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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 151 141
Rank change year-on-year -175 -10 -1
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 417 892 1,737
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.97% 2.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.03% 10.45% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 312 675 1,531
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.80% -6.96%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,125 £80,000 £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 6,914 8,533 15,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.59% 18.81% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,165 5,204 12,204
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 8 March 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 8 March 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 -163 386 £55,000 - 173
UK excluding London -159 260 £50,000 - 160
Work from Home -94 166 £52,130 -0.70% 113
London -57 123 £62,500 +4.17% 36
North of England -98 70 £52,130 -0.70% 39
South East -94 68 £55,000 +10.00% 41
Midlands -66 42 £40,000 - 21
East of England -3 41 £50,000 +17.65% 19
North West -47 38 £55,000 +4.76% 25
South West -73 34 £60,000 - 27
Yorkshire -54 28 £50,000 +2.04% 7
West Midlands -19 27 £39,000 -22.00% 18
East Midlands -56 15 £40,000 +14.29% 3
North East -28 4 £51,565 -6.25% 7
Northern Ireland -29 3 £62,500 -3.85%
Scotland -43 2 £65,000 +18.18% 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 18 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.84%) Apache Spark
3 15 (3.60%) nginx
4 12 (2.88%) CMS
5 11 (2.64%) Apache
6 8 (1.92%) SharePoint
7 7 (1.68%) IIS
8 6 (1.44%) Confluence
9 5 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.96%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.72%) WordPress
12 2 (0.48%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.24%) Camunda
13 1 (0.24%) JBoss
13 1 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.24%) SugarCRM
13 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.20%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (1.20%) Photoshop
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (1.92%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 184 (44.12%) AWS
2 114 (27.34%) Azure
3 61 (14.63%) GCP
4 52 (12.47%) SaaS
5 31 (7.43%) GitHub
6 26 (6.24%) Serverless
7 25 (6.00%) Power Platform
8 24 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (2.88%) Amazon S3
10 12 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.64%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
13 8 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.92%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.68%) OpenShift
15 6 (1.44%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.04%) VPN
2 9 (2.16%) Firewall
3 7 (1.68%) DNS
3 7 (1.68%) Network Security
3 7 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.44%) DHCP
4 6 (1.44%) FTP
5 5 (1.20%) HTTP
5 5 (1.20%) VLAN
6 4 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.72%) Broadband
7 3 (0.72%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.72%) RTP
7 3 (0.72%) SAN
7 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.72%) VoIP
7 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.48%) MQTT
8 2 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (27.82%) SQL Server
2 92 (22.06%) PostgreSQL
3 61 (14.63%) MongoDB
4 56 (13.43%) Relational Database
5 50 (11.99%) NoSQL
6 31 (7.43%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (5.52%) Power BI
8 19 (4.56%) BusinessObjects
9 18 (4.32%) Amazon Redshift
9 18 (4.32%) Apache Cassandra
10 17 (4.08%) DynamoDB
11 16 (3.84%) RDBMS
12 14 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (3.12%) Electronic Patient Records
13 13 (3.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (2.40%) Big Data
14 10 (2.40%) Tableau
15 8 (1.92%) MariaDB
16 7 (1.68%) Pentaho
16 7 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 84 (20.14%) Git
2 21 (5.04%) JIRA
3 11 (2.64%) PHPUnit
4 10 (2.40%) Bitbucket
4 10 (2.40%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.92%) GitLab
6 5 (1.20%) git-flow
6 5 (1.20%) Vite
7 3 (0.72%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.72%) Gradle
7 3 (0.72%) JMeter
7 3 (0.72%) JUnit
7 3 (0.72%) Maven
7 3 (0.72%) NUnit
7 3 (0.72%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.72%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.72%) Subversion
8 2 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.48%) Mockito
9 1 (0.24%) Mocha
General
1 102 (24.46%) Social Skills
2 51 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (11.75%) Finance
4 24 (5.76%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.08%) Law
6 15 (3.60%) Health Technology
7 13 (3.12%) Retail
8 10 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.40%) Marketing
9 6 (1.44%) Automotive
10 5 (1.20%) Advertising
10 5 (1.20%) Banking
11 4 (0.96%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.96%) Billing
11 4 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.96%) Tech for Good
12 3 (0.72%) Front Office
12 3 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.72%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 178 (42.69%) Developer
2 86 (20.62%) Senior
3 48 (11.51%) PHP Developer
