MySQL Job Trends

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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 169 150
Rank change year-on-year -166 -19 +5
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 433 750 1,795
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.83% 1.97%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.81% 9.96% 10.61%
Number of salaries quoted 338 644 1,568
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,957 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £69,000
90th Percentile £81,400 £79,625 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.41%

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 7,454 7,533 16,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.26% 18.41% 18.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,440 5,170 12,483
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -150 392 £53,750 -2.27% 144
UK excluding London -165 290 £50,000 - 126
Work from Home -73 174 £50,000 -4.76% 84
London -84 101 £75,000 +25.00% 33
South East -87 75 £55,000 +10.00% 24
North of England -107 73 £51,000 -2.86% 32
Midlands -73 54 £40,000 -15.79% 17
East of England -31 40 £50,000 +17.65% 20
South West -75 40 £57,500 - 19
North West -59 39 £55,000 +4.76% 24
East Midlands -58 29 £37,500 -6.25% 7
Yorkshire -67 28 £50,000 +2.04% 4
West Midlands -29 25 £43,750 -10.26% 10
North East -28 6 £51,000 -5.12% 4
Scotland -45 4 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Northern Ireland -39 3 £62,500 -26.47%
Wales -50 1 £45,000 +38.46% 8

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 (4.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.93%) Apache Spark
3 14 (3.23%) CMS
3 14 (3.23%) nginx
4 10 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (2.08%) Apache
6 8 (1.85%) SharePoint
7 7 (1.62%) Confluence
8 4 (0.92%) IIS
9 3 (0.69%) WordPress
10 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.23%) Camunda
11 1 (0.23%) JBoss
11 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (1.39%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.15%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (2.08%) Shopify
2 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.23%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 195 (45.03%) AWS
2 116 (26.79%) Azure
3 65 (15.01%) GCP
4 51 (11.78%) SaaS
5 30 (6.93%) GitHub
6 29 (6.70%) Serverless
7 26 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (6.00%) Power Platform
8 15 (3.46%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (3.23%) Amazon S3
9 14 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 11 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (2.08%) Amazon SQS
12 9 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.85%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.85%) OpenShift
14 6 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.31%) VPN
2 14 (3.23%) Firewall
3 7 (1.62%) DNS
3 7 (1.62%) Network Security
3 7 (1.62%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.39%) FTP
5 5 (1.15%) DHCP
5 5 (1.15%) VLAN
6 4 (0.92%) HTTP
6 4 (0.92%) MQTT
7 3 (0.69%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.69%) LoRaWAN
7 3 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.69%) RTP
7 3 (0.69%) SAN
7 3 (0.69%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.69%) VoIP
7 3 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.69%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.46%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (24.94%) PostgreSQL
2 94 (21.71%) SQL Server
3 59 (13.63%) NoSQL
4 58 (13.39%) Relational Database
5 57 (13.16%) MongoDB
6 28 (6.47%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (5.54%) Power BI
8 19 (4.39%) Amazon Redshift
9 18 (4.16%) Apache Cassandra
10 17 (3.93%) BusinessObjects
11 16 (3.70%) DynamoDB
11 16 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (3.70%) RDBMS
12 13 (3.00%) Electronic Patient Records
13 12 (2.77%) MariaDB
13 12 (2.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (2.08%) Big Data
14 9 (2.08%) Tableau
15 8 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (1.85%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 92 (21.25%) Git
2 19 (4.39%) JIRA
3 12 (2.77%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.77%) PHPUnit
4 11 (2.54%) Bitbucket
5 10 (2.31%) GitLab
6 5 (1.15%) JUnit
6 5 (1.15%) Vite
7 4 (0.92%) git-flow
7 4 (0.92%) Gradle
7 4 (0.92%) Maven
7 4 (0.92%) Mockito
7 4 (0.92%) NUnit
7 4 (0.92%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.69%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.69%) JMeter
8 3 (0.69%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.69%) Subversion
9 1 (0.23%) Ant
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
General
1 91 (21.02%) Social Skills
2 60 (13.86%) Finance
3 55 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.08%) Health Technology
4 22 (5.08%) Public Sector
5 17 (3.93%) Law
6 15 (3.46%) Retail
7 9 (2.08%) Banking
7 9 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.62%) Advertising
9 6 (1.39%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.39%) Marketing
10 5 (1.15%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.92%) Tech for Good
12 3 (0.69%) Front Office
12 3 (0.69%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.46%) Back Office
13 2 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 200 (46.19%) Developer
2 84 (19.40%) Senior
3 57 (13.16%) PHP Developer
4 46 (10.62%) Senior Developer
5 37 (8.55%) Full-Stack Developer
6 36 (8.31%) Software Developer
7 32 (7.39%) Data Engineer
