (11.69%) TypeScript
8 37 (6.65%) Shell Script
9 29 (5.22%) Bash
10 23 (4.14%) VB.NET
11 17 (3.06%) C++
11 17 (3.06%) Ruby
12 16 (2.88%) Go
13 13 (2.34%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.90%) Korn
14 5 (0.90%) Perl
14 5 (0.90%) Rust
14 5 (0.90%) Scala
15 3 (0.54%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (12.05%) Degree
2 44 (7.91%) Security Cleared
3 25 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (4.14%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.16%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.26%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.90%) HNC
8 5 (0.90%) HND
9 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.36%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (11.51%) QA
2 31 (5.58%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.14%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.80%) GDPR
5 7 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.26%) WCAG
6 6 (1.08%) HL7
7 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.36%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.36%) SLA
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 150 (26.98%) Docker
2 23 (4.14%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 5 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.90%) vSphere
6 2 (0.36%) Firmware
6 2 (0.36%) iptables
7 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 104 (18.71%) Kubernetes
2 41 (7.37%) Grafana
3 27 (4.86%) Ansible
4 24 (4.32%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.80%) Nagios
6 6 (1.08%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.08%) Puppet
6 6 (1.08%) WSUS
7 4 (0.72%) Kibana
8 3 (0.54%) Plesk
8 3 (0.54%) Rancher
9 2 (0.36%) kaniko
9 2 (0.36%) systemd
10 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.18%) Galera Cluster
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
10 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 59 (10.61%) Oracle
3 30 (5.40%) Splunk
4 23 (4.14%) Google
5 18 (3.24%) OpenAI
5 18 (3.24%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.52%) VMware
7 11 (1.98%) Dell
8 10 (1.80%) Veeam
9 9 (1.62%) Rapid7
10 7 (1.26%) Adobe
11 6 (1.08%) Aruba
11 6 (1.08%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.08%) Databricks
11 6 (1.08%) HP
11 6 (1.08%) NetApp
11 6 (1.08%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.08%) SonicWALL
12 5 (0.90%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.72%) TIBCO