4 47 (11.27%) Senior Developer
5 39 (9.35%) Software Developer
6 31 (7.43%) Consultant
7 30 (7.19%) Full-Stack Developer
8 29 (6.95%) Software Engineer
9 28 (6.71%) Data Engineer
10 24 (5.76%) C# Developer
11 23 (5.52%) Applications Support
12 22 (5.28%) Lead
13 21 (5.04%) Analyst
14 20 (4.80%) Backend Developer
15 19 (4.56%) Graduate
15 19 (4.56%) Graduate Developer
15 19 (4.56%) Graduate Software Developer
15 19 (4.56%) SQL Developer
15 19 (4.56%) Support Engineer
16 17 (4.08%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (19.90%) CSS
2 71 (17.03%) HTML
3 70 (16.79%) React
4 60 (14.39%) Laravel
5 51 (12.23%) .NET
6 46 (11.03%) RESTful
7 42 (10.07%) REST
8 41 (9.83%) Node.js
8 41 (9.83%) Vue
9 28 (6.71%) AngularJS
9 28 (6.71%) JSON
10 24 (5.76%) jQuery
11 19 (4.56%) Symfony
12 17 (4.08%) .NET Core
12 17 (4.08%) RabbitMQ
12 17 (4.08%) Web Services
13 16 (3.84%) Spring
14 15 (3.60%) Kafka
15 14 (3.36%) XML
16 13 (3.12%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.91%) Product Ownership
2 31 (7.43%) Cloud Native
3 28 (6.71%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.84%) Linux Command Line
5 15 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (3.36%) NHS
7 13 (3.12%) Mobile App
7 13 (3.12%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.88%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.88%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.40%) IoT
9 10 (2.40%) Replication
10 7 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.20%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (1.20%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.20%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 89 (21.34%) Linux
2 22 (5.28%) Windows
3 14 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.40%) CentOS
5 7 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.44%) Android
6 6 (1.44%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.44%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.96%) Debian
7 4 (0.96%) Rocky
7 4 (0.96%) VMS
7 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.72%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.48%) Unix
9 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (33.81%) Agile
2 100 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (23.02%) CI/CD
4 70 (16.79%) Software Engineering
5 68 (16.31%) Microservices
6 67 (16.07%) OOP
7 66 (15.83%) Business Intelligence
8 65 (15.59%) Full-Stack Development
9 59 (14.15%) DevOps
10 54 (12.95%) Data Modelling
11 52 (12.47%) Mentoring
12 50 (11.99%) Containerisation
12 50 (11.99%) OO
13 47 (11.27%) Test Automation
14 45 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
14 45 (10.79%) ETL
15 41 (9.83%) TDD
16 39 (9.35%) Computer Science
17 37 (8.87%) AI
18 36 (8.63%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 184 (44.12%) SQL
2 142 (34.05%) PHP
3 124 (29.74%) JavaScript
4 81 (19.42%) Python
5 67 (16.07%) C#
6 66 (15.83%) Java
7 63 (15.11%) TypeScript
8 26 (6.24%) C++
8 26 (6.24%) PowerShell
9 21 (5.04%) Bash
9 21 (5.04%) Delphi
9 21 (5.04%) Pascal
10 14 (3.36%) T-SQL
11 10 (2.40%) Go
11 10 (2.40%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.92%) Scala
13 7 (1.68%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.44%) C
15 3 (0.72%) Perl
15 3 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 54 (12.95%) Degree
2 35 (8.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (5.52%) Security Cleared
4 15 (3.60%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.16%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.44%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.72%) RHCE
10 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.48%) MCSE
10 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.48%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.24%) MCSA
11 1 (0.24%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (11.27%) QA
2 16 (3.84%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.12%) HL7
5 12 (2.88%) SLA
6 8 (1.92%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.92%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.68%) GDPR
8 2 (0.48%) PSD2
9 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 71 (17.03%) Docker
2 20 (4.80%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.48%) Samba
6 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.48%) vSphere
7 1 (0.24%) Firmware
7 1 (0.24%) NFS
7 1 (0.24%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 52 (12.47%) Kubernetes
2 28 (6.71%) Ansible
3 27 (6.47%) Terraform
4 10 (2.40%) Grafana
5 9 (2.16%) Nagios
6 7 (1.68%) Argo
7 4 (0.96%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.72%) Puppet
8 3 (0.72%) Rancher
9 2 (0.48%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.48%) Plesk
9 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.24%) Podman
10 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (13.43%) Oracle
2 46 (11.03%) Microsoft
3 17 (4.08%) SAP
4 11 (2.64%) Google
4 11 (2.64%) Red Hat
5 10 (2.40%) Informatica
5 10 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.16%) Talend
6 9 (2.16%) VMware
7 8 (1.92%) Databricks
8 6 (1.44%) Splunk
9 5 (1.20%) Palantir
10 4 (0.96%) Apple
10 4 (0.96%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.96%) Zend
11 3 (0.72%) BT
11 3 (0.72%) Dell
11 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.72%) Mitel
11 3 (0.72%) RedGate