8 30 (6.93%) Software Engineer
9 29 (6.70%) Lead
10 22 (5.08%) C# Developer
11 20 (4.62%) Backend Developer
12 19 (4.39%) Analyst
12 19 (4.39%) Support Engineer
13 18 (4.16%) Applications Support
13 18 (4.16%) Graduate
13 18 (4.16%) Graduate Developer
13 18 (4.16%) Graduate Software Developer
13 18 (4.16%) SQL Developer
14 17 (3.93%) Senior Backend Developer
15 16 (3.70%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (23.33%) CSS
2 91 (21.02%) HTML
3 74 (17.09%) Laravel
3 74 (17.09%) React
4 57 (13.16%) RESTful
5 47 (10.85%) Vue
6 44 (10.16%) .NET
7 43 (9.93%) Node.js
7 43 (9.93%) REST
8 33 (7.62%) JSON
9 29 (6.70%) AngularJS
9 29 (6.70%) jQuery
10 24 (5.54%) Spring
11 21 (4.85%) Kafka
11 21 (4.85%) Spring Boot
12 19 (4.39%) Symfony
13 17 (3.93%) .NET Core
13 17 (3.93%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (3.70%) Web Services
14 16 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.85%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.47%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (3.93%) NHS
4 15 (3.46%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (3.46%) Onboarding
4 15 (3.46%) Replication
5 14 (3.23%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.00%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.77%) IoT
7 12 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.54%) Data Structures
9 9 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.85%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.39%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.15%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 95 (21.94%) Linux
2 23 (5.31%) Windows
3 15 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.00%) CentOS
4 13 (3.00%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.85%) Debian
6 6 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.15%) Rocky
8 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.69%) Android
9 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.69%) VMS
10 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (32.79%) Agile
2 96 (22.17%) CI/CD
3 94 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (17.32%) Microservices
5 74 (17.09%) Business Intelligence
5 74 (17.09%) Full-Stack Development
6 64 (14.78%) Software Engineering
7 62 (14.32%) DevOps
8 53 (12.24%) Mentoring
9 52 (12.01%) Containerisation
10 48 (11.09%) Data Modelling
11 45 (10.39%) ETL
11 45 (10.39%) OOP
12 44 (10.16%) TDD
13 40 (9.24%) Computer Science
13 40 (9.24%) Test Automation
14 39 (9.01%) AI
14 39 (9.01%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (8.55%) Data Engineering
16 36 (8.31%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 196 (45.27%) SQL
2 150 (34.64%) PHP
3 136 (31.41%) JavaScript
4 82 (18.94%) Python
5 75 (17.32%) Java
6 62 (14.32%) C#
7 60 (13.86%) TypeScript
8 24 (5.54%) C++
8 24 (5.54%) PowerShell
9 23 (5.31%) Bash
10 14 (3.23%) PL/SQL
11 13 (3.00%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.31%) Go
13 9 (2.08%) Scala
14 7 (1.62%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.39%) C
16 3 (0.69%) Perl
17 2 (0.46%) Korn
17 2 (0.46%) Ruby
17 2 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 56 (12.93%) Degree
2 35 (8.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (4.85%) Security Cleared
4 13 (3.00%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.39%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.69%) HNC
8 3 (0.69%) HND
8 3 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.69%) RHCE
9 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.46%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.23%) MySQL Certification
10 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.77%) QA
2 20 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.23%) HL7
5 9 (2.08%) GDPR
5 9 (2.08%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.85%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.85%) SLA
7 4 (0.92%) SNOMED CT
8 2 (0.46%) PSD2
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 71 (16.40%) Docker
2 25 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.62%) vSphere
5 6 (1.39%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.92%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (0.69%) Kamailio
7 3 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.46%) Samba
9 1 (0.23%) Firmware
9 1 (0.23%) iptables
9 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 60 (13.86%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.70%) Terraform
3 25 (5.77%) Ansible
4 13 (3.00%) Grafana
5 12 (2.77%) Nagios
6 5 (1.15%) Argo
6 5 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.69%) Galera Cluster
7 3 (0.69%) Puppet
7 3 (0.69%) Rancher
7 3 (0.69%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.46%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.46%) Plesk
8 2 (0.46%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.46%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.23%) Graylog
9 1 (0.23%) Podman
9 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.23%) systemd
Vendors
1 50 (11.55%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.16%) Oracle
3 15 (3.46%) SAP
3 15 (3.46%) VMware
4 14 (3.23%) Red Hat
5 12 (2.77%) Google
6 9 (2.08%) Informatica
7 8 (1.85%) Databricks
7 8 (1.85%) Splunk
7 8 (1.85%) Talend
8 6 (1.39%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.15%) Palantir
9 5 (1.15%) Rapid7
9 5 (1.15%) Veeam
10 4 (0.92%) Apple
10 4 (0.92%) Cisco
10 4 (0.92%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.92%) Zend
11 3 (0.69%) BT
11 3 (0.69%) Dell