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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 241 173
Rank change year-on-year -97 -68 -24
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 556 634 1,474
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 1.29% 1.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.44% 8.34% 9.79%
Number of salaries quoted 435 504 1,216
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,750 £80,000
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 8,638 7,598 15,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.63% 15.44% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,790 4,900 10,387
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,622 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% +1.04% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,313 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £107,500
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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -75 495 £54,500 +3.81% 131
UK excluding London -79 384 £50,000 - 94
Work from Home -70 210 £52,500 +3.96% 59
North of England -20 128 £50,000 -4.76% 30
London -31 125 £85,000 +36.00% 52
South East -41 101 £55,000 +10.00% 32
North West -28 54 £52,500 -4.55% 16
Midlands -37 54 £42,500 -10.53% 12
Yorkshire -23 47 £42,500 -10.53% 6
South West -72 41 £52,500 -8.70% 7
East of England -33 34 £47,500 - 7
East Midlands -10 30 £37,500 -18.92% 3
North East -38 27 £46,250 -2.63% 8
West Midlands -30 24 £47,500 +18.75% 9
Wales -59 16 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Scotland +8 10 £51,000 -15.00% 5

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 (4.32%) Apache
2 21 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (3.42%) WordPress
4 18 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (3.06%) IIS
6 16 (2.88%) Confluence
7 15 (2.70%) CMS
8 13 (2.34%) Apache Spark
9 9 (1.62%) nginx
10 7 (1.26%) Drupal
11 4 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.72%) JBoss
11 4 (0.72%) SharePoint
12 3 (0.54%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.36%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.18%) Moodle
14 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.72%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.36%) Elementor
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.08%) Shopify
2 3 (0.54%) Magento
3 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 297 (53.42%) AWS
2 169 (30.40%) Azure
3 74 (13.31%) GCP
4 44 (7.91%) GitHub
5 42 (7.55%) SaaS
6 35 (6.29%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (5.22%) Serverless
9 27 (4.86%) Amazon S3
10 21 (3.78%) Amazon ECS
10 21 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (3.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 18 (3.24%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (2.88%) GitHub Copilot
13 15 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (1.98%) Amazon ECR
15 11 (1.98%) Anthropic Claude
15 11 (1.98%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.96%) Firewall
2 13 (2.34%) Broadband
3 11 (1.98%) TCP/IP
3 11 (1.98%) VPN
4 9 (1.62%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.44%) DNS
5 8 (1.44%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.44%) SAN
5 8 (1.44%) VoIP
6 6 (1.08%) Network Security
6 6 (1.08%) VLAN
7 5 (0.90%) LAN
7 5 (0.90%) WAN
8 4 (0.72%) LoRaWAN
8 4 (0.72%) MQTT
8 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.54%) DHCP
9 3 (0.54%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.54%) Internet
9 3 (0.54%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (32.73%) PostgreSQL
2 142 (25.54%) SQL Server
3 95 (17.09%) Relational Database
4 94 (16.91%) MongoDB
5 79 (14.21%) NoSQL
6 32 (5.76%) Power BI
7 31 (5.58%) MariaDB
8 25 (4.50%) Elasticsearch
9 22 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
11 17 (3.06%) DynamoDB
11 17 (3.06%) Metadata
11 17 (3.06%) Redis
12 15 (2.70%) Amazon Aurora
13 14 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (2.52%) Big Data
14 13 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (2.16%) Apache Cassandra
16 9 (1.62%) RDBMS
17 7 (1.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 127 (22.84%) Git
2 36 (6.47%) GitLab
3 33 (5.94%) JIRA
4 29 (5.22%) Claude Code
5 16 (2.88%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.16%) Bitbucket
7 10 (1.80%) PHPUnit
8 5 (0.90%) JUnit
8 5 (0.90%) RSpec
8 5 (0.90%) Selenium
9 4 (0.72%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.72%) minitest
10 3 (0.54%) Mocha
10 3 (0.54%) Mockito
10 3 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.36%) Maven
11 2 (0.36%) NUnit
11 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 124 (22.30%) Social Skills
2 89 (16.01%) Finance
3 66 (11.87%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (9.17%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.76%) Law
6 23 (4.14%) Banking
7 17 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
8 15 (2.70%) Health Technology
9 11 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (1.98%) Retail
10 9 (1.62%) Marketing
11 6 (1.08%) Advertising
11 6 (1.08%) Tech for Good
11 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.90%) Legal
12 5 (0.90%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.54%) Local Government
13 3 (0.54%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 232 (41.73%) Developer
2 136 (24.46%) Senior
3 66 (11.87%) Software Engineer
4 65 (11.69%) Senior Developer
5 63 (11.33%) PHP Developer
6 50 (8.99%) Lead
7 42 (7.55%) Full-Stack Developer
8 38 (6.83%) Software Developer
9 37 (6.65%) Administrator
10 31 (5.58%) DBA
11 25 (4.50%) Python Engineer
11 25 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
12 22 (3.96%) C# Developer
12 22 (3.96%) Web Developer
13 21 (3.78%) Data Engineer
14 20 (3.60%) Java Developer
14 20 (3.60%) PHP Laravel Developer
15 19 (3.42%) Analyst
15 19 (3.42%) Database Engineer
15 19 (3.42%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (23.38%) CSS
2 110 (19.78%) HTML
3 95 (17.09%) React
4 91 (16.37%) RESTful
5 80 (14.39%) Laravel
6 70 (12.59%) Node.js
7 68 (12.23%) .NET
8 63 (11.33%) Vue
9 61 (10.97%) REST
10 40 (7.19%) jQuery
10 40 (7.19%) Kafka
11 38 (6.83%) Spring
12 36 (6.47%) Spring Boot
13 33 (5.94%) JSON
14 31 (5.58%) AngularJS
14 31 (5.58%) HTML5
15 27 (4.86%) CSS3
16 26 (4.68%) ASP.NET
17 21 (3.78%) Flask
18 19 (3.42%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.25%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.83%) Replication
3 35 (6.29%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.96%) Product Ownership
6 18 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (2.88%) Virtual Team
9 14 (2.52%) Data Structures
10 13 (2.34%) Management Information System
10 13 (2.34%) NHS
11 11 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.80%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
13 8 (1.44%) IoT
14 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.90%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 146 (26.26%) Linux
2 31 (5.58%) Windows
3 29 (5.22%) Ubuntu
4 24 (4.32%) Windows Server
5 17 (3.06%) CentOS
5 17 (3.06%) Debian
6 9 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.54%) Android
10 2 (0.36%) Rocky
11 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (33.99%) Agile
2 153 (27.52%) CI/CD
3 144 (25.90%) Software Engineering
4 127 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (22.12%) Microservices
6 102 (18.35%) Full-Stack Development
7 100 (17.99%) DevOps
8 94 (16.91%) AI
9 79 (14.21%) Mentoring
10 75 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 62 (11.15%) Data Modelling
12 58 (10.43%) Containerisation
13 55 (9.89%) Clean Code
13 55 (9.89%) Web Development
14 53 (9.53%) TDD
15 49 (8.81%) Business Intelligence
15 49 (8.81%) Computer Science
16 48 (8.63%) Infrastructure as Code
16 48 (8.63%) OOP
17 47 (8.45%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 207 (37.23%) SQL
2 191 (34.35%) JavaScript
3 158 (28.42%) PHP
4 125 (22.48%) Python
5 99 (17.81%) Java
6 75 (13.49%) C#
7 48 (8.63%) TypeScript
8 33 (5.94%) Bash
9 23 (4.14%) C++
9 23 (4.14%) PowerShell
10 20 (3.60%) Shell Script
11 18 (3.24%) Ruby
12 11 (1.98%) Go
12 11 (1.98%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.80%) VB.NET
14 6 (1.08%) Korn
14 6 (1.08%) Scala
15 4 (0.72%) C
15 4 (0.72%) Perl
15 4 (0.72%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (14.03%) Degree
2 34 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
2 34 (6.12%) Security Cleared
3 14 (2.52%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.62%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.26%) HNC
5 7 (1.26%) HND
6 6 (1.08%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.08%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.54%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.54%) RHCE
9 2 (0.36%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.09%) QA
2 42 (7.55%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.06%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.16%) GDPR
6 7 (1.26%) HL7
6 7 (1.26%) SLA
7 6 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.90%) WCAG
9 4 (0.72%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.36%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 124 (22.30%) Docker
2 34 (6.12%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.80%) vSphere
5 9 (1.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 6 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.54%) iptables
7 3 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.36%) Kamailio
8 2 (0.36%) Samba
9 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 94 (16.91%) Kubernetes
2 43 (7.73%) Terraform
3 26 (4.68%) Ansible
3 26 (4.68%) Grafana
4 13 (2.34%) Nagios
4 13 (2.34%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.08%) Progress Chef
5 6 (1.08%) Puppet
6 4 (0.72%) Galera Cluster
6 4 (0.72%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.54%) Argo
7 3 (0.54%) Plesk
7 3 (0.54%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.54%) systemd
7 3 (0.54%) WSUS
8 2 (0.36%) Rancher
8 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.18%) Graylog
9 1 (0.18%) Podman
9 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (11.51%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.76%) Oracle
3 23 (4.14%) Red Hat
4 22 (3.96%) Google
5 20 (3.60%) Splunk
6 18 (3.24%) VMware
7 16 (2.88%) OpenAI
8 11 (1.98%) Dell
8 11 (1.98%) Rapid7
8 11 (1.98%) Veeam
9 7 (1.26%) Adobe
9 7 (1.26%) Cisco
10 6 (1.08%) Databricks
10 6 (1.08%) Synology
11 5 (0.90%) Meraki
12 4 (0.72%) Informatica
12 4 (0.72%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.72%) WooCommerce
13 3 (0.54%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.54%) TIBCO